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... Queer LILLIAN FADERMAN 341 " Many ... gays and lesbians have embraced the term ' queer ' in self - de- scription that not only valorizes it but also says to straights who might still want to use that word derogatorily , ' In your face ...
... Queer LILLIAN FADERMAN 341 " Many ... gays and lesbians have embraced the term ' queer ' in self - de- scription that not only valorizes it but also says to straights who might still want to use that word derogatorily , ' In your face ...
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Gary Goshgarian. Queer LILLIAN FADERMAN There was a time when the word queer was a slur against homosexuals and lesbians . But similar to African - Americans who in the 1960s learned that it was possible to take a one - time taboo word ...
Gary Goshgarian. Queer LILLIAN FADERMAN There was a time when the word queer was a slur against homosexuals and lesbians . But similar to African - Americans who in the 1960s learned that it was possible to take a one - time taboo word ...
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... queer bub " was bad liquor , a " queer chant " was a false name or ad- dress . To " shove the queer " meant to pass counterfeit money . According to Eric Partridge , the slang lexicographer , it was not until 1910 in the United States ...
... queer bub " was bad liquor , a " queer chant " was a false name or ad- dress . To " shove the queer " meant to pass counterfeit money . According to Eric Partridge , the slang lexicographer , it was not until 1910 in the United States ...
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