A straight queer. Someone who identifies as both straight and queer, often due to being attracted to the opposite
gender only or mostly, but who's
friends and/or family and themselves are heavily involved in the queer community, making a
large part of their identity queer regardless of their sexual orientation.
Jaimie: What does squeer
mean?
Taylor: Oh I'm a squeer! I'm basically straight, but most people I like and
hang out with are
gay, so I am queer too, even though I'm straight.
Jaimie: Isn't that like an ally?
Taylor: Not really, cause an ally is just someone who accepts the queer community but doesn't actually identify with it. Squeers identify as a part of the queer community, as belonging more with queers than with straights.
Jaimie:
Well if you're straight and queer,
aren't you just bisexual?
Taylor: No I have a lot of trouble being attracted to my own
gender, even if I try. I'm definitly just straight, but when people say I'm not queer or don't belong in the rainbow community, that bother me, cause I am queer. My life surrounds gay people, Pride, rainbow conferences, volunteering with queer organizations, etc. Being queer is part of who I am.
Jaimie: That's so cool! So you're a squeer! Like a straight queer.
Taylor:
Yup!