First, it’s a slur
Sorry to use the slur here, but it needs to be said in order to demonstrate how it is being so widely used.
You might hear about “queering” and “normalising” and “reclaiming”. One of the things that is being normalised and reclaimed is the word “queer”. A word that means different, odd, strange, spoiled. A word that used to be shouted at gays and lesbians as a precursor to violence.
The word was yelled at gay men as they were bashed to death; for so many gay men it would be the last word they would ever hear.
Yet, it is now being normalised. Usage of the slur slowly fell into disuse and then was revived suddenly in the 1980s.
ABC Promoting Q
https://www.instagram.com/abcqueer/
Thinking Sex and Post Modern Queering
Queer Theory is Strongly Linked to Paedophilia
Gayle Rubin’s 1984 Essay Thinking Sex is regarded as the foundation document of Queer Theory (with capital Q and T). The majority of the work argues that taboos against Paedophilia is simply part of a larger moral panic engineered to curb women’s sexuality. She does not acknowledge that paedophilia and bestiality are abusive sexual acts perpetrated on the powerless.
Reuben talks of “moving the line” of what is acceptable sexual practices. LGBTQ activists conceptualise this line in order to link Trans and Q rights as “next” after LGB equality.
