Editing Queercore (section)

{{Short description|Music genre}}
{{Distinguish|LGBTQ hip hop}}
{{About||the zine inspired by this movement|Homocore (zine)}}
{{Infobox music genre
| name              = Queercore
| image             = Pansy Division.jpg
| caption           = [[Pansy Division]] performing in 2007
| stylistic_origins = ;Musical:
{{hlist|[[Punk rock]]|[[hardcore punk]]|[[indie rock]]|[[experimental music|experimental]]}}
;Ideological:
{{hlist|[[Queer theory]]|[[Punk ideologies|punk]]|[[third-wave feminism]]|[[straight edge]]}}
| cultural_origins  = Mid-1980s, Canada ([[Toronto]]), United States ([[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] / [[San Francisco]]) and United Kingdom ([[London]])
| other_topics      = * [[Grunge]]
* [[Homosexuality]]
* [[identity politics]]
* [[LGBT movements]]
* [[riot grrrl]]
}}

'''Queercore''' (or '''homocore''') is a cultural/social movement that began in the mid-1980s as an offshoot of the [[punk subculture]] and a music genre that comes from [[punk rock]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ivy |first=Jade |title=Queercore: What is it? And Six Bands You Should Listen to – FOR THE PUNKS |date=6 January 2022 |url=https://ftpunks.com/queercore-what-is-it-and-six-bands-you-should-listen-to/ |access-date=2023-05-01 |language=en-US}}</ref> It is distinguished by its discontent with society in general, and specifically society's disapproval of the [[LGBTQ community]].<ref name="dupleissis">{{cite journal |last1=du Pleissis |first1=Michael |last2=Chapman |first2=Kathleen |date=February 1997 |title=Queercore: The distinct identities of subculture |journal=College Literature |issn=0093-3139 |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3709/is_199702/ai_n8737120/pg_1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017134819/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3709/is_199702/ai_n8737120/pg_1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-10-17 |access-date=2007-06-21}}</ref> Queercore expresses itself in a [[DIY ethic#Music|DIY]] style through magazines, music, writing and film.

As a [[music genre]], it may be distinguished by lyrics exploring themes of prejudice and dealing with issues such as [[sexual identity]],<ref name="dickinson">{{cite news |last=Dickinson |first=Chrissie |title=The Music is the Message |newspaper=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] |date=1996-04-21 |url=http://chrissiedickinson.com/?p=23 |access-date=2008-12-15 |archive-date=2010-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716164929/http://chrissiedickinson.com/?p=23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[gender identity]] and the rights of the individual; more generally, queercore bands offer a critique of society endemic to their position within it, sometimes in a light-hearted way, sometimes seriously. Musically, many queercore bands originated in the [[punk rock|punk]] scene but the [[Industrial music|industrial music culture]] has been influential as well. Queercore groups encompass many genres such as [[hardcore punk]], [[electropunk]], [[indie rock]], [[power pop]], [[no wave]], [[noise music|noise]], [[Experimental music|experimental]], [[industrial music|industrial]] and others.