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queer

[kweer] / kwɪər /


ADJECTIVE
attracted to same sex
Synonyms
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She realized the potential two years ago, when she invited a queer pub from New York to co-host an event.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, collectively known as "Los Javis," have wowed critics and filmgoers with their sweeping queer epic telling the interconnected stories of three gay men over multiple generations.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

So where are the out, unapologetic queer candidates?

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

He said: "What is wonderful is I feel like people can often pigeonhole queer cinema, and those two films show the spectrum and diversity that can be found."

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Jonathan felt his stomach turn all queer, for in that moment his father’s eyes became unveiled, and they revealed themselves to be full of fear.

From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi

Lesbians — or queers, if you'd prefer — deserve more.

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2025

“To the queers, to the Latin, to the immigrants, this is for you,” said Lacorazza, a Colombian American filmmaker whose film is set in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2024

“My aim,” Otero writes in the intro, “is to portray queers of color as makers of history.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2023

They were lesbians, gays, queers, and gender-nonconforming people who had been the target of homophobic and transphobic speech and violence.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2023

All the other correspondents have some regard for—for their position and for the paper, but you loaf around here looking like an old tramp—like any old beach-comber, and it queers the rest of us.

From Ranson's Folly by Richard Harding Davis

Gen Z and Gen Alpha are already telling us they’re queerer than the rest of us, with about a quarter of Gen Z identifying as LGBTQ+, according to recent polls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

There were some people who would have identified at some point as more radical, more critical, or queerer in some way, and some of those people were still really actively struggling.

From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2019

The room for diversity, for queerer set-ups, non-conformity and community could be squeezed out by normativity.

From BBC ● May 1, 2016

This season, creator Jill Soloway, together with her trans and cisgender female writers and directors, have outdone themselves, truly, creating something even queerer, edgier, Jewier, and more feminist than any show that has come before it.

From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2015

‘Well, if that isn’t queerer than ever?’ he exclaimed.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

In Los Angeles, one of the queerest cities in the United States, there are surprisingly few spaces where trans masculine individuals can find solidarity and community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2024

Seattle is one of the queerest cities in America — more than one in 10 people identify as LGBTQ+, rivaling San Francisco, according to market research giant Nielsen.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2022

But having already been approached by fans of the show since her casting was announced, she's fully aware of how important the show is and describes its fans as "the nicest, queerest and queer-friendliest audience."

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2022

Transfused with what Mohabir calls in his author’s note, “the queerest magic” of his Aji’s songs, it’s an incomparable, hybrid account of self and family that defies expectations.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2021

His mouth twisted oddly; if that was a smile, it was the queerest she had ever seen.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin


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