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Queer is occasionally expanded to include any non-normative sexuality, including "queer heterosexuality," which, by those who argue for its existence, is said to be a (cisgender) heterosexual person who has nontraditional gender expressions, or who adopt gender roles that differ from those traditionally expected in their culture, such as masculine women and feminine men. |
Queer is occasionally expanded to include any non-normative sexuality, including "queer heterosexuality," which, by those who argue for its existence, is said to be a (cisgender) heterosexual person who has nontraditional gender expressions, or who adopt gender roles that differ from those traditionally expected in their culture, such as masculine women and feminine men. |
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This term has been criticized, and is largely not accepted by LGBT+ people, who argue that queer can only be reclaimed by those it has been used to oppress. It can be seen as straight people, who do not experience oppression for their sexual or gender identity, appropriating what they see as the fashionable parts of the terminology used by those who are oppressed for their sexuality. |
This term has been criticized, and is largely not accepted by LGBT+ people, who argue that queer can only be reclaimed by those it has been used to oppress. It can be seen as straight people, who do not experience oppression for their sexual or gender identity, appropriating what they see as the fashionable parts of the terminology used by those who are oppressed for their sexuality. |
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[[File:Queer Flag Alternate.jpeg|thumb|Another alternate queer flag by @willow.ktc on Instagram]] |
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<blockquote>''"For someone who is homosexual and queer, a straight person identifying as queer can feel like choosing to appropriate the good bits, the cultural and political cache, the clothes and the sound of gay culture, without the laugh riot of gay-bashing, teen shame, adult shame, shame-shame, and the internalized homophobia of lived gay experience."''<ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/avy9vz/can-straight-people-be-queer-435 Vice article title "Can Straight People Be Queer?" on queer heterosexuality.]</ref></blockquote> |
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Queer heterosexuality should not be confused with [[Straight Queer|straight queer]] people and experiences. |
Queer heterosexuality should not be confused with [[Straight Queer|straight queer]] people and experiences. |
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Another alternate flag, inspired by officialqueer's flag, was designed by Tumblr user Chara Hates Antis. |
Another alternate flag, inspired by officialqueer's flag, was designed by Tumblr user Chara Hates Antis. |
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Another alternate flag was created on August 2, 2021 by @willow.ktc on Instagram. The blues represent the spectrum of attraction/identification with masculine terms/people. The pinks represent the spectrum of attraction/identification with feminine terms/people. The white is for attraction/identification for nonbinary people/terms. The broken circle represents that unlike other gender and orientation labels, queer is a free term where people don't have to fit a certain box and description. |
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Tumblr user disaster bisexual designed another queer flag on October 18, 2019. |
Tumblr user disaster bisexual designed another queer flag on October 18, 2019. |
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