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David Halperin, an early queer theorist, writes in his article "The Normalization of Queer Theory" that de Lauretis' usage was somewhat controversial at first, as she chose to combine the word "queer" which was just starting to be used in a "gay-affirmative sense by activists, street kids, and members of the art world," and the word "theory ...
LGBTQ linguistics is the study of language as used by members of LGBTQ communities. Related or synonymous terms include lavender linguistics, advanced by William Leap in the 1990s, which "encompass[es] a wide range of everyday language practices" in LGBTQ communities, [1] and queer linguistics, which refers to the linguistic analysis concerning the effect of heteronormativity on expressing ...
Organizations such as the Irish Queer Archive attempt to collect and preserve history related to queer studies. Queer theory is a field of post-structuralist critical theory that emerged in the early 1990s out of the fields of queer studies and women's studies. Applications of queer theory include queer theology and queer pedagogy.
Hocquenghem's Homosexual Desire (1972, English translation 1978) may be the first work of Queer Theory.Drawing on the theories of desiring-production developed by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari in their Anti-Oedipus (1972), Hocquenghem critiqued the influential models of the psyche and sexual desire derived from the psychoanalysts Jacques Lacan and Sigmund Freud.
Neuroqueer theory is a framework that intersects the fields of neurodiversity and queer theory. [1] It examines the ways society constructs and defines normalcy, particularly concerning gender, sexual orientation, and dis/ability, and challenges those constructions. [ 2 ]
In addition, the "Q" stands for queer which includes sexual identities and behaviors that go beyond traditional sex and gender labels, roles, and expectations. [5] The word "queer" was historically a slur used towards people within the community. [6] [7] Those who identify as queer today have reclaimed this label as self-identification.
Experts explain the meaning of the word "queer", how and when to use it, how to know if you're queer, and how to find queer community.
Queering (also called queer reading [1]) is a technique used to challenge heteronormativity by analyzing places in a text that use heterosexuality or identity binaries. [2] [3] Coming out of queer theory in the late 1980s through the 1990s, [4] queering is a method that can be applied to literature, film, and other media.