Meaning of queer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person who is or appears homosexual, or who has homosexual qualities.
   colloquial, derogatory, sometimes
2. trout
3. A person of any non-heterosexual sexuality or sexual identity.
   colloquial, derogatory, sometimes
4. fish
5. A person of any genderqueer identity.
   colloquial, derogatory, sometimes
6. Counterfeit money.
   archaic, informal, with-definite-article
7. sharp, clever, cunning

Equivalents

Examples

“Now that the first flush of this catastrophe and grief is passed, I write to tell you that it is a judgement on the whole lot of you. Montgomerys, The Snob Queers like [the Earl of] Rosebery & certainly Christian hypocrite [William Ewart] Gladstone [...]”

“[...] fourteen young men were invited [...] with the premise that they would have the opportunity of meeting some of the prominent 'queers,' [...] and the further attraction that some 'chickens' as the new recruits in the vice are called, would be available.”

“It is the queers themselves whose answers to "What to do about it [homosexuality]" are most important. They, rather than the normals, cops, parents, or doctors are the persons most vitally concerned.”

“Any blow against the queer is really a blow struck against a part of ourselves which we cannot accept or understand. I think in every case it would be correct to say that someone with a strong hostility toward homosexuals has a latent homosexual drive equal to the hostility.”

“If you asked the man in the modern street for his opinion of homosexuality, he would probably reply, 'I've nothing against queers myself but I wouldn't like one of them to marry my father.'”

“Queers are under siege. Queers are being attacked on all front and I'm afraid it's ok with us. In 1969, Queers were attacked. It wasn't ok. Queers fought back, took the streets. SHOUTED.”

“He also voiced his dislike for gays, stating: 'I don't believe in queers. I don't like queers. I don't hate them as a person, but what they do is wrong and an abomination against God.'”

“Gentrification often starts with the artists, revolutionaries, freaks, transfolks, and queers (what I would call my people) moving into poor neighborhoods inhabited by people of color.”

“You're shoving the queer.”

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