queer theory

Noun

Meaning

queer theory (uncountable)

(LGBT) A field of critical theory that emerged in the early 1990s out of LGBT studies and feminist studies, a kind of interpretation devoted to queer readings of texts.

Examples

I love it now that a large minority of people who are handicapped prefer to call themselves crippled. This is all part of the game, like queer theory. Leslie Fiedler

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