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Why our ‘Queer of the Year’ is now our ‘Person of the Year’

Started by Shana A, December 29, 2010, 10:36:42 AM

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December 29, 2010, 10:36:42 AM
Why our 'Queer of the Year' is now our 'Person of the Year'
Written by Laura Douglas-Brown   
Tuesday, December 28 2010 14:51

http://www.thegavoice.com/index.php/opinion/editorial-menu/1794-why-our-queer-of-the-year-is-now-our-person-of-the-year

If you read the article in print or in the last few days on our website, you will see that the title of the honor has now been changed to "GA Voice Person of the Year."

So why was it originally "Queer of the Year," and why did we change it?

"Queer" has long been a contested term in our community, and it isn't one we use lightly. The reasons we chose it for our annual honor were both practical and philosophical:

• We have no good umbrella term for our community, and "queer" is often as close as it gets. The GA Voice LGBTQQIA Person of the Year is both unwieldy and probably would still leave out some letters that represent slices of who we are.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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