I will admit, I’m not the most politically correct person on the planet. Plus, I have a very dark sense of humour. So under the right conditions, I would not mind the word "queer". But it has traditionally been used as a homophobic slur, and using it as an umbrella term for non-heterosexual people is tone deaf and insensitive. However, I do despise the word "queer" because now it’s being used by woke heterosexuals and self-hating homo/bisexuals as a word to describe themselves. Furthermore, the word has become associated with radical neoliberalism. These two reasons are why I do not consider myself queer, and why I despise the term.