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In the 1904 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes Sherlock Holmes] [[story]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Second_Stain The Adventure of the Second Stain]',' the term is still used in a completely non-[[sexual]] [[context]] (Inspector Lestrade is threatening a misbehaving constable with "finding himself in Queer Street", i.e., in this context, being severely punished). By the time that [[story]] was published, however, the term was already starting to gain its implication of [[sexual]] deviance (especially that of homosexual and/or effeminate males), which is already known in the late [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_Century 19th century]; an early recorded usage of the word in this sense was in a letter by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sholto_Douglas,_9th_Marquess_of_Queensberry John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry to his son Lord Alfred Douglas].

In the 1904 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes Sherlock Holmes] [[story]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Second_Stain The Adventure of the Second Stain]',' the term is still used in a completely non-[[sexual]] [[context]] (Inspector Lestrade is threatening a misbehaving constable with "finding himself in Queer Street", i.e., in this context, being severely punished). By the time that [[story]] was published, however, the term was already starting to gain its implication of [[sexual]] deviance (especially that of homosexual and/or effeminate males), which is already known in the late [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_Century 19th century]; an early recorded usage of the word in this sense was in a letter by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sholto_Douglas,_9th_Marquess_of_Queensberry John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry to his son Lord Alfred Douglas].

Subsequently, for most of the 20th century, "queer" was frequently used as a derogatory term for effeminate gay [[males]] who were believed to [[engage]] in receptive or passive anal/oral sex with men, and others exhibiting untraditional [[gender]] [[behavior]]. Furthermore, masculine males, who performed the role of the 'penetrator' were in some cases considered 'straights'.

Subsequently, for most of the 20th century, "queer" was frequently used as a derogatory term for effeminate gay [[males]] who were believed to [[engage]] in receptive or passive anal/oral sex with men, and others exhibiting untraditional [[gender]] [[behavior]]. Furthermore, masculine males, who performed the role of the 'penetrator' were in some cases considered 'straights'.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer]

 

==External links==

==External links==

* [http://www.glbthistory.org The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society]

* [http://www.glbthistory.org The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society]

[[Category: Sociology]]

[[Category: Sociology]]