Queerqueg?

In Anthony Veansa So's short story "Human Development" (which we discussed this evening in finishing his Afterparties collection), the eponymous narrator tells us of his aspiration to use Herman Melville's Moby Dick as a teaching tool to help his students become better people. Picking up on that connection, Mike Mazza kindly shared this 2019 Guardian commentary during the chat: "Subversive, queer and terrifyingly relevant: Six reasons why Moby-Dick is the novel for our times." Reason #3: "It's a very queer book."