I believe you're thinking of drag queens. Transvestites and drag queens are not necessarily the same thing - just ask Eddie IzzardOriginally Posted by Stunt
Queen is a typically negative term used by people (a lot of gay guys, too, sadly) to describe "stereotypical" or more effeminate guys. Though I also know of a few guys who adopt the label proudly.
With everything said, in this thread, and all others, about where people try to express what they stand for, this image pretty much sums it up the best for me:
I guess it kind of makes sense by dictionary definition Queer jsut means strange so in this sense it is strange in that it doesnt fall into a "normal"/broader group but thanks for the explanation i really didnt know there was a differenceIt can get complex. It's sort of an umbrella term for any minority non-binary sexual orientation. People who feel they aren't represented by the "broader" identities (Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, Intersex) sometimes choose to just identify as "Queer".
As an example, if you're a transgender man, who still likes men - are you gay? Are you a straight transgender? Where do you fit into the "broader" scheme of things? Some people even consider asexuals as falling into the "Queer" category.
For a lot of people there simply is no 'category' you fall into, so identifying as "Queer" solves that, because it's basically a catch-all. Gay people can identify as Queer as well, even if they match the broader category.
There's a lot of debate about it, but what I think it boils down to is that it's not for anyone else to categorise who you are.
That is, If you don't get why Queer as a "label" is needed, or see the difference, it's almost irrelevant, because that means it's obviously not meant for you
The idea is to be as inclusive as possible.
This is so sad
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/24/wo...ity-interview/President Yoweri Museveni, who made anti-homosexuality laws in Uganda much tougher Monday, told CNN in an exclusive interview that sexual behavior is a matter of choice and gay people are "disgusting."
After signing the bill that made some homosexual acts punishable by life in prison, Museveni told CNN's Zain Verjee that, in his view, being homosexual is "unnatural" and not a human right.
"They're disgusting. What sort of people are they?" he said. "I never knew what they were doing. I've been told recently that what they do is terrible. Disgusting. But I was ready to ignore that if there was proof that that's how he is born, abnormal. But now the proof is not there."
Museveni had commissioned a group of Ugandan government scientists to study whether homosexuality is "learned," concluding that it is a matter of choice.
"I was regarding it as an inborn problem," he said. "Genetic distortion -- that was my argument. But now our scientists have knocked this one out."
It was a topic of discussion on Redi Thlabe's show on 702 this morning as well - the anti-gay attitude is not that far from home, either, sadly.
It was good to hear that most responses on the show were against the Ugandan law - but hot damn, there are some seriously narrow-minded folk out there.
So sad. I'm grateful that even with SA's sometimes shoddy government they haven't taken things to this kind of level.This is so sad
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/24/wo...ity-interview/
It was a topic of discussion on Redi Thlabe's show on 702 this morning as well - the anti-gay attitude is not that far from home, either, sadly.
It was good to hear that most responses on the show were against the Ugandan law - but hot damn, there are some seriously narrow-minded folk out there.
I was reading that over at MyBB last night and all I could think was how can any country in 2014 be that backwards thinking. I can't fathom it, no matter how many times I try.
- There is no proof any of us are even alive -
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Apparently India has recently upheld anti-gay laws. I found this out because I read Dilbert.This is so sad
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/24/wo...ity-interview/
It was a topic of discussion on Redi Thlabe's show on 702 this morning as well - the anti-gay attitude is not that far from home, either, sadly.
It was good to hear that most responses on the show were against the Ugandan law - but hot damn, there are some seriously narrow-minded folk out there.
Crazy stuff in Arizona as well http://www.latimes.com/nation/nation...#axzz2uKTIcQ3a
Everyone is forgetting russia!!!!
And pussy riot being whipped
Was speaking to my wife about this 2 nights ago. This is just discrimination at its finest. Denying a person basic services due to their sexual orientation is pathetic.
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