Queer flag earrings

FROM LGBTA WIKI
Queer is an identity, and often considered a movement, for people for sexual and gender minorities, and people who fall outside of and/or reject the cultural norms around sexuality, gender identity, and/or gender expression. The word queer can mean different things to different people, but the most common definition is someone who is not cishet/someone with variant experiences with orientation, gender, and/or sex. The Queer Movement has largely been about anti-conformity and the rejection of binaries and being pushed into boxes. Similar to the term queer is the term variant.
 
Queer is often used as an umbrella term for those in the LGBTA+ community (though not all people in the LGBTA+ community identify as queer). One may identity as queer in addition to another identity (ie, queer gay, queer bisexual, etc.) It can also be used be as an orientation on its own or as gender identity (see genderqueer). As an identity on its own it is often found useful by, but is not exclusive to:
 
People who have a complicated identity that is difficult to explain with a single term.
People whose relationships/orientation cannot be classified using gay, straight, or other common terms due to being non-binary.
People who are unsure of their identity, but know they aren't straight.
People who are not straight but do not want to label themselves with a more specific term.
 
The term is sometimes capitalized when referring to an identity or community, rather than as a general adjective.