The document discusses queer theory, highlighting its emergence in the early 1990s as a poststructuralist critical theory focusing on LGBTQ+ identities and issues. It examines the mismatch between sex, gender, and desire, advocating for political and legal rights for marginalized groups. Notable theorists like Judith Butler and Lee Edelman are referenced, along with cultural contributions to the representation of lesbian and gay relationships.

1. QUEER THEORY
 Name – Megha B Trivedi
 Course – M.A. English
 Sem – 2
 Batch – 2016-2018
 Enrolment No – 2069108420170030
 Submitted to – Smt. S. B. Gardi Dept. Of English
MKBU
 Email ID – meghatrivedi666@gmail.com
 Roll No – 18
 Paper No- 7 Literary Criticism : Western- 2

2. THE QUEER THEORY
 Queer means - something or someone is odd or whimsical
 Queer Theory is a field of Poststructuralist critical theory
 Emerged in early 1990s
 It’s out of the fields of Queer studies and women’s studies

3. CONTINUE ……
 Study of Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ( LGBT)
 Lesbian and gay both began as “ Liberation movements”
 It focus on mismatches between sex or gender and desirer
 These studies try to achieve for gays and lesbians, political
, legal and economic rights equal to the heterosexual
majority.

4. CONTINUE….
 Queer Theory is a Significant contributor to Cultural
Studies
 Queer theorist like Judith Butler, Lee Edelman, Diana Fuss
 This types of characters always marginalized in the society

5. Director – Deepa
Mehta
Based on Ismat
Chugtai’s 1941 Urdu
short story, Lihaf (
The Quilt )
Lesbian Identities
 1996
Radha and Sita

6. GAY RELATION

7. REPRESENTATION OF GAY IN COMIC
WAY

8. CONCLUTION….