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Can any Americans help me with whether a word is inappropriate? (piefed.blahaj.zone)
submitted 5 days ago by LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org
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An American woman I know was angry and referred to a gay couple as "queens". I raised it, she is straight cis and says the word is fine in America. I'm in the UK and it's not ok here unless you're lgbt yourself (and even then plenty wouldn't like it).

Can anyone advise?

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[โ€“] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I've been adjacent to the queer community since the '90s and have never heard this term used by anyone cishet across several states. I've only heard it used in either a playful or frustrated manner (the latter being along the lines of, "My boyfriend is being such a queen").

My headcanon is that had she said it to their faces, the response would have started with, "Yeah, bitch."

[โ€“] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 days ago

Haha yep my head canon too