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[[File:Queer2.png|thumb|220x220px|An alternate queer flag by pastelmemer.]][[File:Queerflag2.jpg|thumb|220x220px|Another alternate queer flag by pastelmemer.|alt=A flag with nine horizontal stripes. Front top to bottom they are black, light blue, blue, green, white, yellow, pink, light pink, and black.]]'''Queer''' is an identity, and often considered a movement, for people for sexual and gender minorities, and people who fall outside of and/or reject the cultural norms around sexuality, gender identity, and/or [[Gender Presentation|gender expression]]. The word queer can mean different things to different people, but the most common definition is someone who isn't [[straight]] and/or [[cisgender]] ([[cishet]]). The Queer Movement has largely been about anti-conformity and the rejection of binaries and being pushed into boxes. Similar to the term queer is the term [[variant]].
Queer is often used as an umbrella term for those in the [[LGBTA+]] community (though not all people in the LGBTA+ community identify as queer). One may identity as queer in addition to another identity (ie, queer [[gay]], queer [[bisexual]], etc.) It can also be used be as an orientation on itself own or as gender identity (see [[genderqueer]]). As an identity on its own it is often found useful by, but is not exclusive to:
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