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Field of critical theory
Queer theory is a field of post-structuralist critical theory which is broadly associated with the study and theorization of gender and sexual practices
Queer_theory
Term for sexual and gender minorities
or gender identities and politics. Academic disciplines such as queer theory and queer studies have emerged to examine a wide variety of issues, either
Queer
Discipline of queer theory
Quare theory was created by E. Patrick Johnson in 2001. Quare theory was created to promote the voices of queer people of color. Quare theory is similar
Quare_theory
Movement in queer-themed independent filmmaking
themes of new queer cinema. The identification of queer cinema probably emerged in the mid-1980s through the influence of queer theory, which aims to
New_queer_cinema
Challenging heteronormativity in academic and other contexts
heterosexuality or identity binaries. Coming out of queer theory in the late 1980s through the 1990s, queering is a method that can be applied to literature
Queering
Implicit representation of LGBT characters
discussion of media portrayal of LGBT people and academic research involving queer theory or gender studies. In 1930, the Hays Code was established in the United
Queer_coding
Gender identities outside of the gender binary
or hormone replacement therapy. The term genderqueer first appeared in queer zines of the 1980s and early 1990s. It gained prominence in the mid-1990s
Non-binary
book providing a historical overview of queer theory in communication studies, and they published a history of queer communication studies and a vision for
LGBTQ_communication_studies
Sexual and gender minorities
people are individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer. Other individuals are often included in the group, such as questioning
LGBTQ_people
Study of topics relating to sexual orientation and gender identity
asexual, aromantic, queer, questioning, and intersex people and cultures. Originally centered on LGBT history and literary theory, the field has expanded
Queer_studies
Framework intersecting neurodiversity and queer theory
Neuroqueer theory is a framework that intersects the fields of neurodiversity and queer theory. It examines the ways society constructs and defines normalcy
Neuroqueer_theory
Silent pornographic film genre
who looks at the female's body within the unfolding narrative. Williams' theory on the discourse of the stag film is that "it oscillates between the impossible
Stag_film
Multi-issue approach to queer theory
critique of homonormativity, interjecting queer political analysis into critical theory. The praxis for Queer of Color critique came long before the establishment
Queer_of_color_critique
Gender identity of lacking a gender
alongside asexual and aromantic. The identity of agender people, like other queer identities, are not universally accepted, and agender people can face discrimination
Agender
Environmental approach informed by queer theory
which seeks to combine elements from both ecological criticism and Queer theory. Queer ecology seeks to apply a critical eye to ecological studies by challenging
Queer_ecology
2011 book by Jack Halberstam
The Queer Art of Failure is a 2011 book of queer theory by Jack Halberstam. In it, Halberstam argues that failure can be a productive way of critiquing
The_Queer_Art_of_Failure
Attraction to fictional characters
humanogenderism are linked to heteronormativity and cisgenderism. In terms of queer theory, they are components that constitute what Judith Butler calls "literalizing
Fictosexuality
American game studies scholar
are known for their work on queer theory and video games. They are the author of Video Games Have Always Been Queer, The Queer Games Avant-Garde, and Sex
Bo_Ruberg
Tragedy by William Shakespeare
Goldberg examined the sexuality of Mercutio and Romeo utilising queer theory in Queering the Renaissance (1994), comparing their friendship with sexual
Romeo_and_Juliet
Societal assumption about relationships
assumptions about romance. The term has since become established in queer theory, literary studies, in self-help books for aromantic people, and popular
Amatonormativity
2025 book by Sarah Ensor
Ensor draws from environmentalism, queer theory, and literary studies to question what could be learned from queer communities about living in the midst
Queer_Lasting
Sexual attraction to people regardless of sex or gender identity
beginning to appear. For example, panqueer, a blend word of pansexual and queer, has been used by participants in a study on non-medical impacts of COVID-19
Pansexuality
variation in humans. Similar to the academic discipline of disability, queer theory has risen in popularity due to the shared critique of normative ideals
Disability_and_LGBTQ_people
Lack of romantic attraction to others
The survey had 647 responses; the majority of respondents identified as queer at 43% and only 8.8% as heterosexual. LGBTQ portal Human sexuality portal
Aromanticism
LGBTQ activist organization
Queer Nation is an LGBTQ activist organization founded in March 1990 in New York City, by HIV/AIDS activists from ACT UP. The four founders were outraged
Queer_Nation
LGBTQ-related film theory term
thesis The Queer Gaze by Tim Wray. Male gaze Female gaze Queer theory Queerbaiting Queer coding Moss, Molly (April 3, 2019). "Thoughts on a Queer Gaze". 3:am
Queer_gaze
Interdisciplinary field of study
gender studies. According to J. B. Marchand, "The gender studies and queer theory are rather reluctant, hostile to see the psychoanalytic approach." For
Gender_studies
Sexual attraction to more than one gender
members of the opposite sex but do not identify as bisexual. The terms queer, polysexual, heteroflexible, homoflexible, men who have sex with men and
Bisexuality
Use of a strap-on dildo to penetrate another person's anus
more visible in the 21st century through sex education, feminist and queer theory, and mainstream media. Discussions about pegging often deal with gender
Pegging_(sexual_practice)
Cuban American academic (1967–2013)
performance studies, visual culture, queer theory, cultural studies, and critical theory. His first book, Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance
José_Esteban_Muñoz
Social and political movement in the 1960s and 70s
Steven Seidman interprets these intellectual productions as precursors to queer theory. Decriminalization of homosexuality Gay Lib v. University of Missouri
Gay_liberation
Umbrella term for gender-variant Indigenous North Americans
ISBN 978-0-674-06469-0. Pearson, Wendy Gay (October 19, 2022), "Speculative Fiction and Queer Theory", Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication, doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613
Two-spirit
American feminist and queer philosopher (born 1956)
psychoanalysis, and the fields of feminist and queer theory, academic freedom, and literary theory. Butler has held academic appointments at Wesleyan
Judith_Butler
Feminism is Queer: The Intimate Connection Between Queer and Feminist Theory detail the intersections between queer and feminist theory and argue that
Feminist_views_on_sexuality
Collection of essays on queer politics
Playing with Fire: Queer Politics, Queer Theories is a collection of essays on queer theory and political theory from a queer perspective. It was edited
Playing with Fire: Queer Politics, Queer Theories
Playing_with_Fire:_Queer_Politics,_Queer_Theories
Conspiracy theory about Taylor Swift
authors have recognized queer interpretations of Swift's lyrics but have largely rejected Gaylor as an invasive conspiracy theory resulting from some fans'
Gaylor_conspiracy_theory
American philosopher, academic, and author
continental philosophy, Foucault, critical theory, social and political philosophy, and Feminist theory and queer theory. She co-edited A Foucault Companion
Jana_Sawicki
American social theorist (born 1966)
Robert McRuer (born 1966) is an American scholar of disability studies, queer theory, and contemporary literature. He is a Professor of English at the George
Robert_McRuer
Changing gender presentation to accord with gender identity
(2015). Gender Transitions in Later Life: The Significance of Time in Queer Aging. doi:10.4324/9781315731803-5 (inactive 23 March 2026). ISBN 978-1-315-73180-3
Gender_transition
Music genre and art movement
theoretical exploration of the homology[vague] between queer theory/practice[vague] and punk theory/practice[vague] at the heart of queercore mediamaking
Queercore
2009 book by Tim Dean
the Subculture of Barebacking is a 2009 non-fiction academic book by queer theory professor Tim Dean on the history of the sexual practice of barebacking
Unlimited_Intimacy
2009 book
Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity is a book in the field of queer theory by José Esteban Muñoz, published in 2009. The writing style
Cruising_Utopia
1993 musical Canadian film by John Greyson
attention in the context of both film theory and queer theory, and is considered part of the informal New Queer Cinema movement. Victorian adventurer
Zero_Patience
Slang term used for a feminine male
deemed the emergence of femboys a result of the LGBTQ chemicals conspiracy theory, alongside "the existence of gender-morphing frogs"; figures such as Guillaume
Femboy
Anarchist school of thought
and the state in favor of personal liberty and pleasure. Anarchism and queer theory both reject paternalistic state structures that depend on capitalism
Queer_anarchism
Promotional use of LGBTQ rights
in rainbow capitalism and other forms of LGBTQ marketing. In April 2010, Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT) in the San Francisco Bay Area, used
Pinkwashing_(LGBTQ)
Non-fixed gender identity
linguistics LGBTQ conservatism In the US Neuroqueer theory Queer anarchism Queer studies Queer theory Social construction of gender Socialism & LGBTQ rights
Gender_fluidity
British academic, queer theorist and film critic
film studies at King's College London. Specialising in Italian cinema, queer theory, and entertainment media's representations of race, he was a faculty
Richard_Dyer
Disconnect of the target of sexual arousal from the self
linguistics LGBTQ conservatism In the US Neuroqueer theory Queer anarchism Queer studies Queer theory Social construction of gender Socialism & LGBTQ rights
Aegosexuality
Style convention
Queer fashion is fashion among queer and nonbinary people that goes beyond common style conventions that usually associate certain shapes and colors with
Queer_fashion
Theological method related to queer theory
Queer theology is a theological method that has developed out of the philosophical approach of queer theory, built upon scholars such as Marcella Althaus-Reid
Queer_theology
French political scientist (born 1976)
law saw queer theory as a threat to the French family. Perreau questions the return of French Theory to France from the standpoint of queer theory, thereby
Bruno_Perreau
Italian academic (1938–2026)
included semiotics, psychoanalysis, film theory, literary theory, feminism, women's studies, lesbian and queer studies. She also wrote on science fiction
Teresa_de_Lauretis
American feminist scholar of queer theory (1950–2009)
gender studies, queer theory, and critical theory. Sedgwick published several books considered groundbreaking in the field of queer theory, and her critical
Eve_Kosofsky_Sedgwick
Drinking establishment catered to LGBTQ clientele
an exclusively or predominantly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ+) clientele; the term gay is used as a broadly inclusive concept
Gay_bar
Violence against and bullying of LGBTQ people
perceived by the aggressor to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ+). It includes both violence against LGBTQ people and LGBTQ bullying
Gay_bashing
Queer pedagogy (QP) is an academic discipline devoted to exploring the intersection between queer theory and critical pedagogy, which are both grounded
Queer_pedagogy
American literary critic, social theorist
influential in the fields of early American literature, social theory, and queer theory. His first book, The Letters of the Republic: Publication and the
Michael_Warner
Non-romantic intimate partnerships
conventional queer reading of Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman's Two Friends, a story depicting a Boston marriage, which casts it in a "sexualized queer light"
Queerplatonic_relationship
Set of sexes, sexual orientations and gender identities
systems. Over the last few decades, some sexology theories have emerged, such as Kinsey theory and queer theory, proposing that this classification is not enough
Sexual_diversity
LGBTQ celebration event
equality march) is an event where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people and their allies celebrate LGBTQ social and self-acceptance
Pride_parade
Pornography focusing on queer themes
Queer pornography depicts performers with various gender identities and sexual orientations interacting and exploring genres of desire and pleasure in
Queer_pornography
Philosophical view that nothing is morally right or wrong
is the argument from queerness. J. L. Mackie argues that there are no objective ethical values, by arguing that they would be queer (strange): If there
Moral_nihilism
Outherine Pangender Person of transgendered experience Polygender Proxvir Queer Quoigender Sapphogender Sekhet Stargender Staticgender Third gender Trans
List_of_gender_identities
Moraga, Emma Pérez, Queer theory was born as an academic study in the early 1990s used to address the growing representation of queer identities, where
LGBTQ_Latino_literature
Form of slang
in the mid-2000s, having been used in the 2003 United States TV series Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and What Not to Wear.[citation needed] "Jush",
Polari
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer
adoption. Academic fields of study such as queer studies and queer theory build on this reclamation. The term queer is now in use as an umbrella term and as
LGBTQ_(term)
Subdiscipline of sociology
participated in creating change and respecting feminist movements. Modern queer theory attempts to unmake the social and contextual elements reinforcing heteronormativity
Feminist_sociology
German initialism for gender and sexual minorities
asterisk represents all non-binary gender identities. To explicitly include queer individuals, the term FLINTAQ is sometimes used. In the beginning of the
FLINTA*
English-Australian scholar (born 1969)
of study includes the intersection of feminist theory, queer theory, affect theory, critical race theory and postcolonialism. Her foundational work, The
Sara_Ahmed
Theoretical system of psychoanalysis
post-structuralism, literary theory, and feminist theory, as well as in various branches of critical theory, including queer theory. Equally, it has been criticised
Lacanianism
Feeling of happiness
British Australian scholar who focuses on affect theory, feminist theory, queer theory, critical race theory, and postcolonialism. In her article, "Happy
Joy
Attraction between people of the same sex or gender
and lesbians, as in the usage of queer studies, queer theory, and even the popular American television program Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. The word
Homosexuality
Atypical congenital variations of sex characteristics
2016. Retrieved 1 January 2021. Behrmann J, Ravitsky V (October 2013). "Queer Liberation, Not Elimination: Why Selecting Against Intersex is Not "Straight"
Intersex
American literary critic and academic
has since become active in the field of queer theory, exploring the intersections of sexuality, rhetorical theory, cultural politics, and film. At Tufts
Lee_Edelman
Slang used predominantly among the LGBTQ community
LGBTQ slang, LGBTQ speak or queer slang is a set of English slang lexicon used predominantly among LGBTQ people. It has been used in various languages
LGBTQ_slang
Idea that the LGBTQ community is a nation in and of itself
and demarcate civilisational boundaries. Some scholars have positioned queer theory as fundamentally incompatible with nationalism, arguing that the nation-state
Queer_nationalism
Field of critical theory
Bisexual theory is a field of critical theory, inspired by queer theory and bisexual politics, that foregrounds bisexuality as both a theoretical focus
Bisexual_theory
Leo Bersani essay
scholar Leo Bersani. It is an early text in queer theory (although Bersani never considered himself a queer theorist), and provides a non-utopian view
Is_the_Rectum_a_Grave?
2004 book by Sara Ahmed
employs a variety of theories including rhetorical theory, queer theory, feminist theory, Marxist theory, and poststructuralist theory of language. Ahmed
The Cultural Politics of Emotion
The_Cultural_Politics_of_Emotion
American academic
Alison Kafer is an American academic specializing in feminist, queer, and disability theory. As of 2019[update], she is an associate professor of feminist
Alison_Kafer
Umbrella term for women loving women
sex with women (WSW) Llewellyn, Anna (10 November 2022). "'A Space Where Queer Is Normalized': The Online World and Fanfictions as Heterotopias for WLW"
Sapphism
2024 book by Judith Butler
intervention". Halberstam, Jack (May 16, 2014). "An audio overview of queer theory in English and Turkish by Jack Halberstam". Retrieved May 29, 2014. "Judith
Who's_Afraid_of_Gender?
Gender identity term used in some Latin American countries
pioneered queer theory in the country and remained active from 1993 to 1996. In 1997, members of this group formed the Área de Estudios Queer (AEQ; English:
Travesti_(gender_identity)
Indian political scientist (born 1972)
political scientist, author, and academic. She is the professor of political theory and history of ideas at TU Dresden, Germany, as well as the chair of political
Nikita_Dhawan
Approach to social philosophy
outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to critical theory: Critical theory is a social, historical, and political school of thought and philosophical
Outline_of_critical_theory
Type of dance
Queer Tango (or Tango Queer) is dancing Argentine tango without regard to the traditional heteronormative roles of the dancers, and often to exchange
Queer_Tango
Farcical comedy play by Oscar Wilde
discovering that they are supposedly both engaged to the same man. In queer theory the play's themes of duplicity and ambivalence are inextricably bound
The Importance of Being Earnest
The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest
French West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher (1925-1961)
academics and queer theory scholars. Interrogating Fanon's perspective on the nature of black homosexuality and masculinity, queer theory academics have
Frantz_Fanon
1990 essay about queer identity
regarded as one of the earliest articulations of queer activism and queer theory, with queer theory later expanding upon many concepts discussed in the
Queers_Read_This
Trope in fiction
lesbian syndrome" is a trope in the media portrayal of LGBTQ people in which queer characters face tragic fates, including death, much more often than straight
Bury_your_gays
British academic and queer theorist
is a British academic, author, notable in the field of contemporary queer theory, and author of several works on the subject: Gary Snyder and the American
Tim_Dean
Scale for measuring sexual orientation
identify outside the traditional sexual orientation labels (i.e. pansexual, queer, fluid, asexual) and (2) identify as transgender, were recruited to complete
Kinsey_scale
American psychologist
Queer theorist Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick and Science and Technology Studies Professor Adam Frank examine the relevance of Tomkin's work for queer theory as
Silvan_Tomkins
Process of creating meta-data for information resources to include in a catalog database
1080/01639374.2014.882465. S2CID 62226099. Drabinski, E. (2013). Queering the Catalog: Queer Theory and the Politics of Correction. The Library Quarterly, 83(2)
Cataloging_(library_science)
American author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theorist
or explore the theory of their intersection with gender in forming oppressive hierarchies. Gender Outlaw has become part of the queer studies canon. It
Kate_Bornstein
Feelings and behaviors
available online as A Critique of Social Constructionism and Postmodern Queer Theory. Boswell, John (1989). "Revolutions, Universals, and Sexual Categories"
Human_male_sexuality
Physiology, identity and behavior
of cultural expression and personal creativity. He identified Freud's theories as the source of this significant misunderstanding, and theorized that
Human_female_sexuality
American scholar and author
significant queering of neuronormativity is also inevitably a queering of heteronormativity" and vice versa. Walker's formulation of neuroqueer theory developed
Nick_Walker_(scholar)
Linguistic quality
deconstruction, psychoanalysis, feminism, and queer theory. Particularly in the work of feminists and queer theorists, performativity has played an important
Performativity
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English name derived from the vocabulary word, queen, from Old English cwen "queen," from Germanic kwen, QUEEN means "wife."
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American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, French, Gujarati, Indian, Kannada, Punjabi, Sikh, Sindhi, Telugu
Highest Lady; Wife of a King
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Surname or Lastname
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Scottish : reduced form of McQueen.English : from a Middle English female personal name, Quena, from Old English cwene ‘queen’.
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Agni's Friend the Wind
Girl/Female
American, British, English, Irish
From the Round Hill; Seething Pool; Ravine
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Excellent
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Gaelic, Scottish
Black Water; From the Dark River; Form of Douglas
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Pure dance
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : habitational name from a place in Lancashire named Brindle, from Old English burna ‘stream’ + hyll ‘hill’.Altered spelling of South German Brindl, Bründl, a topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or stream, from a diminutive of Middle High German brun(ne) ‘spring’, ‘stream’, or of Brendle or Brendel.
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English : variant of Pearce.
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The one who has won Kalpana i.e. imagination
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n.
A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades.
n.
The quality or state of being queer.
n.
A pagoda. [R.] "Or some queer pagod."
a.
Queer; eccentric; crotchety.
v. i.
To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn.
a.
Mysterious; suspicious; questionable; as, a queer transaction.
imp. & p. p.
of Queen
a.
Rather queer; somewhat singular.
n.
A queer or odd person or thing; a country parson.
v. i.
To act the part of a queen.
v.
A person; as, he is a queer party.
n.
A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots.
a.
Old-fashioned; queer; odd; as, a rum idea; a rum fellow.
a.
At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or act.
n.
A person of queer looks or dress.
adv.
In a queer or odd manner.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Queen
n.
A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc.
n.
Counterfeit money.