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The Gist
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Queerness Is a Political Statement, Not a Fashion
New York Times columnist Pamela Paul explores how the word queer is replacing gay as a descriptor for the LGBTQI A plus community that acronym keeps on growing. Ten years ago, Queer appeared just 85 times in the times, whereas in this year alone, it appeared 632 times. Similar gays still bristle at the words derogatory sting and object to its connotation of political and lifestyle radicalism. But if gay people are musical or bisexual people sung through musicals, how exactly would that work?
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