Straight queer in the queer community historically meant a queer person who "looked straight" by confirming cisheteronormative gender roles or was straight-passing.[12][13] It has also referred to cisgender heterosexual (cishet) men who do not conform to hetero-masculinity and those who are allies[1][14], which has been criticized by radical feminists.[15]
Flags[]
A simple heteroqueer flag by Gayer9000
A heteroqueer flag was made on June 29, 2019 by Mod Ap of Beyond MOGAI Pride Flags;[16] one of the simplified versions was made by the same mod on August 27, 2018,[17] and the other by mod named Gayer9000 April 10, 2021.[18] The top colors represent queerness and bottom colors straightness. The alternative pride flag was posted on Tumblr by kaestral on 18th March 2021.[11]
Controversy[]
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This sub-heading will be about the controversy that "queer heterosexuality" and "straight queer" hold, both in context of radical feminism and due to queer being often used as a synonym of non-straight.
Perceptions and discrimination[]
Many heterosexual people in the LGBTQIA+ community meet with misplaced homophobia[19][20] and are told they may not be queer enough due to them being straight, especially when it comes to cisheta-spec or polyamorous people.[21][22][23] Straight is sometimes used as the opposite of queer [24], which may cause confusion on why someone might want to call themselves both straight and queer.
Media[]
Literature[]
Jasnah Kholin (asexual heteroromantic) - The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson[25]
Makoto Ariga (straight trans woman) - Wandering Son by Hōrō Musuko[26]
Hiroyuki Yoshida (straight trans woman) - Wandering Son by Hōrō Musuko[26]
Ryuu (straight trans man) - Boys Run The Riot by Keito Gaku
Paige (aromantic heterosexual) - Take Me to Your Nerdy Leader by Hailey Gonzales[27]
Victoria Spring (aroace heteroromantic) - Solitaire and Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
Television[]
Dyson (straight polyamorous) - Lost Girl by Anna Silk[28]
Ollie de Ooievaar (straight trans man) - Alfred J. Kwak by Herman Van Veen[29]
↑"Straightqueer". San Francisco Bay Area Gay and Lesbian. 1/2. (web archive)
↑Laura Harris & Elizabeth Crocke. Femme: Feminists, Lesbians, and Bad Girls. Routledge. ISBN 041591874X. "[...] saying that it was okay for me to be queer only if I was a "straight queer": someone who was conventionally gendered and partnered monogamously with another conventionally gendered woman." (web archive)
↑Thomas Foster, Carol Siegel & Ellen E. Berry. The Gay '90s: Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Formations in Queer Studies. New York University Press. ISBN 0814726739. "What accounts for, or disallows, the decidedly ambiguous labor of straight queer aspiration? What problems and possibilities are opened up by questions of straight engagement with or participation in queer theory (...)" (web archive)
↑"Virgins and Queers: Rehabilitating Heterosexuality?". Gender and Society. Vol. 8, No. 3, Sage Publications. ISBN 08912432. (web archive) [ contains vulgar language/slurs ]
↑Madeline H. Wyndzen: "[http://www.genderpsychology.org/psychology/mental_illness_model.html The Banality of Insensitivity:
Portrayals of Transgenderism in Psychopathology]". genderpsychology.org. "For example, a MtF transsexual who is attracted to men should be viewed as a straight transsexual women but instead she is often called a "homosexual transsexual."" [ not secure, contains overdated language ]
↑Christopher A. Shelley. Transpeople: Repudiation, Trauma, Healing. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802095399. "Indeed, many of the excerpts presented above point to transpeople as objects for a potentially misplaced homophobia/heterosexism which perpetrators themselves struggle with, as reflected in statements such as ‘what are you?’" (web archive) [ contains vulgar language/slurs ]
↑"Terms & Definitions". amherst.edu. "“Straight: The non-scientific term used to describe heterosexuals; the colloquial term used to designate someone as “not queer.”"
