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Is the word, "Queer," still derogatory or has the terminology evolved into something more positive? For instance, "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy?"

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  • kir 2012/06/27 23:08:39
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    It's only recently that queer evolved into a term referring to gays; queer used to simply mean strange--for example "what a queer expression you have on your face".
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  • Monty 2013/01/23 09:32:41
  • Selketskiss 2012/07/04 01:45:58 (edited)
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    I still say queer for strange or odd and have been saying since 1965 and I am not going to change now..why should I...others took this word and then applied it to others/themselves so that is not my problem. I use to say.. we had such a gay time but that got taken and changed to.They took my happy, glad, cheerful word and it got moved down in the dictionary. I am sick of people stealing words and symbols and them giving them some other meaning..a rainbow is a damn rainbow not some gay symbol on my car. I love Care Bears they love rainbows....LOL
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  • Monty Selkets... 2013/01/23 09:33:54
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    Exactly
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  • serethiel 2012/06/29 22:09:47
    "Queer" is acceptable in the Gay Community if it is in good taste and in a jo...
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    some people actually use Queer to identify themselves as it is now used as an umbrella term encompassing all the individuals that society deems unusual. the community's taking back the word that was used/is used to hurt them, which in turn empowers them to be whoever they want to be. instead of saying oh, i'm a blahblah blah blah with blah blah tendencies who sometimes blah blah, you could just say "i'm queer" and leave it at that.
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  • XxCelestialxX 2012/06/29 06:21:27
    "Queer" is acceptable in the Gay Community if it is in good taste and in a jo...
    XxCelestialxX
    I think it is very sad when derogatory phrases areI made "ok" by the very people that are used to degrade. Having said that, if those of the homosexual persuasion find it acceptable there is little that can be done. I guess I should have chosen "undecided"
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  • Anonymouse BN-0 ~bibbityboo~ 2012/06/28 21:46:47
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    Anonymouse BN-0 ~bibbityboo~
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    I think the word is still quite derogatory, and I grimace whenever I hear someone saying it...
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  • Rowena Ravenclaw 2012/06/28 21:30:57 (edited)
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    Rowena Ravenclaw
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    Whenever I hear the word queer I think of its original meaning. To me it has nothing to do with gay people. -_-
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  • Selkets... Rowena ... 2012/07/04 01:45:15
    Selketskiss
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    Exactly..
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  • ~HopelessRomanticM17~ 2012/06/28 07:44:21
    "Queer" is acceptable in the Gay Community if it is in good taste and in a jo...
    ~HopelessRomanticM17~
    I think those kinds of words are only taken offensively when you use it to try and bring them down...
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  • TheTruth1313 2012/06/28 07:35:58
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    Technically, queer simply means that something is strange or something that thwarts or ruins.
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  • Chancy99: Plague Rat 2012/06/28 04:45:41
    "Queer" is acceptable in the Gay Community if it is in good taste and in a jo...
    Chancy99: Plague Rat
    I think the answer says it all. If it's in good taste it's fine. If the person is trying to be rude with it, it's not. Like Me and my friends call each other whores, we say it out of love, but if someone were to say it out of hate, then it's not okay.
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  • The_Infidel_Atheist 2012/06/28 00:55:45
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    The_Infidel_Atheist
    It depends on the connotations and denotations.
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  • Scott (o)(o) 2012/06/28 00:35:57
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    Scott (o)(o)
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    Queer means Odd !!
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  • Muskoka Scott (... 2012/06/28 01:40:46
    Muskoka
    Not when it is directed toward homosexuals.
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  • Scott (... Muskoka 2012/06/28 01:58:11
    Scott (o)(o)
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    I have a lot of queer friends and not one of them is a homosexual
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  • Muskoka Scott (... 2012/07/01 04:24:27
    Muskoka
    I have a lot of homosexual friends and when they are labled 'queer' we are all offended.
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  • Bibliophilic 2012/06/28 00:35:51
    "Queer" is acceptable in the Gay Community if it is in good taste and in a jo...
    Bibliophilic
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    queer definition
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  • KrSpo 2012/06/28 00:17:06
    "Queer" is acceptable in the Gay Community if it is in good taste and in a jo...
    KrSpo
    The gay community is beginning to own this word now and has changed something negative into a more positive, light hearted word. Another word that this happened to as well would be Queen
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  • Kat 2012/06/28 00:16:24
    "Queer" is acceptable in the Gay Community if it is in good taste and in a jo...
    Kat
    Never used the word anyways, don't use it now.
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  • none 2012/06/27 23:59:10
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    none
    Don't know and don't care.
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  • ☆ElenaDiamond☆ 2012/06/27 23:56:03
    "Queer" is acceptable in the Gay Community if it is in good taste and in a jo...
    ☆ElenaDiamond☆
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    I personally wont use it.
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  • ray 2012/06/27 23:41:43
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    Queer and Gay are equivalents now .
    Saying something is Gay or That is so gay carries all the same connotation as queer .
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  • Artist 2012/06/27 23:38:44
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    Artist
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    According to my son who goes to a very liberal university (aren't they all nowadays?) queer has actually been added to the list with gay/bi/lesbian/tranny/buttsni... deathwish.
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  • Bibliop... Artist 2012/06/28 00:32:32
    Bibliophilic
    Tranny is a derogatory term as well. Also deathwish? What does this mean exactly?
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  • Artist Bibliop... 2012/06/28 05:54:28
    Artist
    Hey, I didn't invent the word and deathwish is obvious...can you spell A I D S?
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  • Bibliop... Artist 2013/01/24 17:42:22
    Bibliophilic
    Heterosexuals can get aids and often do-- it's not a gay disease, that's a myth.
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  • Artist Bibliop... 2013/01/24 19:23:32
    Artist
    Ah but it started with patient zero from Europe on Fire Island...and he was very gay. A modern day Typhoid Mary as it were.
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  • Bibliop... Artist 2013/01/24 19:44:22
    Bibliophilic
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    Yeah... sure it did

    trollface gif
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  • Monty Bibliop... 2013/01/23 09:37:51
    Monty
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    Tranny also is short for transmission
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  • Joanie 2012/06/27 23:29:38 (edited)
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    Joanie
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    <----- Proud Queer Transsexual Trial Attorney. We have claimed that word as our own, i.e., "Queer Studies" at the university, the queer community in Chicago, etc.
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  • sockpuppet 2012/06/27 23:24:12
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    sockpuppet
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    I think it's "hate speech" if a straight person says it. Probably the work of straight Liberals who feel guilty, imposing another taboo on everyone else.
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  • ☠ Live Free Or Die ☠ 2012/06/27 23:22:12
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    ☠ Live Free Or Die ☠
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    I'm bisexual, and I refuse to use the word queer, just like I refuse to use the N word. It will always be negative, no matter how you use it.
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  • Outta' Here. 2012/06/27 23:20:33
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    Outta' Here.
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    Like a number of words, it all depends on who says it.
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  • The Elitist Libtard SodaJerk 2012/06/27 23:20:25
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    The Elitist Libtard SodaJerk
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    I think it's turning to the gay version of the "N" word. I think it's still derogatory but over time I assume people will become more desensitized to the word.
    What matters more is the context in which they are used.
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  • kir 2012/06/27 23:08:39
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    kir
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    It's only recently that queer evolved into a term referring to gays; queer used to simply mean strange--for example "what a queer expression you have on your face".
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  • ♥K14 2012/06/27 23:07:03
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    ♥K14
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    I'd say It depends on your tone and intent.
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