Definition of Queer
Queer
Que·er
Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
Unconventional or unusual in behavior or appearance.
e.g. The queer artist's work challenged traditional notions of beauty.
(adjective)
having a sexual orientation that is not heterosexual and/or a gender identity that is not cisgender, in other words, not solely attracted to people of the opposite sex and/or not identifying as strictly male or female (may be used as a derogatory/offensive term);
e.g. He realized that he was queer when he was in college.
(noun)
a person who does not identify as heterosexual and/or cisgender (may be used as a derogatory/offensive term);
e.g. She was glad to meet someone who was a queer like her.
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