[ssiguy]

I think it is very derogatory. It's like someone wanting to bring back the labels fag, dyke, nigger, chink, wop etc in order to "take back the word".

Just the fact that you don't use it for yourself speaks volumes about how divisive the word is. Queer is highly divisive for the gay community while racial minority is not for people of different races.

Sexual minorities put's us on that same playing field, nothing more nothing less. If your goal is to become a regular and accepted community of the society at large then going out of your way to be an anomaly is very much the wrong route to take.

If Queer is suppose to be supportive then would you go to Detroit and call a black person a Nigger and tell them you mean it in a good way as you are "taking back the word?"