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queerantagonism en · NOUN

Etymology

From queer + antagonism.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Antipathy toward queer people.
    • Sie [Leslie Feinberg] was forced to move out and seek work as an adolescent, due to hir family's queerantagonism. 2017, Charlie McNabb, Nonbinary Gender Identities: History, Culture, Resources, page 77:
    • The history and institutionalization of Jotería Studies is rooted in the resistance of patriarchy, heteronormativity, queerantagonism, and transantagonism by queer Latinx/a/o scholars and activists (Alvarez Jr. & Estrada, 2019). 2021, Lindsay Pérez Huber, “Testimonio As A Critical Race Feminist Methodology In Higher Education”, in Cristobal Salinas Jr, Jesus Cisneros, Nichole M. Garcia, editors, Studying Latinx/a/o Students in Higher Education: A Critical Analysis of Concepts, Theory, and Methodologies, unnumbered page:
    • In other words, ableism is to heterosexism what disableism is to queerantagonism, and both terms convey valuable linguistic interpretation of our lived experiences. 2017, Lydia X. Z. Brown, quoted in "Intersectionality: A dialogue with Devonya N. Havis and Lydia X. Z. Brown", in Jennifer Seuro, Addressing Ableism: Philosophical Questions Via Disability Studies, page 48

Synonyms

queerphobia