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Re: Tribute To Queers In Nineveh Magazine

Posted by Jeff (Guest) - Monday, April 10 2006, 9:13:17 (CEST)
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A question to ALL:

Is it wrong to call homosexuals "Queer"? Are they queer? I just looked this up in the dictionary, but it has been on my mind for some time. To homosexuals, aren't heterosexuals "Queer"? Should we define anyone by their sexual orientation? Labeling people becomes sticky very easily.

What is the most appropriate term to describe a gay male or a lesbian woman? Or should I say gay male or gay woman? A homosexual male or female? Or... a dude that doesn't like chicks or a chick that doesn't like dudes...and I mean sexually.

Well?

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queer Audio pronunciation of "queer" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kwîr)
adj. queer·er, queer·est

1. Deviating from the expected or normal; strange: a queer situation.
2. Odd or unconventional, as in behavior; eccentric. See Synonyms at strange.
3. Of a questionable nature or character; suspicious.
4. Slang. Fake; counterfeit.
5. Feeling slightly ill; queasy.
6. Offensive Slang. Homosexual.
7. Usage Problem. Of or relating to lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, or transgendered people.

n.

1. Offensive Slang. Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual person.
2. Usage Problem. A lesbian, gay male, bisexual, or transgendered person.

tr.v. Slang queered, queer·ing, queers

1. To ruin or thwart: “might try to queer the Games with anything from troop movements... to a bomb attack” (Newsweek).
2. To put (someone) in a bad position.

dr pancho wrote:
>...I was so pleased to see this in the current issue of Nineveh Magazine...there, on page 27 is an article titled, subtley enough, "SAVE ASSYRIA". Below that are two lines taken from a poem entitled, "Lapis Lazuli" by W.B. Yeats...
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>"All things fall and are built again
>And those who build them again are gay."
>
>See Emil? There is progress.

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Tribute To Queers In Nineveh Magazine dr pancho - Sunday, April 9 2006, 23:42:34 (CEST)
- Re: Tribute To Queers In Nineveh Magazine Jeff - 04/10 09:13
  - interesting point... dr pancho - 04/10 18:07

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