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This document provides an overview of the term "queer" and how its meaning has evolved over time. Originally meaning "strange" or "odd," by the early 20th century it came to refer to homosexuals in a derogatory way. In the late 1980s, activists began reclaiming the term to challenge heteronormative structures and critique identity politics. Queer theory emerged in academia in the 1980s/90s, arguing that sexuality is socially constructed rather than innate. A key concept is "heteronormativity," which natural

Author

Gino Tan

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