queerness

noun

1. (uncountable)The quality of being queer or odd.
2. (countable)Something queer; an oddity.
3. (offensive, possibly, uncountable)Homosexuality.
4. (uncountable)The quality of being queer, in the sense of not conforming to sexual or gender norms.

   “My queerness and my addiction to alcohol flourished in a tiny bar tucked in San Francisco’s Castro district.”