Is It OK If I Use The Word “Queer”?

Addi explains why the word “queer” is acceptable to many in the LGBTQ+ community now, but still, not everyone should use it.

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Hello humans. Thanks for viewing Ask Addi today. I’m Addison Smith.

Today we have a question about language, and language is very important within the queer community. Language allows people to express themselves and their feelings. It communicates philosophy and can persuade others to a different way of thinking.

In the queer community, we create new words or redefine old ones to better express our identities so that we have a way of telling others who and what we are, how we feel about our sexuality, our gender, and our relationships.

Today’s question is about one of those redefined words that I’ve already used a few times in this video.