queer — meaning in English
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English meaning
- genderqueer adj Not exclusively male or female; having or pertaining to a gender identity which is not represented by the gender binary.
- queer adj Relating to a sexual orientation or gender identity that isn't exclusively heterosexual or cisgender; used both as a reclaimed identity term and, historically, as a slur.
Senses
queer is used for these senses in English:
- genderqueer (LGBTQ, sometimes, offensive) Not exclusively male or female; having or pertaining to a gender identity which is not represented by the gender binary.
- queer (broadly) Pertaining to sexual or gender behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional heterosexual or cisgender norms, assumptions etc. [from 20th c.]
queer — full definition
- adj Relating to a sexual orientation or gender identity that isn't exclusively heterosexual or cisgender; used both as a reclaimed identity term and, historically, as a slur.
- adj Strange, odd, or unusual.