That's a good point too. It was in high school I first heard queer as an umbrella term for the community, I think, along with things like pansexual and genderqueer. (Though I knew bisexual people existed before that, because I knew someone in middle school who was out as bi.)
And part of that's how the language has been evolving within the community, but part of it is also how information gets to kids and youth. I feel lucky to have been put through the unitarian universalist sex ed class in middle school--they gave some good basic info, had a panel discussion with youth, etc. It was definitely GLBT, not queer, but still.
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Date: 2010-06-03 03:46 pm (UTC)And part of that's how the language has been evolving within the community, but part of it is also how information gets to kids and youth. I feel lucky to have been put through the unitarian universalist sex ed class in middle school--they gave some good basic info, had a panel discussion with youth, etc. It was definitely GLBT, not queer, but still.