Vol. 10 · Portmanteaus ·Late 20th century ·1985
Queercore
queer hardcore
- Meaning
- A punk-influenced LGBTQ cultural and musical movement.
- Source words
- queer + hardcore
- Coined by
- Bruce LaBruce & G.B. Jones
- Year
- 1985
Background
Coined in the Toronto-based zine *J.D.s*, which LaBruce and Jones founded. The movement predates widespread LGBTQ acceptance in punk; the word self-consciously claimed *queer* before the broader academic reclamation of the 1990s.
Late 20th century
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