Wilson was told that it was a sort of hotel for white people, which seemed to him rather queer.

`` I know you feel badly, but that sounds like such a queer thing for you to say ''.

" She has also been quoted as saying that " His dressing up didn ’ t bother me — we all have our little queer habits " and giving Wood's drinking as the reason for their breakup.

Other forms of Wicca have also attracted queer people, for instance, the theologian Jone Salomonsen noted that there was an unusually high number of LGBT, and particularly bisexual individuals within the Reclaiming tradition of San Francisco when she was doing her fieldwork there in the 1980s and 1990s.

When we chose the name, we were thinking, well, it would be great to reclaim the word " bitch " for strong, outspoken women, much the same way that " queer " has been reclaimed by the gay community.

Subsequently, for most of the 20th century, " queer " was frequently used as a derogatory term for effeminate gay males who were believed to engage in receptive or passive anal / oral sex with men, and others exhibiting untraditional ( i. e., trans ) gender behaviour.

In this context, " queer " is not a synonym for LGBT as it creates a space for " queer " heterosexuals as well as " non-queer " homosexuals.

In the late 2000s and early 2010s, a number of internet communities started to use the term ' LGBTQ ,' the ' Q ' standing for ' queer ,' to represent forms of sexuality that fall outside of the original LGBT framework, in order to promote awareness and acceptance of these forms of sexuality.

To recognize this inclusion, a popular variant adds the letter Q for those who identify as queer and / or are questioning their sexual identity as " LGBTQ ", recorded since 1996.

LGBT may also include additional " Q " s for " queer " or " questioning " ( sometimes abbreviated with a question mark and sometimes used to mean anybody not literally L, G, B or T ) which can then look like < span lang =" la-Latn " lang =" la-Latn "> e. g .</ span >, " LGBTQ " or " LGBTQQ "".

To allow for greater inclusion of the LGBTQI community it represents ( including those identifying as bisexual, transexual, queer and intersex ), on 17 November 2011 the festival and event organisers changed the event name to " Sydney Mardi Gras ".

Techniques in queer studies include the search for queer influences and themes in works of literature, the analysis of political currents linking the oppression of women, racialized groups, and disadvantaged classes with that of queer people, and the search for queer figures and trends in history that queer studies scholars view as having been ignored and excluded from the canon.

The Jews had been banished from England in 1290 and were not permitted to return before 1655, when Shakespeare had been dead for thirty-nine years.

If living Jews were unavailable for study, the Bible was at hand.

In the following year her father undertook to give a course in Hebrew theology to Johns Hopkins students, and this brought to the Szold house a group of bright young Jews who had come to Baltimore to study, and who enjoyed being fed and mothered by Mamma and entertained by Henrietta and Rachel, who played and sang for them in the upstairs sitting room on Sunday evenings.

When we consider the disorganized state of the world community, and the legacy of predispositions adversely directed against all who are identified as Jews, it is obvious that the struggle for the minds and muscles of men needs to be prosecuted with increasing vigor and skill.

and to Mrs. Rozella Switzer, regional director of The National Conference of Christians and Jews, who asked them to serve as a committee for the fund.

that is how the Jews prepare a body for burial.

The Jews for 2500 years have been a prime example, though the adherents of any world or interpeople religion are cases in point.

Heydrich, in opening the Conference, followed the reasoning and even the phraseology of the order issued earlier by Goering which authorized the Final Solution as `` a complement to '' previous `` solutions '' for eliminating the Jews from German living space through violence, economic strangulation, forced emigration, and evacuation.

In other words, the promulgators of the murder plan made clear that physically exterminating the Jews was but an extension of the anti-Semitic measures already operating in every phase of German life, and that the new conspiracy counted on the general anti-Semitism that had made those measures effective, as a readiness for murder.

He thereby precipitated a bitter controversy involving Protestants, Jews and Roman Catholics that continued for two months, until the city's Board of Hospitals lifted the ban on birth-control therapy.

One of the reasons for the high percentage of Jewish teen-agers in college is that a great many urban Jews are enabled to attend local colleges at modest cost.

Antisemitism ( also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism ) is suspicion of, hatred toward, or discrimination against Jews for reasons connected to their Jewish heritage.

That Ambrose could nevertheless occasionally say a good word for the Jews is shown by a passage in his " Enarratio in Psalmos " ( i. 41, xiv.

* 1349 – Six thousand Jews are killed in Mainz after being blamed for the bubonic plague.

He is noted for ordering the first recorded local expulsion of Jews, when he did so in Poitou in 1249.

Stephen, one of the first deacons, is arrested for blasphemy, and after a trial, is found guilty and executed by stoning by the Jews, thereby becoming the first known Christian martyr.

One of the central themes of Acts, indeed of the New Testament ( see also Great Commission ) is the universality of Christianity — the idea that Jesus's teachings were for all humanity — Jews and Gentiles alike.

In addition to his office, the archbishop also holds a number of other positions ; for example, he is Joint President of the Council of Christians and Jews in the United Kingdom.

Two separate doors ( one for Jews and one for Christians ) on a house in Lengnau

The detachment at Jerusalem, which apparently encamped all over the city ’ s western hill, was responsible for preventing Jews from returning to the city.

Of special historical interest is the observation of Abbahu in regard to the benediction " Baruk Shem Kebod Malkuto " ( Blessed be the Name of His glorious Kingdom ) after the " Shema ' Yisrael ," that in Palestine, where the Christians look for points of controversy, the words should be recited aloud ( lest the Jews be accused of tampering with the unity of God proclaimed in the Shema '), whereas in the Babylonian city of Nehardea, where there are no Christians, the words are recited with a low voice ( Pesahim 56a ).

During a visit of a delegation of Roman Catholic cardinals in Manhattan in January 2004, he said that “ a meeting like this doesn't signify in itself a breakthrough ”, and called for “ a theological dialogue that asks the tough questions, such as whether Catholicism allows for Jews to enter eternal paradise .”

For concerning these, the Lord put to shame the Sadducees, and said, ' Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures ' and He reproved the Jews, saying, ' Search the Scriptures, for these are they that testify of ME ".

In 1903 he emigrated to Montreal, Canada, but soon relocated to Chicago, Illinois to work for Hull Laboratory.

The cartoonist visited John Lennon and Yoko Ono at their 1969 Bed-In for Peace in Montreal, and their testy exchange later appeared in the documentary film Imagine: John Lennon ( 1988 ).

In 2005, Clinton criticized the Bush administration for its handling of emissions control, while speaking at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Montreal.

In 1975, the Birds acquired slugger Lee May in a trade with Houston, and traded Dave McNally, Rich Coggins and minor-league pitcher Bill Kirkpatrick to Montreal for star outfielder Ken Singleton, and future 20-game winner Mike Torrez.

Burroughs sold a D82 to Air Canada to handle reservations for trips originating in Montreal and Quebec.

However, in some cities it is a subdivision of the city ( for example, London, New York City, Montreal, and Tokyo ).

Costa Rica is party to many environmental treaties, including the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Convention on Environmental Modification, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Montreal Protocol, the Ramsar Convention, the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, the Desertification Convention, the Endangered Species Convention, the Basel Convention, the Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Convention on Marine Dumping, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.

The first Welland Canal, which opened in 1829 between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, bypassing Niagara Falls and the Lachine Canal ( 1825 ), which allowed ships to skirt the nearly impassable rapids on the St. Lawrence River at Montreal were built for commerce.

Development of a funding mechanism similar to that of the Montreal Protocol ( developed nations contribute to a fund for developing nations ) could allow more funds for non-Secretariat activities.

In December, 1983 Scott Sanderson was acquired from Montreal in a three-team deal with San Diego for Carmelo Martinez.

* 1970 – October Crisis: In Montreal, Quebec, kidnapped British Trade Commissioner James Cross is released by the Front de libération du Québec terrorist group after being held hostage for 60 days.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Montreal used the Nova 1200 for channel playout automation up until the late 80's.

With the approval of both Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell, a musical version of the film was staged, enjoying a successful workshop in Toronto and performances at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal in 2004.

Entering the new year, Henry sold the Marlins to Montreal Expos owner Jeffrey Loria, clearing the way for Henry to buy the Boston Red Sox.

* Montreal Institute for Genocide Studies, Concordia University

The ICAO should not be confused with the International Air Transport Association ( IATA ), a trade organization for airlines also headquartered in Montreal, or with the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation ( CANSO ), an organization for Air Navigation Service Providers ( ANSPs ) with its headquarters at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the Netherlands.

The home is located at 8232 avenue de Gaspe south of rue de Guizot Est and near Jarry Park and close to Delorimier Stadium, where Robinson played for the Montreal Royals during 1946.

In a letter read during the ceremony, Rachel Robinson, Jackie's widow, wrote: " I remember Montreal and that house very well and have always had warm feeling for that great city.

In the end, Montreal was the perfect place for him to get his start.

Joual () is the common name for the linguistic features of basilectal Quebec French that are associated with the French-speaking working class in Montreal which has become a symbol of national identity for a large number of artists from that area.

Linguists tend to eschew this term, but historically some have reserved the term joual for the variant of Quebec French spoken in Montreal.