Here's Why HuffPost Gay Voices Just Changed Its Name To HuffPost Queer Voices; HuffingtonPost.com, 2/2/16

Noah Michelson, HuffingtonPost.com; Here's Why HuffPost Gay Voices Just Changed Its Name To HuffPost Queer Voices:

"Today, for the very first time, we're thrilled to welcome you to HuffPost Queer Voices.

Our name change comes four-and-a-half years after we originally debuted as HuffPost Gay Voices -- and after countless conversations with countless people, both inside and outside of the HuffPost newsroom.

Though I've had my own love affair with the word "queer" for as long as I can remember (more on that in a minute), at the time of our launch in 2011 some people felt that the term was too controversial, too divisive and, because of its history as a slur, perhaps just too painful to use."