queerness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

queerness
    n 1: a strange attitude or habit [syn: {oddity}, {queerness},
         {quirk}, {quirkiness}, {crotchet}]
    2: a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of
       the same sex [syn: {homosexuality}, {homosexualism},
       {homoeroticism}, {queerness}, {gayness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Queerness \Queer"ness\, n.
   The quality or state of being queer.
   [1913 Webster]