[Mark]

At first I didn’t like it, but it has never really offended me. But like someone else said, it covers gay males, lesbians, bisexuals and the transgendered, or anyone else with statistically unusual gender/sexuality issues. I use it to describe myself unhesitatingly and I don’t consider it to be a negative term whatsoever. Even if you take queer to mean unusual, it’s technically accurate. We’re in the vast minority. Big deal. Only a fool would suggest that someone in a majority, be it a racial, orientation, gender or even ideological majority is automatically ‘right’ or preferable. But I do take it as a slur when it’s obviously meant to be one. It’d be silly to suggest that one should be offended by a member of PFLAG saying ‘We need to do all we can to prevent the harrasment of queer youth in our schools.’ Just as it would be silly to suggest that one shouldn’t be offended by someone complaining about a bunch of ‘dirty queers.’

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Name : Mark, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Gay, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Atheist, Age : 18, City : Laredo, State : TX, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class, 

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