Since the 16th century, the term “queer” has always been defined to describe something or someone as strange or odd. It wasn’t until the late 19th century the term began to have a new and informal meaning. The 1900’s had a lot of unexpected and exciting things happening. Exciting things like World War I ending in 1918, beginning the spark of the roaring 20’s to the most historical concert Woodstock in 1969. The meaning of queer started to change its course in the early 1900’s. More than a decade later, they gay community began to announce themselves to the world and used the term queer to describe themselves in a positive manner. In today’s society, the LBGT community and others have welcomed the word with open arms, forgetting that in the
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She gave a brief background on how the term was used throughout time. Furthermore, she gives reasons why the term “queer” is such a charged topic such as the “LGBTQA+” people are still targets, sexuality can be very private, not all “LGBTQA+” people use the term “queer”, and inclusivity matters. People actually want their sexuality and gender a private matter. It is great to openly identify as gay. She says that people should not use the term “queer” the same way as using the words lesbian or bisexual. She also states that people should only speak for themselves and their own experience about being openly gay. One thing she said that I absolutely agree with is, “It 's important to be cautious when putting a label on someone else; just because you 're comfortable with it, or the word doesn 't trigger bad associations for you, doesn 't mean it 's the same for everyone in the room with you.” Just because you are embracing everything that comes with being openly gay does not mean someone else may be comfortable with it. I plan to use this article to argue that there are people who do not want to be identified as queer. I can further explain how not all people feel the same about one thing and one person cannot speak for all of
She gave a brief background on how the term was used throughout time. Furthermore, she gives reasons why the term “queer” is such a charged topic such as the “LGBTQA+” people are still targets, sexuality can be very private, not all “LGBTQA+” people use the term “queer”, and inclusivity matters. People actually want their sexuality and gender a private matter. It is great to openly identify as gay. She says that people should not use the term “queer” the same way as using the words lesbian or bisexual. She also states that people should only speak for themselves and their own experience about being openly gay. One thing she said that I absolutely agree with is, “It 's important to be cautious when putting a label on someone else; just because you 're comfortable with it, or the word doesn 't trigger bad associations for you, doesn 't mean it 's the same for everyone in the room with you.” Just because you are embracing everything that comes with being openly gay does not mean someone else may be comfortable with it. I plan to use this article to argue that there are people who do not want to be identified as queer. I can further explain how not all people feel the same about one thing and one person cannot speak for all of