Queer

[Mark Zuckerberg]

Originally meant to describe something as unusual or strange. Became a deroggatory word to describe homosexuals. More recently, it has been reclaimed by non-heterosexuals as a word used to describe themselves. Queer can now be used to describe homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered people. In scholarly studies the word queer is also used to describe those who practice unconventional sex (e.g. bondage, etc.), therefore even heterosexuals can sometimes be defined as queer.

[PussyCat]

Re-claimed umbrella term used to describe the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/Transsexual and general non-heterosexual communities. Queer is the opposite of Straight.
The word is becoming more acceptable than ‘Gay’ especially for homosexual woman and bisexuals who often object to being called’ gay’ which is used more often to describer gay men. It is still often used (just as ‘gay’ is) as an insult to queer people, but is taken with a pinch of salt these days.

[Sarah]

Something out of the norm.

[Rihanna]

1.- Strange, unusual, outside the norm
2.- A person who is not heterosexual. The word was meant as an insult but has been reclaimed by many non-heterosexual folks, many of whom use it to describe one another. It is still often considered rude to use the word queer in this context unless you self-identify as queer.

[Sonia]

ill, unwell, out of sorts, faint

[Tina]

British slang for eight gallons of gasoline.

[Justin Bieber]

once a pejorative, now a reappropriated term used by those who are attempting to dismantle the gay/straight binary and replace it with the idea that human sexuality is less an either/or thing and more a spectrum onto which people fall in many different places.

[Becky]

`queer\

adj.
(a) strange, unusual
(b) [gay], [lesbian], [bisexual] or [transgendered]

n.
A member of the lgbt community.

Background:
Originally, queer was simply just another word for strange, unusual, or wierd. When gay people first started coming out of the closet, they were seen as strange, unusual, and diseased. Thus, the word queer began denoting someone who is gay, lesbian, transgendered, or bisexual. Recently, it has been adopted by many people in the [LGBT] commnunity as an acceptable umbrella term. However, not all people are comfortable using it.

[Zipporah Schumaker]

At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some
odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a
queer story or act.

[Little_Girl]

(especially of a man) gay: