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  1. "The Quare Fellow" play by Brendan Behan

    The Quare Fellow is Brendan Behan's first play, first produced in 1954. The title is taken from a Hiberno-English pronunciation of queer (without the homosexual connotation).

    #quare #TheQuareFellow #BrendanBehan

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quar

  2. "quare" #quare

    etymology :-

    Variant of queer.

    Adjective

    quare (comparative quarer, superlative quarest)

    (dated, Ireland, Appalachia, Ottawa Valley) Queer, strange.
    I was after finishing my dinner when there was quare knock on the door.

    (Ireland, used for emphasis) A lot of, very, great.
    He'd brought a quare amount of money with him.

    Latin Alternative forms

    quā rē
    Etymology

    quā (“by what”) +‎ rē (“about, anent, with reference to”), ablative of rēs (“thing, matter, topic”).

    en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quare

  3. Happy Juneteenth! I ran across this Southern Poverty Law Center article from June 2022, by Preston D. Mitchum highlighting the intersection of Pride Month and Juneteenth. It's a really great reminder that we can’t silo identities, and a worthwhile read for everyone today

    #Black #LGBTQ #Queer #Quare #Juneteenth

    URL for article in case thumbnail is not displaying:
    splcenter.org/resources/storie