James W. Hicks, M.D.







  1. I generally refer to myself as queer. Your description of queer has me thinking I’m labeling myself correctly.

  2. Michael Stipe is bisexual but he just prefers to call himself queer.

  3. not sure about this addition to my Flexuality description. Perhaps it’s just for “political” references??

  4. I think that the term “queer” is significantly more acceptable for a younger generation. Those of us born in the 60’s, 50’s, or earlier have significant problems with the term “queer”, as it still has a biting connotation for us. I’ve found that, for my generation, “gay” was a significant “political” term, vs. “homosexual”, which merely described a sexual orientation. I might have known a lot of “homosexual men” 30 or 40 years ago, but few were politically active, and therefore not necessarily “gay”.
    Obviously, things have changed, and I’m happy that younger men and women can use the term “queer” freely and positively, but it still makes me cringe.

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