In our twenty-first century world the term queer is widely understood to mean homosexual. In addition the term queer desire is generally thought of as literally being the desires of either gays or lesbian individuals. In one sense this is very much true, however it is utterly simplistic and under-reaching. It would be a mistake overlook the array of other meanings in which the term queer can be applied. Before queer became a signifier of a person’s sexual orientation queer meant (and still means) strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint. Queer is synonymous with different, unusual, bizarre or even shady or questionable. By using this definition of queer, queer desire takes on a whole new meaning as well. It is my understanding that queer
