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I've just seen the (long) thread about whether or not we should use 'queer' to describe Shakespeare characters. I didn't want to add to it because it looks as if it's become a bit overwhelming, but I am going to pontificate because I can.
I think anyone can use whatever term they choose, and using 'queer' can be a political act in itself, because you're using a term that will make some students suddenly feel they belong, and that's important.
Insisting that 'queer' is anachronistic can be a nasty way of gatekeeping.
But, teaching Shakespeare to students from countries where homosexuality is still either illegal or highly stigmatised, I noticed that often, such students don't struggle to identify same-sex innuendos or implications of what we might call 'queer' desire.
But, often, they presumed Shakespeare included these innuendos specifically to make us dislike or judge the character. Comparisons could be made to the way Shylock's Jewishness is presented.
This is one of the things that makes me worry about how we sometimes use 'queer'. (And I'm thinking mostly about me as a teacher, not anyone else as a scholar).
It's easy to say 'this character is really queer' and have students hear 'wow, this teacher is really excited by Shakespeare's acceptance of queerness/ she really loves how early modern people were fine with queerness'.
But, I'm often not convinced either of those things were the case.
I have a whole, more carefully thought-through bit about this at the front of my new book (she says, self-promotingly, and it's here: https://boydellandbrewer.com/lucy-m-allen-goss.html).
But the gist is that recognising Shakespeare writes 'queer' characters needs to come alongside acknowledging that this isn't necessarily a form of affirmation of queerness. It might be, but it could also be pejorative.
I think this matters, because the fight isn't over. There is still a huge amount of nasty, insinuating queerphobia in fiction; there are plenty of writers who give us gay characters but do so in a way that's actually hurtful.
Anyway, just my thoughts on a slow Sunday morning. Excuse me if not useful, and ignore. :-)