queer
adjective
strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; singular.
queerness
-
a word derived from
queer.
Example Sentences
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I’ve spent my life feeling that the way I express my queerness doesn’t align with what so many people think it should be.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
Given the group’s commitment to costumed stage personas, the mixed sexuality of their members, and their name, the Village People came to represent the confluence of masculinity and queerness.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
"The cultural conversation they were having in 2019 about identity, queerness, mental health, is now the conversation everyone is having everywhere, so the show no longer feels like a frontier."
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
For a blip in this post-Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” era, when queerness is once again taboo, the counterculture went mainstream.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026
The humpy-bumpy meadows on top were part of its queerness, too.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
