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[–]fuck_reddit 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

At its root, "homosexual" means "same sex," whereas "queer" means "weird," so even though "homosexual" has clinical connotations... "queer" has connotations of "queer bashing" and the like... not really a good look for advocates of the word...

[–]HelloMomo 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I've become suddenly fond of the word homosexual after learning about the guy who created it, Karl-Maria Kertbeny