The New York Times Magazine
12/7/2016
When Everyone Can Be ‘Queer,’ Is Anyone? The word has gone from a slur to a radically inclusive term — but if anyone can join, does the identity lose its potency? Text by Jenna Wortham. Art direction by Frank Augugliaro
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