8 More Queer Terms That Need to Go Right Now
By: Charles Purdy
On: Jul 18, 2011
http://www.queerty.com/8-more-queer-terms-that-need-to-go-right-now-20110718/ (http://www.queerty.com/8-more-queer-terms-that-need-to-go-right-now-20110718/)
In my last post, I took a stand against some words and terms that offend or bore me (or that I just don't like): among them, "->-bleeped-<- hag," "twink," and "breeder." It was a list of pet vocabulary peeves. And each of us is entitled to his or her own, similar list — so I asked you to share the queer words and terms that make your eyes roll or your skin crawl.
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> Female pronouns for men: We heard from many commenters who dislike hearing men called "she" or "her" (unless the men being referred to are in full drag). I disagree with them on this point (as I explain in a previous post I wrote about pronouns) — but although I think that playing with pronouns is a gay birthright, I understand the points being made, about calling a man "she" potentially being self-hating or misogynistic (or both). So I'll just say that we should use pronouns with care — they are well known to be a loaded issue.