Gay not queer

To say that I am gay and not queer is not to dismiss the entire history of queer politics. Queer activism from the s and s, particularly as it fought against stigmatization during the AIDS pandemic, remains admirable.

My Mood When They Try To Hate — Jaden Smith officialjaden February 6, Being queer is not the same as being gay. Queer means lots of things to lots of different people.

This blog is a collaborative effort of a group of lesbian and gay friends. It reflects our perspective on the hijacking of the public square by queer extremists.

There is one word that drives me nuts. Its timbre does not make me cringe. Rather, it is the way in which this particular word is used-often to describe me, and others like me, totally against my will-that I find to be so offensive.

To say that I am gay and not queer is not to dismiss the entire history of queer politics. Queer activism from the s and s, particularly as it fought against stigmatization during the AIDS pandemic, remains admirable.

He was, for a period, a key figure in the conversation about gay rights. Once invisible and closeted, the AIDS epidemic exposed him without mercy in every state in the country. With this unexpected visibility, and in the wake of hundreds of thousands of young corpses, the survivors built a movement that won every gay and lesbian the right to be free from discrimination and to marry and serve openly — and proudly — in the military.

This blog is a collaborative effort of a group of lesbian and gay friends. It reflects our perspective on the hijacking of the public square by queer extremists.

This may be my last contribution to what I will always call "Gay Voices. I'm in favor of a more inclusionary name. Using a term many of us find insulting and painful, however, is not inclusion -- it's exclusion and rather inconsiderate.