25 July 2022
I have a hard time keeping up, but I recall it being unabashedly declared (and not challenged by fawning interviewers) by proudly confessed homosexuals that (and I paraphrase from imperfect memory) “queer folk will not surrender their dignity.” Also, I have heard it assertively pronounced as the meaning of the “Q” (along with its competitor “questioning” at about an equal pace) in “LGBTQ an’ on…” I further understand that certain abbreviations, like fag or dyke, are presently considered to be not fit for polite conversation, but if queer is back, as a convenient monosyllable, then I’m in! It’s much better than (and less approximate) than the more ambiguous and often misleading gay.