Queer Turn..

In the article, “The Queer Turn in Composition Studies”, the authors, Alexander and Wallace, discuss the relation between LGBT people and how it relates to composition. The authors believe that it is important to give attention to the “queerness”. They also imply that awareness of LGBT people and their orientation can broaden students views on writing. Three moves that were discussed in the article were to confront homophobia, being proactive, and issues need to be confronted. Confronting homophobia is important because a persons authority can be lowered due to what they believe to be true. Being proactive is important because it allows to people to be more of themselves and it plays a role on how people view you. Confronting homophobia is necessary because once the issue is confronted it is believed that it will changes ones view. I thought the article was very interesting and had many valid points that I believe to be true. This is a very controversial issue but in this day in age it is important that opinions are being shared.

The diagram on page six represents society. There are three types of communities’ heterosexual, cisgender and queer community. The communities are not divided equally and heterosexual and cisgender represent the majority. The queer community represents everyone else, the minority who does not fit in with cisgender or heterosexual. The umbrella represents protection I believe because “queer community” represented as a whole is more acceptable to hear from society then lesbian, gay, transsexual etc. The umbrella protects the queer community from harsh judgments placed on them by the majority of society.