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antiqueer en · ADJ

Etymology

From anti- + queer.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Opposed to queer (non-heterosexual) people.
    • While arguments that claim to identify the singular cause of antiqueer oppression can be exhilarating and compelling, they are also dangerous... 2006, Paisley Currah, Richard M Juang, Shannon Minter, Transgender Rights:
    • On the connection between antiqueer and anticommunist hysteria... 2005, Thomas Vernon Reed, The Art of Protest:
    • The antiqueer brigade of the Muslim Students Association fell apart before my eyes. 2005, Irshad Manji, The Trouble with Islam Today:

Synonyms

antigay · antifag

antiqueer en · NOUN

Etymology

From anti- + queer.

Meanings

  1. (uncommon) One who is opposed to queer people.
    • Nothing is wrong with pederasty or prostitution; indeed the anti-queers are now using this issue as a grounds of attack. Pretending that Greek love didn't include pederasty and prostitution implicitly concedes that the moralists are right. 1986 February 15, Charly Shively, “Erotic Poems from the Greek Anthology [review]”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 39, page B4:

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