Avoid
Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Queer
Both words in one sentence
- Of course, trying to avoid one can easily lead you to another, like trying to avoid the hypersexuality so much that queer characters have no sexuality (which tends towards erasure).
Source: Homophobia Index -
Slurs like "queer" have traditionally been fair game, but more recently this has been on the down slide to avoid homophobia.
Source: Hollywood Tourette's
Cite this Source
Queer and Avoid. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoid/queer
Avoid & Queer. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoid/queer>.
Queer or Avoid. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoid/queer.
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