Let Us Entertain You

Years ago, there were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay (LGBT) community in response to a police raid at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village that began in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969.

Back then, the word queer was a derogatory and insultuous name for people in the LGBT community. The initials Q, I, A, + would be added many years later, and today many use LGBTQ+ or LGBTQIA+  to describe our community.

The word queer can be a pejorative when used in certain contexts. It will cause pain when used in a derogatory way or as an insistence that someone is abnormal and, thus, undeserving of fair treatment and love.

It was an insult many narrow-minded people would hurl at those that they deemed different from themselves - especially when it was because of gender or sexuality expression.

So, many years ago, the word queer was an insult. But after the Stonewall Riots LGBTQ+ people began to wear the word as a badge of honor. To say, in effect, “We’re here. We’re queer. Get used to it.” It was a statement that LGBTQ+ persons used in defiance of society’s refusal of acceptance.

Now, we use queer as an inclusive term to refer to those of us who fall outside of cisgender or heterosexual identities, and not as a derogatory term. It is a word we use freely and proudly with no shame.

The word queer also means odd, or different from the norm. And we use it freely in describing ourselves as persons, and here, in this website, it is also used as a description of some of the works that you will find. A double entendre - if you will. 

We hope you will enjoy our queer work presented here.