queer (kwer), adj. 1. differing from what is usual or ordinary; odd; singular; strange. 2. slightly ill; qualmish; giddy. 3. [Colloq.] doubtful; suspicious. 4. [Colloq.] having mental quirks; eccentric. 5. [Slang] counterfeit; not genuine. 6. [Slang] homosexual. – SYN. see strange. * mind (mind), n....

The following article was not written by an of the volunteers associated with Speak Equal. This letter to the editor was written by a Flint resident, and published first via the Flint Journal. Voice: Kristen Fedeli, Flint It is official, gay and lesbian individuals gained their equal rights once again....

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has struck down a unique Wisconsin law that prohibits transgender inmates from receiving taxpayer-funded hormone therapy, which alters their appearance to be more like that of the opposite sex. A group of male inmates who identify as female had challenged the...

If you think our school systems have not faced a “queer(er)” than most prom scandal before, then you’re wrong. We’ll all have to admit that the fact that a young teen has to plea before a federal court for her right to take who she wants to her own prom is pretty extreme, however...

AP — Gay couples will likely be able to apply March 2 for marriage licenses in the nation’s capital. That’s the day the city projects a bill it passed legalizing same-sex marriage will go into effect. The district’s City Council passed a bill last month. But the bill, which has been signed...

The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has partnered with Credo Mobile to help you “Queer the Census” by signing a petition and sealing your census form with a special sticker. Both can be found at the Task Force’s “Queer the Census” Web site. The petition supports the inclusion...

DENVER (AP) — The auditorium lights turned low, the service begins with the familiar rhythms of church: Children singing, hugs and handshakes of greeting, a plea for donations to fix the boiler. Then the 55-year-old pastor with spiked gray hair and blue jeans launches into his weekly welcome, a poem-like...

Health professionals and community members continue to work avidly toward developing a vaccine for the AIDS virus Gay and bisexual men account for more new HIV infections in the U.S. – 53 percent – than any other population group. Moreover, this is the only risk group in the nation in which...

(AP) The D.C. City Council has taken its first of two votes on the issue of allowing same-sex marriage in the nation’s capital, passing the bill 11 to 2. The D.C. Council voted for the first time Tuesday. The bill has been expected to pass for some time as 10 of the 13 council members co-sponsored...

England’s National Health Service is the first to base treatment on the assumption that it should be acceptable for boys and girls to look far from “normal”. That doctors may be better off doing nothing to “fix” the kind of confusing genitals that incite laddish, locker-room bullying....