Word: queered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this generation which has embraced the label "queer" instead of the more cautious "gay, lesbian and bisexual," says BGLSA Co-Chair Lin. "'Queer' symbolizes a newer wave of energy, more encompassing, more radical, more in your face. The older generation...
...More and more people are putting queer things on their applications and are getting in because of it," says BGLSA Co-Chair Moon Duchin '96. "Admissions people see being out as a sign of character and maturity...
...feel like Harvard is one of the most incredibly apolitical atmospheres despite the fact that it's very intellectual," said BGLSA co-chair Moon Duchim '97. "We're trying to breathe new life into the politics of the queer issue; we are making an effort to be proactive rather than reactive in our politics...
...What did I expect? Artsy, queer, whatever...
Ifirst came across David Sedaris' name in a collection of "alternative new queer writing" edited by novelist Dennis Cooper (he of the Jeffrey Daumer-like heroes and highly-theorized fascination with rimming). Sedaris' entry in this in-your-face collection was called "Glenn's Homophobia Newsletter Vol. 3, No. 2," a lampoon of self-righteous activism and P.C. paranoia. (Glenn indulges in frequent digressions about cruel ex-boyfriends and screams intolerance when a cornerstore cashier resists an inelegant, intrusive seduction). It was funny, a little off-color but not quite as deliberately smellyas some of the other offerings...