Teresa de Lauretis, Coiner (and Critic) of Queer Theory, Dies at 87 NYT Par : Alex Traub 26 février 2026 à 21:13 She came up with the term as the title of a 1990 conference but saw its later popularity as a little superficial. © Claudia PeppelTeresa de Lauretis in 2015. The debut of “queer theory” as a term came in the title of an academic conference she organized and in an associated issue of a feminist journal.