FLAMBOYANT ADJ.

/flæmˈbɔɪənt/

(of people or their behavior) different, confident, and exciting in a way that attracts attention

brightly colored and noticeable

—Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries

QUEER N.

/ˈkwir/

a: a person who is gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, or otherwise not heterosexual

b: a person whose gender identity is nonbinary or differs from the sex they had or were identified as having at birth: a genderqueer or transgender person: a person who is not cisgender

Usage of Queer

While the noun queer is used as a neutral or positive self-descriptor, it has a long history of pejorative use and is likely to be considered offensive when used by someone who does not identify as queer.

HARLEM N.

/ˈhär-ləm /

2 section of New York City in northern Manhattan bordering on the Harlem and East rivers; a center of African American culture especially in the 1920s

RENAISSANCE N.

/ˈre-nə-ˌsän(t)s/

2 … a movement or period of vigorous artistic and intellectual activity

3: REBIRTH, REVIVAL

—Merriam-Webster

HARLEM RENAISSANCE N.

1. a renewal and flourishing of Black literary and musical culture during the years after World War I in the Harlem section of New York City.

—Dictionary.com