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"So for example, people of colour, gender, queer people, people with kind of interesting and distinguishing facial features, it means that they're going to be left out," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The lifeline began offering the Press 3 option in 2022 in partnership with the Trevor Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to suicide prevention for queer and trans youth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

More than 1.3 million queer young people in the U.S. used the “Press 3” service between its launch in 2022 and suspension in July 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“There are queer people from all over thinking I will move there and be myself. Now that’s changing.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

“I had a queer time with Aunt today, and, as I got the best of it, I’ll tell you about it,” began Jo, who dearly loved to tell stories.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

Lesbians — or queers, if you'd prefer — deserve more.

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2025

Even though my gaydar immediately found the queers in the room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

“To the queers, to the Latin, to the immigrants, this is for you,” said Lacorazza, a Colombian American filmmaker whose film is set in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2024

They were lesbians, gays, queers, and gender-nonconforming people who had been the target of homophobic and transphobic speech and violence.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2023

Fan jest passed me, turned away 'er eyes, Guess she ranked me with the other guys, Nobby larks upon the ninth, my joker; But it queers a chap to want the ochre.

From Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour by Various

Gen Z and Gen Alpha are already telling us they’re queerer than the rest of us, with about a quarter of Gen Z identifying as LGBTQ+, according to recent polls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

No wonder “Down With Love” has become something of a cult item, its meta-referential charms perhaps more apparent to a younger, queerer generation that better understands the role-playing nature of gender and romantic courtship.

From New York Times ● May 9, 2023

“As the apocalypse continues, why wouldn’t people be queerer? There’s no potential future,” she says, before laughing.

From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2019

Williams is on the money, however, in suggesting that Baldwin’s renewed appeal is linked to the queer theory and queerer memory of Black Lives Matter.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2017

‘Well, if that isn’t queerer than ever?’ he exclaimed.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Seattle is one of the queerest cities in America — more than one in 10 people identify as LGBTQ+, rivaling San Francisco, according to market research giant Nielsen.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2022

But having already been approached by fans of the show since her casting was announced, she's fully aware of how important the show is and describes its fans as "the nicest, queerest and queer-friendliest audience."

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2022

The queerness of the series won’t surprise longtime Chucky fans: “Child’s Play” may be the queerest of the big horror franchises.

From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2021

Transfused with what Mohabir calls in his author’s note, “the queerest magic” of his Aji’s songs, it’s an incomparable, hybrid account of self and family that defies expectations.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2021

Arya did not know who Bloody Mummers were until a fortnight later, when the queerest company of men she'd ever seen arrived at Harrenhal.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin