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The Queens' English
The LGBTQIA+ Dictionary of Lingo and Colloquial Expressions
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The Queens' English
A landmark reference guide to the LGBTQIA+ community's contributions to the English language-an intersectional, inclusive illustrated glossary featuring more than 800 terms created by and for queer culture.
With a foreword from Paula Akpan
Do you know where "yaaaas queen!"
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A landmark reference guide to the LGBTQIA+ community's contributions to the English language—an intersectional, inclusive, playfully illustrated glossary featuring more than 800 terms and fabulous phrases created by and for queer culture.
The Queens' English is a comprehensive guide to modern gay slang, queer theory terms, and playful colloquialisms that define and celebrate LGBTQIA+ culture. This modern dictionary provides an in-depth look at queer language, from terms influenced by celebrated lesbian poet Sappho and from New York's underground queer ball culture in the 1980s to today's celebration of RuPaul's Drag Race.
The glossary of terms is supported by full-colour illustrations and photography throughout, as well as real-life usage examples for those who don't quite know how to use "kiki," "polysexual," or "transmasculine" in a sentence. A series of educational lessons highlight key people and events that shaped queer language; readers will learn the linguistic importance of pronouns, gender identity, Stonewall, the Harlem Renaissance, and more.
For every queen in your life—the men, women, gender non-conforming femmes, butches, daddies, and zaddies—The Queens' English is at once an education and a celebration of queer history, identity, and the limitless imagination of the LGBTQIA+ community.
With a foreword from Paula Akpan, do you know where "yaaaas queen!" comes from? Do you know the difference between a bear and a wolf? Do you know what all the letters in LGBTQIA+ stand for?
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The Queens' English by Chloe O. Davis is praised as a fun, engaging, and informative guide that deepens understanding of queer culture, highlighting the significant contributions of Black and Latinx trans people. Readers appreciate its role in celebrating queer theory while offering a playful yet educational approach to over 800 LGBTQIA+ terms and phrases.
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ISBN: 9781529110401
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 17 June 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Square Peg
Contributors:
- Introduction by Paula Akpan
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 33.0mm
Width: 160.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 869g
Pages: 336
About the Author
Chloe O. Davis (Author) Chloe O. Davis is a proud Black bisexual woman and debut author who works in the entertainment industry in New York. A graduate of Hampton University and Temple University, she has centered her creative platform on amplifying the narratives of Black culture and heightening the awareness of the LGBTQIA+ community. Davis's work as a dancer, actor, and creative has allowed her to travel to all fifty states and internationally. In addition to performing at premier theaters across the country, such as New York City Center, the Apollo Theater, the Kennedy Center, the Muny, and the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, she has appeared on PBS Great Performances with Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert on NBC, and Southern Landscape performed by the Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO!). In tandem with performing, Chloe O. Davis has spent fifteen years researching, writing and creating The Queens' English, The Dictionary for LGBTQIA+ Lingo and Colloquial Phrases. She believes this dictionary is a starting point for important conversations around inclusivity, sexuality, gender expression and identity. @nez_davis @thequeensenglishus Paula Akpan (Introducer) Paula Akpan is a Black lesbian journalist, historian and public speaker. A sociology graduate from the University of Nottingham, her work mainly focuses on blackness, queerness, and social politics and she regularly writes for a variety of publications including Vogue, Teen Vogue, Independent, Stylist, VICE, i-D, Bustle, Time Out London and more. She's also a published essayist, having written an essay on Black women and community in Slay In Your Lane's anthology Loud Black Girls (4th Estate) and another on Black British Lesbians and their relationship with the UK Black Women's movement for the forthcoming Queer Bible anthology (HQ). Paula is currently a fully-funded Masters student at Goldsmiths, studying Black British History with an interest in mapping out the lives and activism of Black British lesbians and queer women during the 70s and 80s. @paulaakpan
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