r/QueerTheory

18k members
r/QueerTheory is a subreddit with 18k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses queer, theory, gender, queer theory, and sexuality, and they frequently recommend/review theory books.
Queer theory is a field of post-structuralist critical theory that emerged in the early 1990s out of the fields of queer studies and Women's studies.

Popular Themes in r/QueerTheory

#1
Advice Requests
: "How to reconcile Foucault and other prominent intellectuals signing a petition to annul age of consent laws in the 70s?"
9 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Reject bioessentialism"
2 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Help. What specific theory should I use. "
1 post

Popular Topics in r/QueerTheory

#1

Queer

: "Writing dissertation, Queer meme"
90 posts
#2

Theory

: "Any queer Theory on how liberalism and just capitalism in general is a major factor in monosexism?"
53 posts
#3

Gender

: "Butler on Gender Dysphoria"
27 posts
#4

Queer Theory

: "Beggining with Queer Theory as a cis person"
19 posts
#5

Sexuality

: "Hetro cis man (29) looking for literature to better understand queer&bi partner"
18 posts
#6

History

: "Saint Ocaña: the forgotten proto-queer genius in an urgent need of resurrection"
13 posts
#7

Identity

: "I’ve found exploring my queer and gender Identity to be largely a waste of time"
11 posts
#8

Transgender

: "Research on the proliferation of things like urinal privacy barriers, the disappearance of spaces of social nudity like communal showers?"
11 posts
#9

Lgbtq+

: "🌈Survey on Lgbtq++ Minority Stress and Emotion Regulation 🌈 (Anyone identifying as Lgbtq++ can participate)"
9 posts
#10

Judith Butler

: "Is Judith Butler essential reading if you are already very familiar with performative gender as a concept?"
8 posts

Products Discussed in r/QueerTheory

Theory Books

14 reviews
#1
Foucault
4.5 from 6 reviews
#2
Halberstam
4.0 from 2 reviews
#3
Halperin
4.0 from 1 review

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+1k members(8.3%)

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Last updated: June 30, 2026