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Queer slang being co-opted? Usually not very mindful. But in this case, we’ll make an exception! Dictionary.com named “demure” its 2024 Word of the Year, piggybacking off of one of social media’s top ...

In 2019, Taylor Swift — a Caucasian cisgender heterosexual woman — gave us the iconic line, “Shade never made anybody less gay,” in her song You Need Calm Down. And this year Youtubers Aba and Preach ...

Opinion: From TikTok trends to Ivy League campuses, non-Black and straight users are strip-mining Black queer speech for ...