The word 'queer' has made an interesting journey, since although most people realize that the adjective was originally just a synonym for strange or abnormal, recently, it is rarely used in that context. Now, queer is intended as an umbrella term that argues for no fixed meanings in relation to gender and hence, a general term that embrace people from all walks of life - lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transvestites, transsexuals (Creed, 2004, p124; Doty, 1998, p.149).…
