This. I’m not here to force a label on anyone, but here’s the thing: To conservatives, you will always be queer. You can try to cleanse the stink of it off of you by throwing your community under the bus. You can assimilate as much as you like. You won’t succeed. [By @jjcroucher.bsky.social ]
If you are gay, you are queer – and yes, it mattersRecent online discourse has seen the return of respectability politics. JJ Croucher argues gay men who resist labelling themselves as “queer” are fighting a figment of straight society’s imagination.www.gaytimes.com