Word: qrf
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...QRF leaders say that they chose to replace “gay” with “queer” to be more inclusive and to replace “liberation” with “resistance,” because, as Carbellano explains, “liberation is too utopian, resistance is more active, more of an ongoing process...
Though at the moment the group has no concrete plans for the year, QRF organizers say they want the group to act as an ad hoc organization that catalyzes queer activism on campus, aiming to incite campus discussion on queer politics and to establish a presence that is, Rosenberg says, “always critical, always active, always vocal...
...QRF made its first public appearance on campus earlier this week, when organizers hung posters across campus with the slogan “Queer and Peerless” to advertise the QRF’s introductory meeting Monday night...
...QRF organizers say that the BGLTSA’s slogan is too ambiguous and could be read as allowing for the continuation of heteronormativity—i.e. “we” could be read to mean heterosexual supporters and the slogan could imply that queers need the support of heterosexuals...
Rosenberg says QRF intends to be a political advocacy group and not a social group, and that to participate individuals must be comfortable and public with their sexuality...