Reply To: Why do I hate the word ‘queer’?

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Thom24760
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Yes, I find it a hateful word, a word meant to harm, even destroy. I understand the prophylatic use of the word, in a sense trying to steal the word from the bigots and drain the word of its violent content. Nonetheless, for me using the word is buying into the hatred, a kind of self-loathing, an internalized homophobia.

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