The Allusionist

79. Queer

Strange or obtuse; a stinging homophobic slur; a radical political rejection of normativity; a broad term encompassing every and any variation on sexual orientation and gender identity: the word ‘queer’ has a multifarious past and complicated present. Tracing its movements are Kathy Tu and Tobin Low from Nancy podcast, Eric Marcus from Making Gay History, historian and author Amy Sueyoshi, and Jonathan Van Ness from Queer Eye. 
Find out more about this episode at <a href="http://theallusionist.org/queer">http://theallusionist.org/queer</a>. Content note: this episodes contains discussions of sexuality and sexual acts, as well as some problematic terms.
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