I get the feeling it appeared as a description of stage cross dressing, of the "Charley's Aunt" sort, before it was applied to men off stage, but I could be mistaken, since it's clear that the origin is fuzzy. It probably doesn't matter, since what is important these days is what the term implies these days.
I don't think one dickhead lesbian on TikTok joining in the wedge strategy is really going to be a problem.
Yep, they are a central part of the wedge strategy and already starting hating on bisexuals. I'm just waiting to see how they are all going to start driving the wedge between the L and the G.
It never had a definitely negative connotation. Jack Kerouac used it in a neutral way (he would use "fairy" when he I tended an insult.). Or take the way David Bowie used it in "Five Years".No. The word's meaning has changed from meaning a homosexual to now meaning someone who to paraphrase others "describes a sexual orientation that does not conform to societal norms and does not match conventional labels like gay, lesbian, or bisexual." (Some also say the Q can stand for "questioning".) To me it sounds like an excuse to hang out with the cool LGBTers!
It's a word I used to use in that sense in my childhood. Like "something queer is happening here". I have also heard it as in "Don't queer the pitch"It was a word my grandmother was happy to use as in “There’s nowt as queer as folk” or queer to mean a shady or a criminal, so her saying “He’s queer” was not a comment about someone’s sexuality!
It kind of implies the existence of "toxic femininity" too, doesn't it?
And I know a LOT of gay and lesbian people who do! My personal anecdote is exactly as good as yours.
