baby queer
baby queer noun: an LGBT person who is newly out, newly active, unsure about their identity/queerness, or young compared to other members of the community.
Noun
baby queer (plural baby queers)
- An LGBT person who is newly out, newly active, unsure about their identity/queerness, or young compared to other members of the community.
- […] and kept me so connected to my congregation—and my Jewish identity—even when forces of queerness started to seem like they might push me away. The Sosteks, the Weisses, the Fischlers, the Arbeits: they welcomed baby-queer-me with tenderness, and ran interference with my parents about it for...2013 September 23, S. Bear Bergman, Blood, Marriage, Wine, & Glitter, arsenal pulp press, →ISBN
- "Wait, you just came out yesterday? I didn't realize you were just a baby queer." I look up and see her palm covering her face. This is the second time someone has called me a baby queer.2019 February 5, Bridget Liang, What Makes You Beautiful, James Lorimer & Company, →ISBN, page 32
Forms of baby queer
| plural | baby queers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | babyqueer |
Questions about baby queer
- What does baby queer mean?
- Baby queer means an LGBT person who is newly out, newly active, unsure about their identity/queerness, or young compared to other members of the community.
- What part of speech is baby queer?
- Baby queer is a noun.
- What is the plural of baby queer?
- The plural of baby queer is baby queers.
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