tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post8749630435676143950..comments2024-03-28T19:23:59.265-04:00Comments on I Should Be Laughing: Huffington Post Gay Voices Goes QueerBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302478126147924237noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-77622091739928259052016-02-06T09:17:15.464-05:002016-02-06T09:17:15.464-05:00Years ago, I felt uncomfortable when I heard the w...Years ago, I felt uncomfortable when I heard the word queer used to describe us but I've gotten used to it ad have even grown to embrace it. At my cousin's wedding last summer, I was a last-minute guest and there was sadly no room left at the queer table, so I was at a family table. The queer table was a table of 12 gays and lesbians, trans-gender, and gender-fluid people -- friends of the grooms. Someone called it the gay table and was corrected and I completely got it. So, call me queer... as long as you say it with love.Moving with Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-67012663679699736312016-02-06T08:07:20.990-05:002016-02-06T08:07:20.990-05:00@Raybeard
Exactly! Take the word back for ourselve...@Raybeard<br />Exactly! Take the word back for ourselves and it loses it's power.<br /><br />@Helen<br />I like your definitions!Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15302478126147924237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-8817428289329535402016-02-06T07:53:31.979-05:002016-02-06T07:53:31.979-05:00The idea that queer can mean someone who is "...The idea that queer can mean someone who is "magnificently, extraordinarily different" not to mention "magical" seems pretty great to me; go for itHelen Lashbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14806155400041511316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-39255032826082506732016-02-06T04:12:58.033-05:002016-02-06T04:12:58.033-05:00If an 'out' gay person, M or F, calls me a...If an 'out' gay person, M or F, calls me a queer, a queen, a c*cksucker - or even a faggot (though that's very unlikely in England) - I don't mind in the least because I know that it comes from within the 'family' (in the same way that African-Americans can call each other 'niggas' without consequence) and the chances are that it's not only NOT intended as an insult but it's a sort of inverse term of affection and, indeed, of solidarity. However, if that same word came from a person who is emphatically not a 'family member', that person being in vehement denial that s/he could ever be such, then that clearly IS intended to be a put-down, the subtext of which is "You're inferior to me!" - and for that I would indeed take offence, and with every good reason to do so. <br /><br />As for Ricky M., sounds like he's doing the mirror image of the "I'm bi-sexual" game, probably in order to hold onto what remains of his fan-base. I think he might now do us and himself a favour by keeping shtumm for a while. Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-55924789008154415232016-02-06T00:29:04.322-05:002016-02-06T00:29:04.322-05:00Really, I don't care what you say, I still thi...Really, I don't care what you say, I still think "queer" SOUNDS like an insult and I wouldn't want to be called it. It still means "odd" or "unusual" and maybe I AM those things, but I still don't want to be called "queer" because of it. You know how some people hate words like "moist"? "Queer" is like that for me. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10700684769501686934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-63945118012801187622016-02-05T22:52:24.281-05:002016-02-05T22:52:24.281-05:00@Bea
Ricky could be a bi-curious queer, I suppose,...@Bea<br />Ricky could be a bi-curious queer, I suppose, but he seems to be saying he finds women attractive,and isn't opposed to having sex with them, but that he's only attracted to men so ... I'll stick with queer?!?<br /><br />@TDM<br />I'll claim those too!<br />xoxoBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15302478126147924237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-55262323536407332282016-02-05T17:16:44.781-05:002016-02-05T17:16:44.781-05:00Interesting. I have other words for you - smart, k...Interesting. I have other words for you - smart, kind, good writer, funny, cat lover (Abby does not approve), happy, lucky, handsome, patient (with Carlos) honorary Washingtonian (since you got married here)... the dogs' motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11512888563325865616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-13160316097097699302016-02-05T16:35:54.298-05:002016-02-05T16:35:54.298-05:00Yep .. its all about US down here.. The Big Party....Yep .. its all about US down here.. The Big Party.... weekend before Fat Tuesday.. I agree totally We Queer, We're Here.. Laissez les bon temps roulez!!!! Suga!!!! Ricky Should Join In.. "Tommy"https://www.blogger.com/profile/11080595244477777704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-46685657864929941272016-02-05T16:23:47.020-05:002016-02-05T16:23:47.020-05:00I remember the first time I heard the word 'dy...I remember the first time I heard the word 'dyke'. It was the 70s and I was seven years old and just getting out of a VW Beetle with my Mom and her friend--yes, really just a friend, Jean. Jean had long, flowing white hair and wore Birkenstocks. Mom was probably wearing a cotton frock and denim. A car-load of dickhead teens/men drove by and all yelled DYKE at the top of their voices right at us. Their collective sound of their yelling shook me up; I had no idea what 'dyke' meant. By the time I did find out, the word was already being claimed as a term to be proud of by many-a lesbian. <br /><br />Ricky could be a bi-curious queer, no? Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.com