REYNOLDS: What’s in a Name?

I want to end my time as an LGBT columnist for The Daily Free Press by talking about my own personal identity. As I have mentioned in some of my past articles, I identify as queer. That might be a label you aren’t familiar with, so let me break it down for you. Before FYSOP, I had only heard of the word “queer” being used as a slur or an insult … never a label someone chose. Queer is a reclaimed term. It has power. FYSOP introduced me to queer as an umbrella term. It spans both sexuality and gender […]