postqueer

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adjective

After the establishment of the queer (homosexual, bisexual, transgender, etc.) movement, or queer theory.

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Meanings

adjectivepostqueer (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAfter the establishment of the queer (homosexual, bisexual, transgender, etc.) movement, or queer theory.

    This has meant also a postfeminist, postqueer shift toward a different Foucault than the one we were obsessed with in the 1980s and nineties. If we still use him, it is usually for purposes other than sex: the rethinking of race, sovereignty, religion, and nation.

    2013, Lynn Huffer, Mad for Foucault: Rethinking the Foundations of Queer Theory

Origin

From post- + queer.

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APA

postqueer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postqueer

MLA

“postqueer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postqueer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postqueer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postqueer.

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