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Queer Nation, n. orig. and chiefly U.S.
Brit. |ˌkwɪə(r) ˈneɪʃn|, U.S. |ˌkwɪr ˈneɪʃ(ə)n|
Forms: also with lower-case initials.
[‹ queer adj.1 + nation n.1]
A notional community of people united by homosexuality, lesbianism, or by a shared belief in gay rights; spec. the name of a campaigning lesbian and gay rights organization founded in North America in 1990.
1989D. Leavitt in N.Y. Times Mag. 9 July 81 ‘The tribe’ has given way to a ‘queer nation’ which is assertively coed, multi-racial and anti-consumerist. 1991Vanity Fair Aug. 82/3 Queer Nation, at least in San Francisco, is, in the words of member Marc Geller, ‘very pro-sex, very out, very creative, and at its best, very explosive’. 1992Out Summer 37/1 This month..the queer nation makes its annual pilgrimage to the lesbian and gay film festivals. 2000E. O. Clarke Virtuous Vice i. i. 49 Radical, media-savvy organizations such as..Queer Nation..have had a decreasing amount of public presence and share of participation within visibility politics. 2004J. Binnie Globalization of Sexuality ii. 26 Stonewall performs the work of memory, occupies a central place in the mythmaking of the queer nation.
Derivatives. Queer National n. and adj.
1990Re: Come out People in soc.motss (Usenet newsgroup) 13 Oct. (signature of posting) *Queer National. 1991S. Watney in M. Dorenkamp & R. Henke Negotiating Lesbian & Gay Subj. iv. 58 There is a greater need than ever to be able to articulate American to non-American queer national histories, and queer national cultures. 1992Mother Jones May–June 63/2 After California governor Pete Wilson vetoed..a bill that would have outlawed job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation... Queer Nationals and other gay activists hurled police barricades through windows. 2005Philos. Today 49 292 Queer Nationals sought to ‘reinsert’ themselves back into the text of mainstream society. |