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The word queer has traditionally meant the weird and the obscure. Something that you don’t understand. Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick explains that the term now refers to ‘the open mesh of possibilities, gaps, overlaps, dissonances and resonances, lapses and excesses of meaning when the constituent element of anyone’s gender, or anyone’s sexuality aren’t made to (or can’t be made) to signify monolithically’(Weber, 2014). This Alice in Wonderland is the reclamation of the word queer. Alice’s journey through Wonderland is a journey of self-discovery and relearning; getting rid of internalized transphobia and homophobia. Each character represents either a LGBTQ+ experience or a historic LGBTQ+ event in America. For example, the Caterpillar represents gender dysphoria and body dysmorphia.
The word queer has traditionally meant the weird and the obscure. Something that you don’t understand. Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick explains that the term now refers to ‘the open mesh of possibilities, gaps, overlaps, dissonances and resonances, lapses and excesses of meaning when the constituent element of anyone’s gender, or anyone’s sexuality aren’t made to (or can’t be made) to signify monolithically’(Weber, 2014). This Alice in Wonderland is the reclamation of the word queer. Alice’s journey through Wonderland is a journey of self-discovery and relearning; getting rid of internalized transphobia and homophobia. Each character represents either a LGBTQ+ experience or a historic LGBTQ+ event in America. For example, the Caterpillar represents gender dysphoria and body dysmorphia.