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Queer is an umbrella term for sexual and gender minorities that are not heterosexual or cisgender. Originally meaning "strange" or "peculiar", queer came to be deployed pejoratively against those with same-sex desires or relationships in the late-19th century. Beginning in the late-1980s, queer scholars and activists began to reclaim the word to establish community and assert a politicized identity distinct from the gay political identity. Queer identitites may be adopted by those who reject traditional gender identities and seek a broader, less conformist, and deliberately ambiguous alternati
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You have some queer friends, Dorothy,' she said.
The queerness doesn't matter, so long as they're friends,' was the answer
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― The Road to Oz
― The Road to Oz
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Girls love each other like animals. There is something ferocious and unself-conscious about it. We don't guard ourselves like we do with boys. No one trains us to shield our hearts from each other. With girls, it's total vulnerability from the beginning. Our skin is bare and soft. We love with claws and teeth and the blood is just proof of how much. It's feral.
And it's relentless.
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― Black Iris
― Black Iris
Grupo sobre os livros e os autores da literatura gay de Portugal.
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Originating in the pandemic days, Harrison and Greg made a commitment to read one book a month. …more
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