Queer studies is not the same as queer theory, an analytical viewpoint within queer studies ( centered on literary studies and philosophy ) that challenges the putatively " socially constructed " categories of sexual identity.

Indeed, Lover might be viewed as a literary mother of Queer Theory ; her novel resonates almost as strongly with third-wave feminism as it does with the second-wave feminism of its origins.

The Columbia Queer Alliance is the central Columbia student organization that represents the lesbian, gay, transgender, and questioning student population.

Trained in Continental philosophy and published on Hegel, Butler is better known for her engagement with feminist theory and as the ' mother ' ( along with English literature scholar Eve Sedgwick ) of Queer Theory.

The voice and humor of Queer Duck character Bi-Polar Bear – voiced by Ren & Stimpy and Futurama actor Billy West – is also done in the style of Paul Lynde, as was the supervillain The Scoutmaster in the Simpsons episode Radioactive Man.

Queer is an umbrella term for sexual and gender minorities that are not heterosexual, heteronormative, or gender-binary.

Queer as Folk is a reference to the common expression unrelated to homosexuality " There's nowt so queer as folk ".

In the 1904 Sherlock Holmes story " The Adventure of the Second Stain ", the term is still used in a completely non-sexual context ( Inspector Lestrade is threatening a misbehaving constable with " finding himself in Queer Street ", i. e., in this context, being severely punished ).

Another acronym that has begun to spread is QUILTBAG, from Queer / Questioning, Undecided, Intersex, Lesbian, Trans, Bisexual, Asexual, Gay.

Due to a tendency in 1980s-1990s academic criticism to locate Bonheur as a proto-Feminist and as a pivotal figure for Queer theory, she is perhaps most famous today because she was known for wearing men's clothing and living together with Anna Klumpke.

* Alan Cantwell, in self-published books entitled AIDS and the Doctors of Death: An Inquiry into the Origin of the AIDS Epidemic and Queer Blood: The Secret AIDS Genocide Plot, says that HIV is a genetically modified organism developed by U. S. Government scientists and that it was introduced into the population through Hepatitis B experiments performed on gay and bisexual men between 1978 – 1981 in major U. S. cities.

It is one of the largest such festivals in the world, and includes a variety of events such as the Sydney Mardi Gras Parade and Party, Bondi Beach Drag Races, Harbour Party, the academic discussion panel Queer Thinking, Mardi Gras Film Festival, as well as Fair Day, which attracts 70, 000 people to Victoria Park, Sydney.

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.

Queer studies is the critical theory based study of issues relating to sexual orientation and gender identity usually focusing on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex ( LGBTI ) people and cultures.

Queer as Folk is a 1999 British television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street.

The producers say that Queer as Folk, although superficially a realistic depiction of gay urban life in the 1990s, is meant as a fantasy, and that Stuart, Vince, and Nathan are not so much characters as gay male archetypes.

It was the success of this album that prompted Channel 4 launch their own music division when the second series of Queer As Folk was made — an international franchise that is still around today.

As reported, " FARR IS QUEER " is painted on Farr's garage door ( i. e. Farr is homosexual ), and the expression " Queer Street " ( meaning in desperate poverty ) is used in a letter to some red herring blackmailers.

" Queer Eye For The Shy Guy " ( 2004 ): a straight man is made over to attend a speed dating party.

The Claremont Colleges Queer Resource Center is a student center addressing the needs and concerns of LGBT students at all five colleges.

Cordelia, in conversation with Charles Ryder, quotes a passage from the Father Brown detective story " The Queer Feet ": " I caught him, with an unseen hook and an invisible line which is long enough to let him wander to the ends of the world, and still to bring him back with a twitch upon the thread.

and is detailed in Fritscher's gay linguistics essay " Homomasculinity: Framing Keywords of Queer Popular Culture " presented at the Queer Keyword Conference, University College Dublin, Ireland, April 2005.

Although it had been funding British experimental films as early as 1952, the British Film Institute's foundation of a production board in 1964 — and a substantial increase in public funding from 1971 onwards — enabled it to become a dominant force in developing British art cinema in the 1970s and 80s: from the first of Bill Douglas's Trilogy My Childhood ( 1972 ), and of Terence Davies ' Trilogy Childhood ( 1978 ), via Peter Greenaway's earliest films ( including the surprising commercial success of The Draughtsman's Contract ( 1982 )) and Derek Jarman's championing of the New Queer Cinema.

Queer Pulp: Perverted Passions from the Golden Age of the Paperback, Chronicle Books, LLC.

At Quezon City Memorial Circle, a program was held with a Queer Pride Mass and solidarity remarks from various organizations and individuals.

Recently, the television series Queer Eye for the Straight Guy depicts straight men being given fashion make-overs or decorating tips from gay men.

The MC was Carson Kressley from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.

* Emmett Honeycutt, a fictional character from the TV show Queer as Folk.

Faeries hold gatherings at faerie sanctuaries and also in non-sanctuary space all over the globe ranging from non-Faerie centric rural spaces ( such as IDA ) in Tennessee to urban spaces, such as Queer Magic in Oregon.

Queer tango is a new way to dance Argentine tango free from traditional heteronormative codes.

He states that Ginsberg misread " Naked Lust " from the manuscript, and only he noticed ; that section of the manuscript later became Queer, although the phrase does not appear in either of the two final texts of that novel.

Faisal Alam, founder of American Gay Muslim group Al-Fatiha, argued in the magazine Queer that Iran was condemned before the facts were certain, and in 2003 the United Nations Committee Against Torture noted that " from different and reliable sources that there currently is no active policy of prosecution of charges of homosexuality in Iran ".

** Queer as Folk soundtracks, soundtrack albums from the North American series

The program's name was changed from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy after the third season to broaden the scope of its content.

The show's name was shortened to Queer Eye at the beginning of its third season to reflect the show's change in direction from making over only straight men to including women and gay men.

Producers Collins and Metzler were given the greenlight by Bravo to develop Queer Eye following the ratings success the network experienced when it counterprogrammed a marathon of its 2002 series Gay Weddings across from Super Bowl XXXVII in January 2003.

Special episodes of Queer Eye that deviated from this formula included episodes in which the Fab Five journeyed outside the greater New York area, including shows filmed in England, Texas, and Las Vegas.

* Characters from the previous novels < i > Junkie </ i >, < i > Queer </ i > and Naked Lunch: Dr Benway, Clem Snide, Sailor, Bill Gains, and Kiki.

* Melanie Marcus, from Queer as Folk

* Peraino, Judith Ann, Listening to the Sirens: Musical Technologies of Queer Identity from Homer to Hedwig, University of California Press, 2006.

In examining the film from a queer theory perspective, author Michele Aaron cites Zero Patience as definitional of one of the New Queer Cinema's central attitudes, the " def of cinematic convention in terms of form, content and genre.

In the films of New Queer Cinema, the protagonists and narratives were predominantly LGBT, but were presented invariably as outsiders and renegades from the rules of conventional society, and embraced radical and unconventional gender roles and ways of life, frequently casting themselves as outlaws or fugitives.

The council criticism was due to the Queer Collective using Tertangala Collective funds and for acting against the principles of Tertangala, by only accepting articles from a select group of people.