straight cis people: use the word “queer” as a slur against LGBT people for ages, often while committing literal hate crimes
a handful of LGBT people: use ‘queer’ as a self-descriptor with a nod to its history as a slur
straight cis people: “oh that’s so edgy, I wanna be queer too!!!”
LGBT people: “Um, that’s not… how it works…”
straight cis people: “EXCUSE YOU queer just means ‘strange’ or ‘odd’!!!!! RUDE”
