Queer is a way to describe a person’s identity for those who move away from normative conventions. The LGBTQ+ community is mostly associated with the word queer and the media surrounding it. Queer media is produced to promote queer culture and make it available on a platform. Examples of this can vary from social media, television programs like Bravo, or streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon who are starting to cater more strongly towards queer media. When people consume media queerly, they are examining media through a queer lens. The consumer could identify with the LGBTQ+ community or just be interpreting the media as having queer attributes. Looking through this lens can occur whether picking out clothes, connecting to song lyrics, watching TV shows that break apart from societal norms, or other forms of expressing one’s identity.
