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This Glossary provides a central place to find the meaning of key terms in Gender-Based Violence (GBV) work and to access resources for further learning. It will grow and change as the GBV field does. If you find a term should be added or revised, please contact us at vawln@uwo.ca
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Queer
“Formerly derogatory slang term used to identify LGBT people. Some members of the LGBT community have embraced and reinvented this term as a positive and proud political identifier when speaking among and about themselves.” [1]
Learn More:
- Issue-Based Newsletter: LGBTQ2S Youth, Violence, and Homelessness – Learning Network
- Issue-Based Newsletter: Intimate Partner Violence in Rainbow Communities – Learning Network
- Organization: The 519
Footnotes:
[1] The 519. (n.d.). The 519 glossary of terms. Retrieved from http://www.the519.org/education-training/glossary
