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Pride the Rainbie

Queer
Legacy Name: Queer

The

Custom Spectrum Jollin
Owner:

Shark

Age: 13 years, 2 weeks, 4 days

Born: April 6th, 2011

Adopted: 8 years, 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Adopted: August 30th, 2015

Statistics

Level: 0
Strength: 21
Defense: 14
Speed: 12
Health: 15
HP: 15/15
Intelligence: 5
Books Read: 4
Food Eaten: 0
Job: Towel Folder

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history of the word queer

Queer is an umbrella term for sexual and gender minorities who are not heterosexual or are not cisgender. Originally meaning "strange" or "peculiar", queer came to be used pejoratively against those with same-sex desires or relationships in the late 19th century. Beginning in the late 1980s, queer activists, such as the members of Queer Nation, began to reclaim the word as a deliberately provocative and politically radical alternative to the more assimilationist branches of the LGBT community.

In the 2000s and on, queer became increasingly used to describe a broad spectrum of non-normative (i.e. anti-heteronormative and anti-homonormative) sexual and gender identities and politics. Academic disciplines such as queer theory and queer studies share a general opposition to binarism, normativity, and a perceived lack of intersectionality, some of them only tangentially connected to the LGBT movement. Queer arts, queer cultural groups, and queer political groups are examples of modern expressions of queer identities.

Critics of the use of the term include members of the LGBT community who associate the term more with its colloquial, derogatory usage, those who wish to dissociate themselves from queer radicalism, and those who see it as amorphous and trendy. The expansion of queer to include queer heterosexuality has been criticized by those who argue that the term can only be reclaimed by those it has been used to oppress.

AROMANTIC

An aromantic is a person who experiences little or no romantic attraction to others. People identifying as aromantic can also experience romance in a way otherwise disconnected from normative societal expectations (for example due to feeling repulsed by romance, or being uninterested in romantic relationships.) Where alloromantic people have an emotional need to be with another person in a romantic relationship, aromantics are often satisfied with friendships and other non-romantic relationships. What distinguishes romantic relationships from non-romantic relationships is the romantic intent or lack thereof. This means that the outward expression of a relationship (for example existence of actions such as holding hands, kissing, etc.) can be misleading as to its type. Aromantic people may or may not enjoy activities that are often seen as romantic (e.g. kissing) or be uncomfortable with romance, be single or have a partner or be married - those are individual characteristics that vary between aromantic people.

PREVENT

You are not alone and there is help.

Vibrancy

All about the history and meaning of the pride flag.

Section planning (bc I love the idea of the rainbow heart tabs too much not to have six sections lmao)

red: history of the word queer (wikipedia + LGBT sources and in depth about it's impact within the community and it's reclaiming)

orange: other terms and identities, maybe explain diff flags and whatnot??

yellow: friends (stonewall (ask permission), aromantic, etc) (look for more lgbt-themed friends once this page is more finished)

green: treasure

blue: pet art??? idk

purple: credit

bringmayflowers

credits

Profile template by

Lea.

Bouncy pride heart by Saix from Topic: Free LGBT heart pixels!

Custom overlay by bringmayflowers

New background is coding! Source, edited as needed by me. | Old background made by me via Colour Lovers. (here for my own ref/in case colour lovers kicks the bucket.)

Queer was given to me by the lovely ~~nobody~~ ❤

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