I've been discussing this a lot lately, because it seems to come up. The word "queer" was, at one point, seen as a slur against members of the LGBT community. Yet, lately, it's been seen as a more all-encompassing term to include people who are Gay, Lesbian, Trans*, Bisexual, Asexual, Allies, etc. The full abbreviation of LGBTQ seems to change constantly, however, instead of saying "LGBTQQIA community/issues/etc" people just say "queer". Not to mention there are people who identify as Genderqueer.
Personally I use the word queer as an all-encompassing term. If someone asked if I identified as queer I would say yes. When I discuss issues I refer to them as queer issues.
I was just curious about people's assumptions about the word queer and whether or not you believe it's not the "proper" word to use.