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Queens Domain The Queens Domain, also know as The Domain to locals, is a small hilly area of bushland just north-east of the CBD of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, alongside the Derwent River. It is traditionally land that "belongs to the people", as commissioned by the Governor in 1860.
Queens Gardens, Brisbane Queens Gardens is located on a city block between George Street, Elizabeth Street and William Street, Brisbane. On the opposide side of William Street is the old State Library of Queensland - and on the opposite side of Elizabeth Street is the former Treasury Building (now Conrad Treasury Casino).
Queens Giant The Queens Giant (also known as the Alley Pond Giant or Alley Pond Park Giant) is an old Tulip Poplar located near Alley Pond Park in the borough of Queens, New York City. It is the tallest carefully measured tree in New York City.
Queens High School for the Sciences The Queens High School for the Sciences at York College (QHSSYC) is one of the seven specialized high schools in New York City that admit students based on their scores on the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test.
Queens Midtown Tunnel The Queens Midtown Tunnel is a toll road in New York City. It crosses under the East River and connects the Borough of Queens (at the Long Island City terminus of I-495, the Long Island Expressway) with the Borough of Manhattan (between the major crosstown thoroughfares of East 34th Street and East 42nd Street in the Midtown Manhattan area).
Queens of Chaos Queens of Chaos is a French based female independent professional wrestling promotion created in 2005. Queens of Chaos promotes its own shows but also showcases matches on its parent promotion Fighting Spirit Federation, which mainly deals with the male side of professional wrestling.
Queens Park Centre The Queens Park Centre is an arts centre and theatre in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. Based in a former Edwardian primary school and receiving no funding from local government it is the largest independent arts centre in the UK.
Queens Park Community School Queens Park Community School (commonly abbreviated to QPCS) is a specialist Business and Enterprise inner city comprehensive secondary school and Sixth Form in Queen's Park, North West London, in the borough of Brent, UK. There are, as of January 2006, 1204 pupils aged between 11 and 19 on roll who come from a range of backgrounds.
Queens Place Mall Queens Place Mall is the smaller, round counterpart of the Queens Center urban shopping mall in Elmhurst, New York, and is located just west of it on Queens Boulevard. The building originally contained a Stern's until it was bought out and closed by Federated Department Stores.
Queens Plate The VRC Queens Plate is a thoroughbred 2000 m (mile and a quarter) horse race in Australia, run under weight-for-age conditions. It is held each year in early March on Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Queens Road Peckham railway station Queens Road Peckham railway station is in the London Borough of Southwark and also serves the area to the east of Peckham, in the London Borough of Lewisham. It is on the South London Line between Peckham Rye and South Bermondsey, and trains also go to Croydon via various routes and beyond.
Queens Surface Corporation Queens Surface Corporation was a bus company in New York City, United States, operating local service in Queens and the Bronx and express service between Queens and Manhattan until February 27, 2005, when the MTA Bus Company took over the operations.
Queens University Belfast AFC Queen's University is a Northern Ireland football club playing in the Irish Second Division. The club, founded in 1900, is based in Queen's University Belfast and plays its home matches at Newforge Lane, which is the home ground of PSNI.
Queens University of Charlotte Queens University of Charlotte is a private, Presbyterian-affiliated university located in the Myers Park neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina. It was founded in 1857 as an all-female institution, and has evolved hence into a co-ed university.
Queens Village Bus Depot The Queens Village Bus Depot is located on 97th Avenue & 222nd Street in the Queens Village neighborhood of Queens, New York. The Queens Village Bus Depot is part of the Queens Division of bus depots in MTA New York City Transit buses.
Queens' College Boat Club Queens' College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Queens' College, Cambridge. In the men's Lent Bumps, the Queens' 1st VIII largely remained in the 2nd division until about 1910, when they moved up into the 1st division.
Queensberry House Queensberry House is a 17th century Grade-A listed building in the Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland, incorporated into the Scottish Parliament Building. It contains the office of the Presiding Officer, two Deputy Presiding Officers, the Parliament's Chief Executive, and other staff.
Queensboro Bridge The Queensboro Bridge, also known as the 59th Street Bridge, is a cantilever bridge over the East River in New York City. It connects the neighborhood of Long Island City in the borough of Queens with Manhattan, passing over Roosevelt Island.
Queensburgh, KwaZulu-Natal Queensburgh is a lower middle class town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa that is situated inland (southwest) from Durban and now forms part of eThekwini, the Greater Durban Metropolitan. The hilly area was settled by people working in Durban who wanted to escape the humidity of the coastal city.
Queensbury, West Yorkshire Queensbury is a village in the metropolitan borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Perched on a high vantage point above Clayton and Thornton and overlooking Bradford itself, Queensbury is one of the highest parishes in England, with fine views beyond the West Yorkshire conurbation to the hills of Bronte Country and the Yorkshire Dales to the north and north west.
Queenscliff Music Festival Queenscliff Music Festival is a live music festival held in the town of Queenscliff, located on the Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. The festival began in 1997 and is held annually on the last weekend of November.
Queenscliff, Victoria Queenscliff or Queenscliffe is a small town on the Bellarine Peninsula at the entrance to Port Phillip in southern Victoria, Australia. It is one of the endpoints of the Searoad ferry to Sorrento on the Mornington Peninsula.
Queensland Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Technology The Queensland Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Technology is an elite school for the best and brightest students in Queensland. The school opens in 2007, and will offer the International Baccalaureate program to its students.
Queensland Airports Corporation Queensland Airports Corporation is an Australian Airport consortium in charge of two separate Airport consortiums in the state of Queensland, Australia. Under the two consortiums, it is in charge of three airports, Townsville International Airport, Gold Coast Airport, and Mount Isa Airport.
Queensland Art Gallery The Queensland Art Gallery (formerly Queensland National Art Gallery) is part of the Queensland Cultural Centre, and is located nearest to Brisbane River at South Bank. The Queensland Art Gallery is adjacent to the Queensland Museum.
Queensland Conservation Council The Queensland Conservation Council (or Queensland Conservation) a non-governmental organisation that represents all the major regional and community environmental and conservation organisations of Queensland state in Australia.
Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University was originally an independent tertiary-level institution, called the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. The Conservatorium has been based at various locations, including the former South Brisbane Town Hall, and within the grounds of the Queensland University of Technology (QUT).
Queensland Core Skills Test The Queensland Core Skills Test is a statewide school-leavers' test completed by all Queensland Year Twelve students who wish to be eligible for an OP and is optional (but beneficial) for Tertiary Rank students, ranks used to gain entrance into tertiary degrees and courses.
Queensland Council of Unions The Queensland Council of Unions (QCU) is a representative body of Trade union organisations, known as a Labour council, in the State of Queensland, Australia. As of 2005 there are 40 affiliated unions and 10 provincial Trades & Labor Councils affiliated to the Council, representing 350,000 workers.
Queensland Cricket Association The Queensland Cricket Association, also known as the QCA, is the governing body of Cricket in Queensland, Australia. They run the Queensland Bulls, Queensland Fire, the Allan Border Field and the XXXX Gold Premiership, the club cricket competition in Brisbane.
Queensland Cultural Centre The Queensland Cultural Centre at South Bank, in Brisbane, consists of the Queensland Museum, State Library of Queensland, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Queensland Art Gallery and the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art.
Queensland Family History Society The Queensland Family History Society was formed in Brisbane in 1979 as a non-profit, non-sectarian, non-political organisation. They aim to promote the study of family, and local history, genealogy, and heraldry, and encourage the collection and preservation of records relating to the history of Queensland families.
Queensland Firebirds The Queensland Firebirds are an Australian netball team, playing in the national Commonwealth Bank Trophy. They are Queensland's only team in the competition, and are based out of the Chandler Arena in the Brisbane suburb of Chandler.
Queensland Gallery of Modern Art The Queensland Gallery of Modern Art is part of the Queensland Cultural Centre at the South Bank area of South Brisbane. It holds most of Queensland Art Gallery's contemporaneous works, while also being the joint host to the current Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art.
Queensland Great Public Schools The Great Public Schools Association of Queensland Inc. (GPS) is an incorporated body involving a small number of Private secondary schools and Brisbane State High School in a variety of sporting and cultural activities.
Queensland Greens The Queensland Greens is a Green party in the Australian state of Queensland, and a member of the federation of the Australian Greens. The party was founded in November 1991 Queensland Greens website and made its electoral debut at the 1993 federal election.
Queensland Health Queensland Health is the department of the Government of Queensland responsible for operating and administering the public health system of the Australian State of Queensland. It is responsible to the State's Minister for Health Stephen Robertson and its Director-General is Uschi Schreiber.
Queensland Institute of Medical Research The Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) is one of the largest medical research institutes in the southern hemisphere, and is recognised worldwide for the quality of its research. QIMR was established in 1945 by the State Government in Queensland.
Queensland legislative election, 1989 Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 2 December, 1989 to elect the 89 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. This was the first election without seven-time premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
Queensland lungfish The Queensland lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, also known as Burnett salmon and barramunda, is the sole member of the family Ceratodontidae, and one of the only six lungfish species that remain. Olive or dull brown in colour, it grows to about 150 cm in length, more commonly 100 cm.
Queensland Legislative Council The Queensland Legislative Council was the upper house of the parliament in the Australian state of Queensland, until its abolition in 1922. Consequently, the Queensland Legislative Assembly is the only unicameral state parliament in Australia.
Queensland Museum Queensland Museum was first founded by the Queensland Government in 1862, and had several temporary homes in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The temporary homes included: The Windmill (1862–1869), Parliament House (1869–1873) and the General Post Office (1873–1879).
Queensland Ornithological Society Inc The Queensland Ornithological Society Inc (QOSI), also known as Birds Queensland, was founded on 15 October 1969 when the Queensland branch of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) became defunct following drastic reform within the RAOU in the late 1960s. It publishes a quarterly journal, Sunbird, as well as a monthly newsletter, Queensland Bird Notes.
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, or QPWS, is a sub-section of the Environmental Protection Agency within the Queensland government. It's primary concern is with the development and maintenance of national parks within Queensland.
Queensland Performing Arts Centre Part of the Queensland Cultural Centre, the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, also known as QPAC, is situated amidst the picturesque surroundings of South Bank on the corner of Melbourne and Grey streets, in Queensland, Australia, near the Brisbane Central Business District (CBD). The Queensland Performing Arts Centre was designed by local architect Robin Gibson in the mid 1970’s, after State Cabinet formally recognised the need for a new Queensland Art Gallery and also the want of a new major Performing Arts Complex, and a new location for the Queensland Museum and State Library, in 1972.
Queensland Police The Queensland Police Service is the law enforcement agency responsible for policing the Australian state of Queensland. In 1990, the Queensland Police Force was officially renamed the Queensland Police Service and the old motto of "Firmness with Courtesy" was changed to "With Honour We Serve".
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards The Queensland Premier's Literary Awards were inaugurated in 1999 and have grown to become a leading literary awards program within Australia, with $225,000 in prizemoney over 14 categories. One of Australia's richest prizes, top categories offer up to $25,000 for 1st prize.
Queensland Public Sector Union The Queensland Public Sector Union is an Australian trade union for most workers employed by the Queensland state government. The QPSU operates on an organising model, which entails making delegates and members more participatory in their industrial activism.
Queensland Rail QR, previously known as Queensland Rail, Queensland Railways or Queensland Government Railways, is the corporation responsible for the operation and maintenance of the railway system in the State of Queensland, Australia. It is a State-owned corporation responsible to the Queensland Minister for Transport.
Queensland Rams Queensland Rams compeat in the Claxton Shield Baseball Championship in Australia. The Rams were one of the founding teams of the Claxton Shield in 1934 and compeated as Queensland untill 1988 where the Claxtion Shield was thereafter awarded to the winner of the Australian Baseball League untill 1999 when they were invited to join the International Baseball League of Australia which they compeater in for 2 seasons(1999-00 and 2002), after this point the Claxton Shield reverted back to a competition similar to 1988.
Queensland Reds The Queensland Reds (for sponsorship reasons referred to as QR Queensland Reds) represent Queensland in the sport of rugby union. Prior to 1996 they were a representative team selected on merit from the rugby union club competitions in Queensland.
Queensland Regional Airlines Queensland Regional Airlines is an airline based in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. It was established and started operations in 2003 and operates passenger services, as well as contract and ad-hoc charter and aircraft leasing.
Queensland Right to Life Queensland Right to Life is a non-denominational, non-party political pro-life organisation founded in Brisbane during the 1970s, before quickly spreading to neighbouring States. They support ending abortion through non-violent democratic means.
Queensland Roar FC Season 2006-07 are currently participating in the 2006-07 A-League competition, hoping to improve on their performance in the previous domestic season, which saw them finish in sixth position at the end of the A-League competition.
Queensland Rugby League The Queensland Rugby League (QRL) is the governing body for the sport of Rugby league in Queensland. It is a member of the Australian Rugby League (ARL) and selects the members of Queensland State of Origin teams.
Queensland Rugby League Central Division The Central Division of the Queensland Rugby League is responsible for administering the game of rugby league in Central Queensland from Miriam Vale and Gladstone in the south, west to Winton and north to Moranbah. There are 3150 players in this division, playing for 25 senior clubs and 32 junior clubs.
Queensland Rugby League Northern Division The Northern Division of the Queensland Rugby League is responsible for administering the game of rugby league in North Queensland, specifically in the area from Sarina in the south to Cape York in the north and west to Mount Isa. There are 8000 registered players across 36 senior clubs and 39 junior clubs in this Division.
Queensland Rugby League South East Division The South East Division of the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) is responsible for the running of rugby league in South-East Queensland. This makes the South East Division responsible for the FOGS Cup, FOGS Colts Challenge and Brisbane Second Division competitions.
Queensland Rugby League South West Division The South-West Division of the Queensland Rugby League is responsible for administering the game of rugby league in southern Queensland from Toowoomba west to the border. It is also responsible for the Toowoomba Clydesdales team in the Queensland Cup, and the Toowoomba Fillies women's Rugby League team.
Queensland Rugby League Southern Division The Southern Division of the Queensland Rugby League is responsible for administering the game of rugby league across the Gold Coast and Ipswich. There are more than 7000 junior and senior players in the Southern Division.
Queensland Rugby League Wide Bay Division The Wide Bay Division of the Queensland Rugby League is responsible for administering the game of rugby league in the Wide Bay area of Queensland. The following competitions are affiliated with the Wide Bay Division:
Queensland Teachers Union The Queensland Teachers Union was established in 1889 and is one of the oldest trade unions in Australia. Its primary focus is representing its 40,000 members in the Queensland Government's preschools, primary schools, secondary schools, special schools, senior colleges, TAFE colleges and other educational facilities.
Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre The Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC, pronounced "Q-Tack") is the administrative body responsible for processing applications for entrance into tertiary and other higher education institutions in the state of Queensland, Australia. QTAC is an independent, non-profit company established in 1990 under the then six public Queensland universities.
Queensland University Musical Society Queensland University Musical Society or QUMS (pronounced kwums), one of the few non-auditioned choirs in Brisbane, was established in 1912 and is open to all University of Queensland students as well as members of the public. QUMS usually has three concerts in a session year: one at the end of each university semester, plus a Christmas concert.
Queensland University of Technology Student Guild The QUT Student Guild is the student union at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane. It is controlled by students for students and operates the representation, advocacy and welfare services at QUT as well as many commercial services on campus.
Queensland University Regiment Queensland University Regiment (QUR) is an officer training unit of the Australian Army Reserve, based on the campus of the University of Queensland at St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, with sub-units at Queensland Agricultural College in Gatton and Lavarack Barracks in Townsville.
Queensland Youth Choir Robert Clark founded the Queensland Youth Choir in 1984, originally as a training program for young singers. The choir has since evolved into four performance choirs: Poco Voci, StellaVoce, Vivace Voices and VoiceWorks.
QueensrĂżche QueensrĂżche (pronounced ) is a progressive/heavy metal band formed in 1981 in Bellevue, Washington, near Seattle. The band has released nine studio albums and an EP and, as of 2006, continues to tour and record.
Queenston Delta The Queenston Delta is a 300-mile-wide clastic wedge of sediment deposited over what is now eastern North America during the late Ordovician period due to the erosion of mountains created during the Taconic orogeny. The wedge is thickest in a band running from New York State to Quebec.
Queenston, Ontario The Village of Queenston () is located 5Â km north of Niagara Falls, Ontario in the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake. Queenston was first settled in the 1770s by United Empire Loyalist refugees and emigrees from the United States.
Queenstown MRT Station Queenstown MRT Station (EW19) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the East West MRT Line in Singapore. It is sandwiched between the 38-storey Queens condominium and the new 43-storey HDB flats on the opposite side of the track.
Queenstown Road (Battersea) railway station Queenstown Road (Battersea) is a railway station in South London, between Vauxhall and Clapham Junction. It has eight tracks running through it but only three platforms, two of which are in use, serving primarily trains on the Waterloo to Richmond line and the Hounslow Loop.
Queenstown, New Zealand Queenstown is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. The town is built around an inlet on Lake Wakatipu, a long thin "S"-shaped lake, and has spectactular views of nearby mountains.
Queenstown, Singapore Queenstown1 is one of the early housing estates in Singapore, built before Toa Payoh and Ang Mo Kio, and was a test bed for much of Singapore's public housing. Queenstown is located at the central-eastern end of the island about five to eight kilometres from the city.
Queensway (London) Queensway is a bustling cosmopolitan street in the Bayswater district of West London. It contains many restaurants (particularly Chinese, Arab and Mediterranean ones), pubs, letting agents, and high street stores.
Queensway (Ottawa) The Queensway is a major controlled-access freeway running through Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from Kanata in the west to Orléans in the east. It is the primary east-west transportation artery of the Ottawa metropolitan area.
Queensway Station (OC Transpo) Queensway Transitway Station is located around and under the Queensway along the southwest Transitway leg. The upper platforms provide access to the crosstown Route 101 while the lower platforms are for transitway routes such as the 95 and eastbound trips of Route 96.
Queensway tube station Queensway is a London Underground station, just inside the boundary of the City of Westminster with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is at the junction of Queensway and Bayswater Road, and is northwest of Kensington Gardens.
Queensway Tunnel The Queensway Tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Mersey, in the north west of England, between Liverpool and Birkenhead. It is often called the Birkenhead Tunnel to specify it serves Birkenhead as opposed to the Kingsway Tunnel, an alternative tunnel crossing the Mersey, which serves Wallasey.
Queensway, Hong Kong Queensway is a major road in the Admiralty of Central, Hong Kong. It was originally a section of Queen's Road East to its westmost before the Hong Kong Government separated and renamed it as its present name in 1967.
Queenwood School for Girls Queenwood School for Girls is an independent, non-denominational Christian school for girls from grades Kindergarten to Year 12, located in the suburb Balmoral Beach, on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The school is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).
Queer The word queer has traditionally meant "strange" or "unusual," but it is also currently often used in reference to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex communities. Its usage is controversial and underwent substantial changes over the course of the 20th century.
Queer as Folk (UK TV series) Queer as Folk is a 1999 British television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men let loose in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. Both Queer as Folk and Queer as Folk 2 were written by Russell T.
Queer Eye Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is an hour-long American Emmy award-winning television series that premiered on the Bravo cable television network on July 15, 2003, and promptly became both a surprise hit (at least by the standards of cable TV) and one of the most talked-about television programs of 2003. The show's name was changed to simply Queer Eye at the beginning of its third season, to reflect the show's change in direction, from making over only straight men, to including women and gay people too.
Queer horror Queer Horror is a subgenre of horror that focuses on characters relating to those that are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. It may deal with characters who are coded as, or who are openly, GLBT, or it may deal with themes or plots that are specific to queer people.
Queer Lounge The Queer Lounge is a non-profit organization that establishes hospitality suites at the top film festivals in the world. It's primary function is to provide information and to educate those those attending the film festival about the films with gay content (storylines, plots or characters) or created by gay filmmakers.
Queer magazine Queer (originally called The Voice) is a volunteer monthly online publication that focuses on gay men and women’s lifestyle. It also features articles on people, television, movies, books, health, politics, food and fashion.
Queer Motor Culture A term used to group aspects of LGBT culture that are associated with motor vehicles. Queer (or LGBT) Motor Culture includes simple things such as the use of (male or female) auto mechanics in art, erotica and pornography.
Queer Mountain Queer Mountain () is a conspicuous black mountain (1,180 m) with steep slopes showing bands of sandstone above the granite, standing 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Killer Ridge, between the Cotton and Miller Glaciers, in Victoria Land.
Queer nationalism Queer nationalism (also gay nationalism) is a phenomenon which is related both to nationalism and to gay and lesbian liberation movement. This form of gay and lesbian emancipation movement is based on the idea that homosexuals are not a group of humans with deviant sexual practices but a folk due to their specific culture and customs.
Queer Nation Queer Nation was founded in March 1990 in New York City, USA by activists from ACT-UP. The four founders were outraged at the escalation of anti-gay and lesbian violence on the streets and prejudice in the arts and media.
Queer Pagan Flag The Queer Pagan Flag was designed in 1997 by Laura Anne Seabrook, with the addition of a white Galla Symbol in centre to indicate a transgender reference. It was first flown in the 2006 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade (minus Galla symbol), as part of the "Bi-Bachanalia" entry.
Queer Pedagogy Queer Pedagogy explores the intersection between queer theory and critical pedagogy. In doing so, it explores and interrogates the student/teacher relationship, the role of identities in the classroom, the role of eroticism in the teaching process, the nature of disciplines and curriculum, and the connection between the classroom and the broader community with a goal of being both a set of theoretical tools for pedagogical critique / critique of pedagogy and/or a set of practical tools for those doing pedagogical work.
Queer Student Cultural Center The Queer Student Cultural Center is a student-run organization at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. It was founded in May 1969 as Fight Repression of Erotic Expression (FREE), and was the first collegiate-run student organization for gays and lesbians in the United States.
Queer Student Union Queer Student Union refers to multiple collegiate extracirricular groups which exist as a "safe space" for gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender college students. While none of the groups are formally tied together on an intercollegiate scale, many colleges and universities have a chapter of Queer Student Union, each with a similar mission statement, with heavy regards to a stance of safe-space.
Queer theology Queer Theology is exploration of the nature of God and human-kind's relationship with God through the experience of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people (although, as used within this field of theology, the term Queer can extend beyond LGBT people). Many churches that have embraced Queer Theology (such as the Metropolitan Community Church) would ascribe a broad meaning to queer - including a broad range of those who choose to identify or ally themselves outside the constraints of the prevailing societal norms.
Queer theory Queer theory was born out of philosophical investigations of what is known as third wave feminism. However, in the last 15 years, the term has taken shape as a new branch of thought that is suffused throughout the disciplines.
Queercore Queercore is a cultural and social movement that began in the mid 1980's as an offshoot of punk. It is distinguished by a discontent with society in general and a complete disavowal of the mainstream gay and lesbian community and what those involved believe to be its oppressive agenda.
Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT!) was founded in early 2001 to promote queer presence in the movement for liberation of Palestine and awareness of the Palestinian struggle for justice in the queer community.
Queeruption Queeruption is an annual international Queercore festival and gathering where alternative/radical/disenfranchised queers can exchange information, network, organize, inspire and get inspired, self represent, and challenge mainstream society with DIY ideas and ethics. Shows featuring queer punk bands, performance artists, and others are put on at night, while workshops and demonstrations take place during Queeruption days.
Queens Gardens, Brisbane Queens Gardens is located on a city block between George Street, Elizabeth Street and William Street, Brisbane. On the opposide side of William Street is the old State Library of Queensland - and on the opposite side of Elizabeth Street is the former Treasury Building (now Conrad Treasury Casino).
Queens Giant The Queens Giant (also known as the Alley Pond Giant or Alley Pond Park Giant) is an old Tulip Poplar located near Alley Pond Park in the borough of Queens, New York City. It is the tallest carefully measured tree in New York City.
Queens High School for the Sciences The Queens High School for the Sciences at York College (QHSSYC) is one of the seven specialized high schools in New York City that admit students based on their scores on the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test.
Queens Midtown Tunnel The Queens Midtown Tunnel is a toll road in New York City. It crosses under the East River and connects the Borough of Queens (at the Long Island City terminus of I-495, the Long Island Expressway) with the Borough of Manhattan (between the major crosstown thoroughfares of East 34th Street and East 42nd Street in the Midtown Manhattan area).
Queens of Chaos Queens of Chaos is a French based female independent professional wrestling promotion created in 2005. Queens of Chaos promotes its own shows but also showcases matches on its parent promotion Fighting Spirit Federation, which mainly deals with the male side of professional wrestling.
Queens Park Centre The Queens Park Centre is an arts centre and theatre in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. Based in a former Edwardian primary school and receiving no funding from local government it is the largest independent arts centre in the UK.
Queens Park Community School Queens Park Community School (commonly abbreviated to QPCS) is a specialist Business and Enterprise inner city comprehensive secondary school and Sixth Form in Queen's Park, North West London, in the borough of Brent, UK. There are, as of January 2006, 1204 pupils aged between 11 and 19 on roll who come from a range of backgrounds.
Queens Place Mall Queens Place Mall is the smaller, round counterpart of the Queens Center urban shopping mall in Elmhurst, New York, and is located just west of it on Queens Boulevard. The building originally contained a Stern's until it was bought out and closed by Federated Department Stores.
Queens Plate The VRC Queens Plate is a thoroughbred 2000 m (mile and a quarter) horse race in Australia, run under weight-for-age conditions. It is held each year in early March on Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Queens Road Peckham railway station Queens Road Peckham railway station is in the London Borough of Southwark and also serves the area to the east of Peckham, in the London Borough of Lewisham. It is on the South London Line between Peckham Rye and South Bermondsey, and trains also go to Croydon via various routes and beyond.
Queens Surface Corporation Queens Surface Corporation was a bus company in New York City, United States, operating local service in Queens and the Bronx and express service between Queens and Manhattan until February 27, 2005, when the MTA Bus Company took over the operations.
Queens University Belfast AFC Queen's University is a Northern Ireland football club playing in the Irish Second Division. The club, founded in 1900, is based in Queen's University Belfast and plays its home matches at Newforge Lane, which is the home ground of PSNI.
Queens University of Charlotte Queens University of Charlotte is a private, Presbyterian-affiliated university located in the Myers Park neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina. It was founded in 1857 as an all-female institution, and has evolved hence into a co-ed university.
Queens Village Bus Depot The Queens Village Bus Depot is located on 97th Avenue & 222nd Street in the Queens Village neighborhood of Queens, New York. The Queens Village Bus Depot is part of the Queens Division of bus depots in MTA New York City Transit buses.
Queens' College Boat Club Queens' College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Queens' College, Cambridge. In the men's Lent Bumps, the Queens' 1st VIII largely remained in the 2nd division until about 1910, when they moved up into the 1st division.
Queensberry House Queensberry House is a 17th century Grade-A listed building in the Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland, incorporated into the Scottish Parliament Building. It contains the office of the Presiding Officer, two Deputy Presiding Officers, the Parliament's Chief Executive, and other staff.
Queensboro Bridge The Queensboro Bridge, also known as the 59th Street Bridge, is a cantilever bridge over the East River in New York City. It connects the neighborhood of Long Island City in the borough of Queens with Manhattan, passing over Roosevelt Island.
Queensburgh, KwaZulu-Natal Queensburgh is a lower middle class town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa that is situated inland (southwest) from Durban and now forms part of eThekwini, the Greater Durban Metropolitan. The hilly area was settled by people working in Durban who wanted to escape the humidity of the coastal city.
Queensbury, West Yorkshire Queensbury is a village in the metropolitan borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Perched on a high vantage point above Clayton and Thornton and overlooking Bradford itself, Queensbury is one of the highest parishes in England, with fine views beyond the West Yorkshire conurbation to the hills of Bronte Country and the Yorkshire Dales to the north and north west.
Queenscliff Music Festival Queenscliff Music Festival is a live music festival held in the town of Queenscliff, located on the Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. The festival began in 1997 and is held annually on the last weekend of November.
Queenscliff, Victoria Queenscliff or Queenscliffe is a small town on the Bellarine Peninsula at the entrance to Port Phillip in southern Victoria, Australia. It is one of the endpoints of the Searoad ferry to Sorrento on the Mornington Peninsula.
Queensland Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Technology The Queensland Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Technology is an elite school for the best and brightest students in Queensland. The school opens in 2007, and will offer the International Baccalaureate program to its students.
Queensland Airports Corporation Queensland Airports Corporation is an Australian Airport consortium in charge of two separate Airport consortiums in the state of Queensland, Australia. Under the two consortiums, it is in charge of three airports, Townsville International Airport, Gold Coast Airport, and Mount Isa Airport.
Queensland Art Gallery The Queensland Art Gallery (formerly Queensland National Art Gallery) is part of the Queensland Cultural Centre, and is located nearest to Brisbane River at South Bank. The Queensland Art Gallery is adjacent to the Queensland Museum.
Queensland Conservation Council The Queensland Conservation Council (or Queensland Conservation) a non-governmental organisation that represents all the major regional and community environmental and conservation organisations of Queensland state in Australia.
Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University was originally an independent tertiary-level institution, called the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. The Conservatorium has been based at various locations, including the former South Brisbane Town Hall, and within the grounds of the Queensland University of Technology (QUT).
Queensland Core Skills Test The Queensland Core Skills Test is a statewide school-leavers' test completed by all Queensland Year Twelve students who wish to be eligible for an OP and is optional (but beneficial) for Tertiary Rank students, ranks used to gain entrance into tertiary degrees and courses.
Queensland Council of Unions The Queensland Council of Unions (QCU) is a representative body of Trade union organisations, known as a Labour council, in the State of Queensland, Australia. As of 2005 there are 40 affiliated unions and 10 provincial Trades & Labor Councils affiliated to the Council, representing 350,000 workers.
Queensland Cricket Association The Queensland Cricket Association, also known as the QCA, is the governing body of Cricket in Queensland, Australia. They run the Queensland Bulls, Queensland Fire, the Allan Border Field and the XXXX Gold Premiership, the club cricket competition in Brisbane.
Queensland Cultural Centre The Queensland Cultural Centre at South Bank, in Brisbane, consists of the Queensland Museum, State Library of Queensland, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Queensland Art Gallery and the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art.
Queensland Family History Society The Queensland Family History Society was formed in Brisbane in 1979 as a non-profit, non-sectarian, non-political organisation. They aim to promote the study of family, and local history, genealogy, and heraldry, and encourage the collection and preservation of records relating to the history of Queensland families.
Queensland Firebirds The Queensland Firebirds are an Australian netball team, playing in the national Commonwealth Bank Trophy. They are Queensland's only team in the competition, and are based out of the Chandler Arena in the Brisbane suburb of Chandler.
Queensland Gallery of Modern Art The Queensland Gallery of Modern Art is part of the Queensland Cultural Centre at the South Bank area of South Brisbane. It holds most of Queensland Art Gallery's contemporaneous works, while also being the joint host to the current Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art.
Queensland Great Public Schools The Great Public Schools Association of Queensland Inc. (GPS) is an incorporated body involving a small number of Private secondary schools and Brisbane State High School in a variety of sporting and cultural activities.
Queensland Greens The Queensland Greens is a Green party in the Australian state of Queensland, and a member of the federation of the Australian Greens. The party was founded in November 1991 Queensland Greens website and made its electoral debut at the 1993 federal election.
Queensland Health Queensland Health is the department of the Government of Queensland responsible for operating and administering the public health system of the Australian State of Queensland. It is responsible to the State's Minister for Health Stephen Robertson and its Director-General is Uschi Schreiber.
Queensland Institute of Medical Research The Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) is one of the largest medical research institutes in the southern hemisphere, and is recognised worldwide for the quality of its research. QIMR was established in 1945 by the State Government in Queensland.
Queensland legislative election, 1989 Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 2 December, 1989 to elect the 89 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. This was the first election without seven-time premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
Queensland lungfish The Queensland lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, also known as Burnett salmon and barramunda, is the sole member of the family Ceratodontidae, and one of the only six lungfish species that remain. Olive or dull brown in colour, it grows to about 150 cm in length, more commonly 100 cm.
Queensland Legislative Council The Queensland Legislative Council was the upper house of the parliament in the Australian state of Queensland, until its abolition in 1922. Consequently, the Queensland Legislative Assembly is the only unicameral state parliament in Australia.
Queensland Museum Queensland Museum was first founded by the Queensland Government in 1862, and had several temporary homes in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The temporary homes included: The Windmill (1862–1869), Parliament House (1869–1873) and the General Post Office (1873–1879).
Queensland Ornithological Society Inc The Queensland Ornithological Society Inc (QOSI), also known as Birds Queensland, was founded on 15 October 1969 when the Queensland branch of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) became defunct following drastic reform within the RAOU in the late 1960s. It publishes a quarterly journal, Sunbird, as well as a monthly newsletter, Queensland Bird Notes.
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, or QPWS, is a sub-section of the Environmental Protection Agency within the Queensland government. It's primary concern is with the development and maintenance of national parks within Queensland.
Queensland Performing Arts Centre Part of the Queensland Cultural Centre, the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, also known as QPAC, is situated amidst the picturesque surroundings of South Bank on the corner of Melbourne and Grey streets, in Queensland, Australia, near the Brisbane Central Business District (CBD). The Queensland Performing Arts Centre was designed by local architect Robin Gibson in the mid 1970’s, after State Cabinet formally recognised the need for a new Queensland Art Gallery and also the want of a new major Performing Arts Complex, and a new location for the Queensland Museum and State Library, in 1972.
Queensland Police The Queensland Police Service is the law enforcement agency responsible for policing the Australian state of Queensland. In 1990, the Queensland Police Force was officially renamed the Queensland Police Service and the old motto of "Firmness with Courtesy" was changed to "With Honour We Serve".
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards The Queensland Premier's Literary Awards were inaugurated in 1999 and have grown to become a leading literary awards program within Australia, with $225,000 in prizemoney over 14 categories. One of Australia's richest prizes, top categories offer up to $25,000 for 1st prize.
Queensland Public Sector Union The Queensland Public Sector Union is an Australian trade union for most workers employed by the Queensland state government. The QPSU operates on an organising model, which entails making delegates and members more participatory in their industrial activism.
Queensland Rail QR, previously known as Queensland Rail, Queensland Railways or Queensland Government Railways, is the corporation responsible for the operation and maintenance of the railway system in the State of Queensland, Australia. It is a State-owned corporation responsible to the Queensland Minister for Transport.
Queensland Rams Queensland Rams compeat in the Claxton Shield Baseball Championship in Australia. The Rams were one of the founding teams of the Claxton Shield in 1934 and compeated as Queensland untill 1988 where the Claxtion Shield was thereafter awarded to the winner of the Australian Baseball League untill 1999 when they were invited to join the International Baseball League of Australia which they compeater in for 2 seasons(1999-00 and 2002), after this point the Claxton Shield reverted back to a competition similar to 1988.
Queensland Reds The Queensland Reds (for sponsorship reasons referred to as QR Queensland Reds) represent Queensland in the sport of rugby union. Prior to 1996 they were a representative team selected on merit from the rugby union club competitions in Queensland.
Queensland Regional Airlines Queensland Regional Airlines is an airline based in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. It was established and started operations in 2003 and operates passenger services, as well as contract and ad-hoc charter and aircraft leasing.
Queensland Right to Life Queensland Right to Life is a non-denominational, non-party political pro-life organisation founded in Brisbane during the 1970s, before quickly spreading to neighbouring States. They support ending abortion through non-violent democratic means.
Queensland Roar FC Season 2006-07 are currently participating in the 2006-07 A-League competition, hoping to improve on their performance in the previous domestic season, which saw them finish in sixth position at the end of the A-League competition.
Queensland Rugby League The Queensland Rugby League (QRL) is the governing body for the sport of Rugby league in Queensland. It is a member of the Australian Rugby League (ARL) and selects the members of Queensland State of Origin teams.
Queensland Rugby League Central Division The Central Division of the Queensland Rugby League is responsible for administering the game of rugby league in Central Queensland from Miriam Vale and Gladstone in the south, west to Winton and north to Moranbah. There are 3150 players in this division, playing for 25 senior clubs and 32 junior clubs.
Queensland Rugby League Northern Division The Northern Division of the Queensland Rugby League is responsible for administering the game of rugby league in North Queensland, specifically in the area from Sarina in the south to Cape York in the north and west to Mount Isa. There are 8000 registered players across 36 senior clubs and 39 junior clubs in this Division.
Queensland Rugby League South East Division The South East Division of the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) is responsible for the running of rugby league in South-East Queensland. This makes the South East Division responsible for the FOGS Cup, FOGS Colts Challenge and Brisbane Second Division competitions.
Queensland Rugby League South West Division The South-West Division of the Queensland Rugby League is responsible for administering the game of rugby league in southern Queensland from Toowoomba west to the border. It is also responsible for the Toowoomba Clydesdales team in the Queensland Cup, and the Toowoomba Fillies women's Rugby League team.
Queensland Rugby League Southern Division The Southern Division of the Queensland Rugby League is responsible for administering the game of rugby league across the Gold Coast and Ipswich. There are more than 7000 junior and senior players in the Southern Division.
Queensland Rugby League Wide Bay Division The Wide Bay Division of the Queensland Rugby League is responsible for administering the game of rugby league in the Wide Bay area of Queensland. The following competitions are affiliated with the Wide Bay Division:
Queensland Teachers Union The Queensland Teachers Union was established in 1889 and is one of the oldest trade unions in Australia. Its primary focus is representing its 40,000 members in the Queensland Government's preschools, primary schools, secondary schools, special schools, senior colleges, TAFE colleges and other educational facilities.
Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre The Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC, pronounced "Q-Tack") is the administrative body responsible for processing applications for entrance into tertiary and other higher education institutions in the state of Queensland, Australia. QTAC is an independent, non-profit company established in 1990 under the then six public Queensland universities.
Queensland University Musical Society Queensland University Musical Society or QUMS (pronounced kwums), one of the few non-auditioned choirs in Brisbane, was established in 1912 and is open to all University of Queensland students as well as members of the public. QUMS usually has three concerts in a session year: one at the end of each university semester, plus a Christmas concert.
Queensland University of Technology Student Guild The QUT Student Guild is the student union at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane. It is controlled by students for students and operates the representation, advocacy and welfare services at QUT as well as many commercial services on campus.
Queensland University Regiment Queensland University Regiment (QUR) is an officer training unit of the Australian Army Reserve, based on the campus of the University of Queensland at St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, with sub-units at Queensland Agricultural College in Gatton and Lavarack Barracks in Townsville.
Queensland Youth Choir Robert Clark founded the Queensland Youth Choir in 1984, originally as a training program for young singers. The choir has since evolved into four performance choirs: Poco Voci, StellaVoce, Vivace Voices and VoiceWorks.
QueensrĂżche QueensrĂżche (pronounced ) is a progressive/heavy metal band formed in 1981 in Bellevue, Washington, near Seattle. The band has released nine studio albums and an EP and, as of 2006, continues to tour and record.
Queenston Delta The Queenston Delta is a 300-mile-wide clastic wedge of sediment deposited over what is now eastern North America during the late Ordovician period due to the erosion of mountains created during the Taconic orogeny. The wedge is thickest in a band running from New York State to Quebec.
Queenston, Ontario The Village of Queenston () is located 5Â km north of Niagara Falls, Ontario in the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake. Queenston was first settled in the 1770s by United Empire Loyalist refugees and emigrees from the United States.
Queenstown MRT Station Queenstown MRT Station (EW19) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the East West MRT Line in Singapore. It is sandwiched between the 38-storey Queens condominium and the new 43-storey HDB flats on the opposite side of the track.
Queenstown Road (Battersea) railway station Queenstown Road (Battersea) is a railway station in South London, between Vauxhall and Clapham Junction. It has eight tracks running through it but only three platforms, two of which are in use, serving primarily trains on the Waterloo to Richmond line and the Hounslow Loop.
Queenstown, New Zealand Queenstown is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. The town is built around an inlet on Lake Wakatipu, a long thin "S"-shaped lake, and has spectactular views of nearby mountains.
Queenstown, Singapore Queenstown1 is one of the early housing estates in Singapore, built before Toa Payoh and Ang Mo Kio, and was a test bed for much of Singapore's public housing. Queenstown is located at the central-eastern end of the island about five to eight kilometres from the city.
Queensway (London) Queensway is a bustling cosmopolitan street in the Bayswater district of West London. It contains many restaurants (particularly Chinese, Arab and Mediterranean ones), pubs, letting agents, and high street stores.
Queensway (Ottawa) The Queensway is a major controlled-access freeway running through Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from Kanata in the west to Orléans in the east. It is the primary east-west transportation artery of the Ottawa metropolitan area.
Queensway Station (OC Transpo) Queensway Transitway Station is located around and under the Queensway along the southwest Transitway leg. The upper platforms provide access to the crosstown Route 101 while the lower platforms are for transitway routes such as the 95 and eastbound trips of Route 96.
Queensway tube station Queensway is a London Underground station, just inside the boundary of the City of Westminster with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is at the junction of Queensway and Bayswater Road, and is northwest of Kensington Gardens.
Queensway Tunnel The Queensway Tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Mersey, in the north west of England, between Liverpool and Birkenhead. It is often called the Birkenhead Tunnel to specify it serves Birkenhead as opposed to the Kingsway Tunnel, an alternative tunnel crossing the Mersey, which serves Wallasey.
Queensway, Hong Kong Queensway is a major road in the Admiralty of Central, Hong Kong. It was originally a section of Queen's Road East to its westmost before the Hong Kong Government separated and renamed it as its present name in 1967.
Queenwood School for Girls Queenwood School for Girls is an independent, non-denominational Christian school for girls from grades Kindergarten to Year 12, located in the suburb Balmoral Beach, on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The school is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).
Queer The word queer has traditionally meant "strange" or "unusual," but it is also currently often used in reference to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex communities. Its usage is controversial and underwent substantial changes over the course of the 20th century.
Queer as Folk (UK TV series) Queer as Folk is a 1999 British television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men let loose in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. Both Queer as Folk and Queer as Folk 2 were written by Russell T.
Queer Eye Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is an hour-long American Emmy award-winning television series that premiered on the Bravo cable television network on July 15, 2003, and promptly became both a surprise hit (at least by the standards of cable TV) and one of the most talked-about television programs of 2003. The show's name was changed to simply Queer Eye at the beginning of its third season, to reflect the show's change in direction, from making over only straight men, to including women and gay people too.
Queer horror Queer Horror is a subgenre of horror that focuses on characters relating to those that are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. It may deal with characters who are coded as, or who are openly, GLBT, or it may deal with themes or plots that are specific to queer people.
Queer Lounge The Queer Lounge is a non-profit organization that establishes hospitality suites at the top film festivals in the world. It's primary function is to provide information and to educate those those attending the film festival about the films with gay content (storylines, plots or characters) or created by gay filmmakers.
Queer magazine Queer (originally called The Voice) is a volunteer monthly online publication that focuses on gay men and women’s lifestyle. It also features articles on people, television, movies, books, health, politics, food and fashion.
Queer Motor Culture A term used to group aspects of LGBT culture that are associated with motor vehicles. Queer (or LGBT) Motor Culture includes simple things such as the use of (male or female) auto mechanics in art, erotica and pornography.
Queer Mountain Queer Mountain () is a conspicuous black mountain (1,180 m) with steep slopes showing bands of sandstone above the granite, standing 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Killer Ridge, between the Cotton and Miller Glaciers, in Victoria Land.
Queer nationalism Queer nationalism (also gay nationalism) is a phenomenon which is related both to nationalism and to gay and lesbian liberation movement. This form of gay and lesbian emancipation movement is based on the idea that homosexuals are not a group of humans with deviant sexual practices but a folk due to their specific culture and customs.
Queer Nation Queer Nation was founded in March 1990 in New York City, USA by activists from ACT-UP. The four founders were outraged at the escalation of anti-gay and lesbian violence on the streets and prejudice in the arts and media.
Queer Pagan Flag The Queer Pagan Flag was designed in 1997 by Laura Anne Seabrook, with the addition of a white Galla Symbol in centre to indicate a transgender reference. It was first flown in the 2006 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade (minus Galla symbol), as part of the "Bi-Bachanalia" entry.
Queer Pedagogy Queer Pedagogy explores the intersection between queer theory and critical pedagogy. In doing so, it explores and interrogates the student/teacher relationship, the role of identities in the classroom, the role of eroticism in the teaching process, the nature of disciplines and curriculum, and the connection between the classroom and the broader community with a goal of being both a set of theoretical tools for pedagogical critique / critique of pedagogy and/or a set of practical tools for those doing pedagogical work.
Queer Student Cultural Center The Queer Student Cultural Center is a student-run organization at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. It was founded in May 1969 as Fight Repression of Erotic Expression (FREE), and was the first collegiate-run student organization for gays and lesbians in the United States.
Queer Student Union Queer Student Union refers to multiple collegiate extracirricular groups which exist as a "safe space" for gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender college students. While none of the groups are formally tied together on an intercollegiate scale, many colleges and universities have a chapter of Queer Student Union, each with a similar mission statement, with heavy regards to a stance of safe-space.
Queer theology Queer Theology is exploration of the nature of God and human-kind's relationship with God through the experience of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people (although, as used within this field of theology, the term Queer can extend beyond LGBT people). Many churches that have embraced Queer Theology (such as the Metropolitan Community Church) would ascribe a broad meaning to queer - including a broad range of those who choose to identify or ally themselves outside the constraints of the prevailing societal norms.
Queer theory Queer theory was born out of philosophical investigations of what is known as third wave feminism. However, in the last 15 years, the term has taken shape as a new branch of thought that is suffused throughout the disciplines.
Queercore Queercore is a cultural and social movement that began in the mid 1980's as an offshoot of punk. It is distinguished by a discontent with society in general and a complete disavowal of the mainstream gay and lesbian community and what those involved believe to be its oppressive agenda.
Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT!) was founded in early 2001 to promote queer presence in the movement for liberation of Palestine and awareness of the Palestinian struggle for justice in the queer community.
Queeruption Queeruption is an annual international Queercore festival and gathering where alternative/radical/disenfranchised queers can exchange information, network, organize, inspire and get inspired, self represent, and challenge mainstream society with DIY ideas and ethics. Shows featuring queer punk bands, performance artists, and others are put on at night, while workshops and demonstrations take place during Queeruption days.
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