I should've said "it CAN BE derogatory". I think it might vary according to who and where you are. Where I live, it's definitely still used as a slur. People have reclaimed it to an extent, but it's still used in a malicious and threatening way. Also, it seems like "queer" as a noun is generally more likely to be used as a slur than "queer" as an adjective.
It seems unlikely to me that somebody would say "you're a queer" in response to a post like this if they didn't mean it in a derogatory way. The OP wasn't asking if they're gay or not, so why else would they say that?
IIN im a gay but pretending?
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I should've said "it CAN BE derogatory". I think it might vary according to who and where you are. Where I live, it's definitely still used as a slur. People have reclaimed it to an extent, but it's still used in a malicious and threatening way. Also, it seems like "queer" as a noun is generally more likely to be used as a slur than "queer" as an adjective.
It seems unlikely to me that somebody would say "you're a queer" in response to a post like this if they didn't mean it in a derogatory way. The OP wasn't asking if they're gay or not, so why else would they say that?