The action of liking the same gender, without the direct connotation of one sexuality. It will also be used to describe a lot of sexualities all at once. 

The word queer is so versatile in use. I will be specifying from time to time which sexuality I will be discussing. Usually, I will use gay to represent men loving men relationships and lesbian to describe women loving women relationships. 

While I do acknowledge that queer is an identity in itself, it also encompasses what it means to like the same gender, while noting that there’s variety within the label like bisexuality or someone who is still questioning.

An “emotional response to a terrible event like an accident, crime, natural disaster, physical or emotional abuse, neglect, experiencing or witnessing violence, death of a loved one, war, and more” (American Psychological Association). 

Trauma is important to this writing because these trauma narratives can also cause the promotion of eating disorders. An eating disorder is “...a very serious [condition] affecting physical, psychological, and social function” (Guarda). 

There are plenty of kinds of eating disorders, however, the main one I will be discussing is anorexia: restrictive food intake.

A term for when a queer person has not told someone about their identity. This is important to understand because it is a point that affects many queer people negatively.

Being Outed is to be forcibly thrown out of the closet without consent, either to a certain person or to a group of people. Caprioglio (2021) also discusses the importance of the closet, She wrote, “character’s queerness must be revealed before the story can move forward, either in terms of romantic relationships or friendships” (Caprioglio, 2021, p. 455).