Jamil's revelation sparked confusion over the meaning of the term 'queer.'
When Jameela Jamil came out on Twitter as “queer” on Wednesday, she was aiming to quell a social media firestorm that had been ignited over news that she, a presumed-to-be-straight actress with no ties to the vogueing LGBTQ-ballroom community, had been tapped to host a new reality TV series, Legendary, focusing on that very community.
Typically, the organization’s online glossary continues, “for those who identify as queer, the terms lesbian, gay and bisexual are perceived to be too limiting and/or fraught with cultural connotations they feel don't apply to them. Some people may use queer, or more commonly genderqueer, to describe their gender identity and/or gender expression.”
The Human Rights Foundation, the country’s largest LGBTQ rights lobbying group, offers a similar definition of “queer” on its website’s glossary: “A term people often use to express fluid identities and orientations. Often used interchangeably with ‘LGBTQ.’” But she’s not the first celebrity to identify this way. Evan Rachel Wood, back in 2013, said, “I prefer queer. ‘Bisexual’ works too, except I don't exclude transgender people. This is why labels are tricky."
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