WSTB12H3 Lecture 6: Week 6 Lecture

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Queer = strange, weird, negative term in 50"s and 60"s. Shift from lgbtiq to queer is due to postmodernism. Postmodernism is norm in humanities, there"s no fixed categories, no real reality, no truth. Queer would say lgbtiq is still in fixed category of gay, tran, etc. Queer theory: lgbtiq is too much about categories, not fluid enough. Associated words: fluidity (fluid nature of identities), context (different identities are different in contexts), spectrum (we need to understand gender and sexuality as fixed spectrum) Queer theory says we all sit somewhere on the spectrum. We all have pieces of identity that fit on the spectrum. Trans = biologically male who gender identified to female, or female who gender identified to male. Heteronormative = straight is normal, the view of the world that we all have regardless of culture. E. g. displays of normative affection when queer couple make out, we notice.

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