The Royal Mile.

I had always assumed that "Queers" was a perjorative and rejected by those of a homosexual persuasion but it appears not always so from the placard or maybe the person used it for maximum impact. It does draw onlookers' attention which is a demonstrator's intention after all.

Having him and his placard centre place in the shot works for me

pentaxuser said:

I had always assumed that "Queers" was a perjorative and rejected by those of a homosexual persuasion

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It simultaneously is and isn't, depending on who you ask, their generation and their politics. The change started to happen approximately around the year 2000.

loccdor said:

It simultaneously is and isn't, depending on who you ask, their generation and their politics. The change started to happen approximately around the year 2000.

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Thanks. Might this differ depending on whether you use U.S. English or U.K. English? I certainly never hear the word used on such as BBC news or discussion programmes

pentaxuser said:

Thanks. Might this differ depending on whether you use U.S. English or U.K. English? I certainly never hear the word used on such as BBC news or discussion programmes

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Surely yes. You have a myriad of interesting and different words over the pond.

Thanks for your replies. According to Wikipedia "queer" is often used as an umbrella term for people who are non-heterosexual or non-cisgender, whatever that is. At the Gaza demos I've witnessed and photographed several individuals with placards declaring their "queerness".