{"id":"tenderqueer","name":"Tenderqueer","summary":"Tenderqueer is a contested slang term for LGBTQ+ people who deploy sensitivity, emotional openness, and social justice vocabulary to sidestep accountability. It began as a positive Tumblr aesthetic tag around 2012 before pivoting into a pejorative Twitter callout by the late 2010s.","tags":["tenderqueer","tenderqueer meaning","tenderqueer definition","queer slang","lgbtq twitter","dolly rose tenderqueer","radical softness"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":4,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/tenderqueer/tenderqueer-tenderqueer-cartoon-illustration.webp","caption":"A satirical cartoon combining the viral 'if youre dating a tenderqueer ur single to me' tweet with meta-commentary on online discourse about the term.","width":1357,"height":758,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/tenderqueer/tenderqueer-tumblr-tenderqueer-definition.webp","caption":"An early Tumblr post from September 2015 offering an influential and pointed definition of the term 'tenderqueer'.","width":680,"height":436,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/tenderqueer/tenderqueer-dolly-rose-medium-essay.webp","caption":"A 2020 Medium essay by Dolly Rose analyzing the 'tenderqueer' archetype and its associations with avoidance of accountability.","width":680,"height":508,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/tenderqueer/tenderqueer-jpbrammer-quote-tweet-response.webp","caption":"A 2024 quote-tweet by JP Brammer responding to a tenderqueer-adjacent post, part of the term's continued discourse online.","width":716,"height":413,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/tenderqueer/history.md","related":["12-year-old-me-realizing-im-gay","gay-silence","hey-pretty-girl-can-i-get-a-taste-of-that-candy-i-come-with-nuts","no-cops-at-pride","yaass","a-star-is-born-ally-poster","bert-and-ernie-sexual-orientation-controversy","caitlyn-jenner-s-gender-transition","george-takei-calls-out-anti-gay-school-board-member","lgbtq","lesbian-space-princess","pansexuality"],"popularityRank":1631,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}