Queer as folk what does it mean

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You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. What does that expression mean? One possibility is the reference to a British television series about a group of gay man. Now there's an American remake of it. This saying has nothing to do with a persons sexuality and has been said as long as I can remember.

I know it refers to a gay tv series, but does the expression have any meaning? Clairannes is right, in the context of that link it states where the expression came from: The title of the programme comes from a dialect expression from some parts of Northern England, "there's nought so queer as folk", meaning "there's nothing as strange as people". Click to expand Brioche Senior Member Adelaide. In , Queer Eye for the Straight Guy , a reality TV show where gay men give straight men a makeover, became a huge hit too.

It was even rebooted in on Netflix as Queer Eye. For some in the LGBT community, queer is still offensive because some people still use queer as an anti-gay or anti-trans slur. The fraught history of the term queer to insult non-cishet people can cause controversy even when organizations are trying to be inclusive of LGBTQ identities. For example, a man in his 60s applying for a job at Colorado College in filed a formal complaint with the state when the application gave him the option to mark his gender identity as queer —something that reminded him of being evicted and losing his job for being gay.

The debate continues, although both interpretations are generally accepted. This is not meant to be a formal definition of queer like most terms we define on Dictionary. Feedback See Today's Synonym. Word of the Day. Meanings Meanings. Examples Origin Usage.