ABSTRACT
Queer Theory (QT) is a series of ideas that problematizes what it means to be normal. In its activism, QT is a form of critical theory. It goes without saying that archaeologists never, or at least hardly ever, excavate direct evidence of sexual behavior. Many people are unhappy about the potential of QT to supplant feminist and LGBTQ studies. Although they share some general goals, by definition QT is not exclusively focused on these issues. Some fear that the adoption of QT will water down feminist and LGBTQ politics. The chapter describes that if queering is not a LGBTQ thing, can a married, heterosexual declare him or herself queer. One can foresee a situation in which sexual minorities become minorities in their own academic fields. QT helps the archaeologist expand what is possible, to put new meanings onto familiar objects, to think the unthinkable.
