Background

There is wide variation and disagreement about the term “queer,” and there is little consensus about who identifies as queer. To speak to this, the current study seeks to answer the questions: (1) Who are queer people? and (2) What characteristics and perspectives relate to identifying as queer?

Methods

Queer identity and queer people are investigated using the 2018 LGBTQ and Hetero-cis Population Study, a sample of US adults aged 18–64 stratified by US census categories of age, gender, race/ethnicity, and census region collected from online panelists (N = 3104).

Results

Queer identity was highly visible: about 1 in 8 overall (12.7%, n = 393/3104) and nearly 1 in 5 LGBT people (19.5%, n = 313/1604) identified as “queer.” There were also a sizeable number of heterosexual queer-identified people (n = 84). There were four key findings: (1) Queer identity is attractive to people that express sexual and gender diversity, especially pansexual, two-spirit, leather, non-binary, butch, femme, bear, and twink-identified people; (2) cis women, trans women, and bisexual people (and to a lesser extent asexuals) are less likely to identify as queer; (3) LGBTQ perspectives and political perspectives (including feminism) relate to queer self-identification; and (4) among queer heterosexuals who express sexual and gender diversity, race, ethnicity, and religiosity are also significant.

Conclusions

Overall, by looking more closely at these relationships, this study works toward developing a better understanding of what it means to be queer and how to best examine queer people and their lived experiences with queer identity.

中文翻译：

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绝对酷儿？在美国识别酷儿的探索性研究

背景

关于“酷儿”这个词存在很大的差异和分歧，对于谁是酷儿也几乎没有共识。为此，目前的研究试图回答以下问题：（1）谁是酷儿？(2) 哪些特征和观点与认定为酷儿有关？

方法

使用 2018 年 LGBTQ 和 Hetero-cis 人口研究调查酷儿身份和酷儿人群，这是一个 18-64 岁的美国成年人样本，按美国人口普查的年龄、性别、种族/民族和人口普查地区分类，从在线小组成员那里收集 ( N  = 3104）。

结果

酷儿身份非常明显：大约 八分之一(12.7%, n = 393/3104) 和近五分之一的 LGBT 人群 (19.5%, n  = 313/1604) 被认定为“酷儿”。也有相当多的异性恋同性恋者（n = 84）。有四个主要发现：（1）酷儿身份对表达性和性别多样性的人具有吸引力，尤其是泛性恋、双性恋、皮革、非二元、布奇、女性、熊和twink识别的人；(2) 顺式女性、跨性别女性和双性恋者（以及程度较轻的无性恋者）不太可能被认定为酷儿；(3) LGBTQ 观点和政治观点（包括女权主义）与酷儿自我认同有关；(4) 在表达性和性别多样性的酷儿异性恋者中，种族、民族和宗教信仰也很重要。

结论

总的来说，通过更仔细地观察这些关系，这项研究致力于更好地理解酷儿意味着什么，以及如何最好地检查酷儿及其在酷儿身份方面的生活经历。