Queer

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)…

Queer is a term with an ever changing meaning, varying upon the interpretations of different individuals throughout different time periods. In the present day, “Queer” is most commonly used as an identity such as in the acronym LGBTQ; however, when the definition of queer is examined in depth, many conflicts and issues about identities and the society would arise. In order to find out what “Queer” really means, the origin of the term, the usage of the term, and the contradictions of the term…

In this journal, I will be discussing Margaret F. Gibson’s article “Queer Mothering.” The article reflects on queer mothers in reference to women who have queer sexual identities and/or are in relationships with other women, and who parent children. In this journal, I will be looking at the question of normalcy and “homonormativity” in terms of the depoliticization, commercialization, and co-optation of queerness and LGBTQ activism, using the pride parade as an example. Gibson notes that…

explains the ways in which queer theories can be applied to Latin@ theologies, and she suggests a queerly normative future horizon that seeks to utilize existing Latin@ theologies in queer ways. The author's objective is to emphasize the reality of in/betweenness, which is characteristic of Latin@ people and that is often used to stabilize Latin@ in a reality of struggle instead of making in/betweenness be the effort of what drives their unstable identity emerging as a queer identity. She also…

Queer artists are first queer people. Queer people, for a majority of American history, had to communicate to one another both their queerness and their desires in code. The practice of queer-only communication is older than the cliché solo show in New York about a gay man’s sexual history or a lesbian’s love of their own vulva—which in today’s climate seems just as radical as loving someone else’s vulva. That communication—operating with secrecy and exclusivity—was necessary to survival. So,…

The word queer has its origin from the Proto-Indo-European word twerk. The word later turned into the word “quer” and picked up the meaning of weirdness and unconventionality. By 1500, it led to the word queer and was widely used in Scotland. The other theory for how queer came about was by William Sayers. He said its origin was from the word kue meaning a twisted thing, implicating not straight. Queer first appeared on paper in 1508 in the transcription of “The Flyting of Dumbar and Kennedie”.…

Without representation, a queer viewer might get the feeling of non-existence or importance. To evaluate whether the LGTBQ+ community is sufficient represented and how, I will focus on queer representation as a potential "mass phenomenon", the role of stereotypes and the importance of television in the process…

scopes in which we can criticize subjects and experience them in an entirely different way than last. One of these scopes we can utilize is queer theory. According to Kelly Mays, “The field of queer theory hopes to leave everyone guessing rather than to identify gay or lesbian writers, characters, or themes” (2349). For example, there is a plethora of queer undertones all throughout the movie 300, if you seek them out. From the revealing amour, to the barely disguised homoerotic dialogue,…

Dancing with Death: An Analysis of Black Queer Melodrama In this proposal I will be exploring the use of melodrama, and the theme of death in the films “Paris is Burning” and “Black is… Black Aint”, Both of which reach their climax at the death of central characters in their films. The beginning of my project will consist of defining the aforementioned films as performative films, in doing so, next, I could establish a connection between performative documentary and black queerness. This…

The word ‘Queer’ particularizes members of gender and sexual minorities who are not heteronormative , heterosexual nor gender-binary. These individuals live their lives outside of socially conventional heteronormative constructs that dictate ones actions and dress code in accordance to his or her accredited gender (Nolan 2013:1). Someone who is recognized as queer is born with a biological sex, either intersexed, male, or female; however it is possible that such an individual might not identify…