"queer theory" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} queer theory (uncountable)
  1. (LGBTQ) A field of critical theory that emerged in the early 1990s out of LGBT studies and feminist studies, a kind of interpretation devoted to queer readings of texts. Wikipedia link: queer theory Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): LGBTQ Derived forms: queer theoretical Translations (field of critical theory): 酷兒理論 (Chinese Mandarin), 酷儿理论 (kù'ér lǐlùn) (Chinese Mandarin), queerteori [common-gender] (Danish), queer-teoria (Finnish), teoría queer [feminine] (Spanish)

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