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Several LGBT+ social movements and support groups around the world use the identifier queer, such as the Queer Cyprus Association in Cyprus and the Queer Youth Network in the United Kingdom, and the national counselling and support service Qlife in Australia.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140202221819/https://www.qlife.org.au/</ref> The letter Q is commonly added to the LGBT+ acronym standing for queer. Common acronyms that include it are LGBTQ+ and LGBTQIA+.
[[File:Alt queer flag.jpg|thumb|Another alternate queer flag by Chara Hates Antis on
Some individuals, both LGBT+ and non-LGBT, object to the use of the word for various reasons. Some LGBT+ individuals dislike the use of queer as an umbrella term because they associate it with this political radicalism, which in their view, played a role in dividing the LGBT+ community by political opinion, class, gender, age, and other factors.<ref name=":1" /> Other LGBT+ individuals disapprove of reclaiming or using queer because they consider it offensive, derisive, or self-deprecating because of its use by heterosexuals as a pejorative.<ref>https://www.wisegeek.com/is-queer-a-derogatory-word.htm</ref>
=="Queer Heterosexuality"==
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
This term has been criticized, and is largely not accepted by LGBT+ individuals, who argue that queer can only be reclaimed by those it has been used to oppress. It can be seen as straight individuals, 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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