Queer as an identity term refers to a non-categorical sexual identity in which people prefer not to be boxed into a specific category.
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LGBTQ+ individuals: (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer, plus other identities such as two-spirit, asexual, pansexual, and so on). The term was historically used in a derogatory way but was reclaimed as an affirmative and self-referential term in the 1990s United States.