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Post by Angel Beast on Oct 21, 2010 16:40:34 GMT -5
I was thinking about this. I didn't have an association with the term queer and being gay or lesbian until the show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.
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Post by midwesternwatcher on Oct 21, 2010 17:58:12 GMT -5
My feeling is that the word "queer" has been used up. It doesn't have any impact or flavor left, no matter how it's used. That's too bad, in a way. In its old meaning of "odd" or "peculiar," it was very useful.
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Post by nl197 on Oct 21, 2010 19:43:15 GMT -5
I was thinking about this. I didn't have an association with the term queer and being gay or lesbian until the show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. The first time I heard it used in the mainstream was an episode of "The Simpsons". The entire episode was about Homer questioning Bart's orientation and eventually his own (a bit), and befriended a shop owner played by independent film director John Waters. It not only used the word a fair amount, but every stereotype imaginable was parodied throughout the episode. |
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