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sorry for late reply , but as a non native speaker i had NO idea qeer was actually disrespectful, i thought it generally meant people part of the lgbtqia+ community (⊙…⊙ ) i have used tgat term in the past i hope no one got offended
what a dumb comment. queer has been used to signify the lgbt community for decades now. this IS a queer story. it tells the life of multiple lgbtq characters, there is nothing wrong with using a term that has not only been reclaimed but also used as a positive for so long. you live a sad life.
Cringing at the comments calling this a "queer" story and the characters "queer", it's so disempowering. Firstly, many still consider that word an insult, and secondly, the characters don't identity as this. They call themselves "gay" and "lesbian", the author also throws in some Japanese gay slang where her lesbian characters call themselves "bian". Ted talk over, but this really needs to be confronted, it's not respectful to those who are lesbian, gay or bisexual identified. As for the story, whilst it is progressive for it's time and place, it's sad that gay men or women went through with such marriages and sex instead of being offered the dignity to have equal marriage and have children without such "arrangements", very little drama too which seemed to be the sake of having an easy quick oneshot tbh.