That Gay Thread

[Rev. Rye]

"Queerness"  is reference to homosexuality.

Secondly, how do you figure this person's a "he" when it states thier class doesn't use references to gender?

You’re right. I may have mis-gendered this person. My mistake.

In any case, instead of pretending like you’re just curious, why don’t you tell us what how how you actually feel about this individual?

For the record, in practice, queerness tends to refer to a broader spectrum of gender oddities than just homosexuality. So, the Professor’s odd gender identity, not liking to use Mr. or Mrs., is likely something their students will likely pick up on.

And the OED seems to have amended their definition of “queerness” to reflect that:

queerness noun
/ˈkwɪənəs/
/ˈkwɪrnəs/
[uncountable]
​the quality of having or showing a sexual identity or gender identity that is different from traditional ideas about sex and gender, for example if somebody is non-binary, bisexual or transgender

Your preferred dictionary might not yet have caught up with it, but if the OED (probably the gold standard for English-language dictionaries) has, it probably will fairly soon.