Talk:Drag queen/Queer Debate 2003

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"Queer community" may be an acceptable term in some parts of the United States, but for most of a planet it is a term most gay and people do their damnest to avoid, finding it an absurd made-up PC term. (In fact the only time it is used in many parts of western Europe is among hard core left wing writers and among some academics, though even in academia many gay groups have complained about Queer Studies. So for an article to use a term that is almost exclusively associated with the left radical wing of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community, expecially when most members of the community worldwide find the term patronising at best, insulting at worst, is distinctly POV and unacceptable. FearÉIREANN 06:59 26 Jul 2003 (UTC)

"Lesbigay"? That's lovely. So there are no drag queens among the transgendered community? - Montréalais

The word Queer is regarded with revulsion by many of the people I know in the gay community, as not merely a politically correct term but a term forced on the community by some activitists. If you can find a broadbased term, do so. But don't force a politically correct term that turns the stomach of many gay people outside the US and Canada and is seen as forced POV term created by a small unrepresentative group of left-wing activists as part of their politically correct gender stereotyping. FearÉIREANN 02:13 27 Jul 2003 (UTC) (who has been called a communist, a fascist, a homophobe etc on wiki but who happens to be a left wing gay man just back from a gay pub!) BTW agree with both Martin and AlexR down below. Given all the agendaising in this article, it badly needs a professional NPOVing. It is deeply flawed.

So what do you suggest? I wrote this article as a Montreal Queer, using the word Queer to mean what it means in this city. I'm not going to apologize for writing in the language I speak. If you believe it to be too POV, then rewrite it, but I don't see why transgendered people should be excluded just because you don't like the word that includes them. Don't just sit around casting aspersions rather than addressing the question I raised. - Montréalais

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