homocrat

plural homocrats

1. UShistoricalA gay person who supports slow and assimilationist movement toward equality, working politically with the Democratic Party; an assimilationist (as contrasted with a radical).

   56 These political insiders, called "homocrats" by lesbian activist Sarah Schulman, were like many others in the early days of the Clinton Administration: virtual political newcomers to Washington. In an interview following the[…]

   2013 October 15, Craig A. Rimmerman, Gay Rights, Military Wrongs: Political Perspectives on Lesbians and Gays in the Military, Routledge, →ISBN, page 283

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   Although assimilationist gays, or “homocrats” in Sarah Schulman's parlance (Shepard 2001), were beginning to be elected and appointed to positions of power around the country, this incorporation (or co-optation) did not extend to[…]

   2005 October 9, L.M. Bogad, Electoral Guerrilla Theatre: Radical Ridicule and Social Movements, Routledge, →ISBN, page 128

   Some, such as author Sara Schulman, blame the problem on the “homocrats” seduced into inaction by Bill Clinton. Yet, the phenomenon is not unique to the last decade. Since the birth of the modern gay liberation movement in 1969[…]

   2001, Monthly Review: An Independent Socialist Magazine

   In the seventies, the argument raged between grassroots activists and homocrats. In the 1980s, the fight was between those favoring direct action and the gay lobbyists. In the early nineties the term assimilationist was popularized by[…]

   2015 November 18, Urvashi Vaid, Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation, Anchor, →ISBN

   Wealthy gays were outraged by our tactics, homocrats accused us of being counterproductive. Many people who felt that they owned or defined the gay movement were threatened by ACT UP. Within the organization there was a uniting[…]

   2018 September 24, Sarah Schulman, My American History: Lesbian and Gay Life During the Reagan and Bush Years, Routledge, →ISBN

plural Homocrats

1. USderogatoryoffensiveslanggovernmentA member or supporter of the Democratic Party, implying that they are homosexual.

   Ah yes, the way of the liberal. Never allow the 1st amendment rights of others conflict with the distasteful agenda of the liberal homocrats.

   2009 May 3, Jam Rock, “A liberal HOMOCRAT whines: "Miss California USA Should Quit or Be Fired"”, in alt.politics.democrats (Usenet)

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   All across the world, families came together and most people agreed, Retardican and Homocrat alike, it was a beautiful time to be alive on the planet Earth, wars or no wars, end or no end.

   2006, Michael Soltys, The Grass is Green, page 244

   LOL... you Homocrats and Demofags have been hornswoggled into thinking they actually give a shit about YOU, when the opposite is true... they don't... they just wanted your vote and the sympathy of the stupid guilt- stricken white idiots.

   2016 August 13, AlleyCat, “LOL... Stupid Homocrats Think Hillary Clinton Is On Their Side”, in alt.society.liberalism (Usenet)