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* Intermediate Sex | |||
* Third Sex | * Third Sex | ||
* Urning/Uranian | * Urning/Uranian | ||
= 20th Century = | = 20th Century = | ||
* | * Gay | ||
* Bisexual | |||
* Lesbian | |||
* Transgender | |||
* Transsexual | |||
= 21st Century = | = 21st Century = | ||
* Groomer (slur) - from "grooming", a term used to describe an act used by child predators to influence minors, "groomer" became popularly used by right-wing demagogues to imply transgender and queer individuals are attempting to influence and abuse youth. | * Groomer (slur) - from "grooming", a term used to describe an act used by child predators to influence minors, "groomer" became popularly used by right-wing demagogues to imply transgender and queer individuals are attempting to influence and abuse youth. | ||
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=== Usage of "Homosexual/Homosexuality" === | |||
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* Library of Congress, Chronicling America, first record using term "homosexual" in a piece titled "Cause and Cure of Anarchy" (1898) in the Omaha Daily Bee. The piece describes Luigi Lucheni, an Italian anarchist who assassinated Empress Elisabeth of Austria the same year, stating "he was like Caserio... in temperament a homo-sexual". Caserio may be referring to Italian anarchist Sante Geronimo Caserio, who assassinated President of France, Marie François Sadi Carnot in 1894. The article is largely an attempt at psychoanalyzing people with anarchist leanings but has no real scientific or medical basis. | |||
* Library of Congress, Chronicling America, next record using term "homosexuality" in a piece by Voice of the People titled "How the Southern Pacific Scabs were Herded" (1913). The piece describes homosexuality and prostitution as forms of degeneracy which are allegedly popular topics being discussed by scabs waiting for work. The article is written from the perspective of a union worker reporting to a Louisiana socialist newspaper. | |||
Revision as of 03:32, 24 August 2022
This page follows the evolution of queer language (English) in the United States as used by general society and queer society, both casual terms and derogatory terms.
19th Century
- Intermediate Sex
- Third Sex
- Urning/Uranian
20th Century
- Gay
- Bisexual
- Lesbian
- Transgender
- Transsexual
21st Century
- Groomer (slur) - from "grooming", a term used to describe an act used by child predators to influence minors, "groomer" became popularly used by right-wing demagogues to imply transgender and queer individuals are attempting to influence and abuse youth.
Gallery
Usage of "Homosexual/Homosexuality"
- Library of Congress, Chronicling America, first record using term "homosexual" in a piece titled "Cause and Cure of Anarchy" (1898) in the Omaha Daily Bee. The piece describes Luigi Lucheni, an Italian anarchist who assassinated Empress Elisabeth of Austria the same year, stating "he was like Caserio... in temperament a homo-sexual". Caserio may be referring to Italian anarchist Sante Geronimo Caserio, who assassinated President of France, Marie François Sadi Carnot in 1894. The article is largely an attempt at psychoanalyzing people with anarchist leanings but has no real scientific or medical basis.
- Library of Congress, Chronicling America, next record using term "homosexuality" in a piece by Voice of the People titled "How the Southern Pacific Scabs were Herded" (1913). The piece describes homosexuality and prostitution as forms of degeneracy which are allegedly popular topics being discussed by scabs waiting for work. The article is written from the perspective of a union worker reporting to a Louisiana socialist newspaper.
