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underpants

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4. I doubt I'd have ever used "queer" because *I* see it as derogatory based on when I was a kid.

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Sun Jan 22, 2023, 08:12 AM

Jan 2023

We played a playground game called “Smear the queer”. Basically it was football but with one person running and avoiding everyone else. Eventually someone gets ahold of him and a mass of people would pile on or they throw the designated thing that made them the target and someone else would pick it up and run. I know that was a long time ago but to me it stands out how positively drastically things have changed.

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'Gay' or 'queer'? On Twitter, the word debate rages on [View all] Behind the Aegis Jan 2023 OP

I'll be interested in LGBTQ DUer's thoughts on this... n/t hlthe2b Jan 2023 #1

Everything I've read/seen/discussed indicates it's mostly generational NullTuples Jan 2023 #12

Lesbian, Lezzie, Dyke, Femme, Queer, Woman Loving Womyn irisblue Jan 2023 #2

I'm straight male, but... Layzeebeaver Jan 2023 #3

It means when he said "we", "I" would've been more suitable. He was making a claim... NullTuples Jan 2023 #11

Fair enough and a good observation Layzeebeaver Jan 2023 #18

I doubt I'd have ever used "queer" because *I* see it as derogatory based on when I was a kid. underpants Jan 2023 #4

Yes, I will never use the term for that reason. But, it is not my hlthe2b Jan 2023 #6

Strange Currencies underpants Jan 2023 #7

I read the name of that game & it took me back. NullTuples Jan 2023 #13

I was called "queerbait" in middle and high school and frequently beaten bloody by bullies. hunter Jan 2023 #16

Queer has made a strong comeback Tree-Hugger Jan 2023 #5

I need to check with my daughter but don't use that word. That being said.... underpants Jan 2023 #8

Historically ... Pete Ross Junior Jan 2023 #9

I wonder if the shame of needing a code word is part of what the younger generations... NullTuples Jan 2023 #14

"Queer" isn't a term I identify with. David__77 Jan 2023 #10

That is correct! Younger people use it as an all-inclusive term that includes neurodiversity... NullTuples Jan 2023 #15

This one is interesting vercetti2021 Jan 2023 #17