Not queer as in “queer is not a slur” but queer as in “I do not give a fuck if its a slur, you don’t get to censor my identity regardless”. Queer as in “I HOPE my identity upsets you”. Queer as in “my identity is not only a slur but a threat”
queer as in “every word we have used to describe ourselves has been turned around and used against us. so no, i will not surrender another word to those who wish to shame us out of existence.”
Queer as in “almost every word we have used to describe ourselves was created to be used against us long before we reclaimed them, and I’m not about to give any of them back to our oppressors”
