QPOC

plural QPOCs

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of queer person of color.

   Those identifying as QPOC frequently face racist attitudes in the White gay community. While QPOC are subtly excluded from mainstream gay imagery, more overt forms of racism persist as well.

   2009, Sheila Addison, Deborah Coolhart, “Integrating Socially Segregated Identities: Queer Couples and the Question of Race”, in Mudita Rastogi, Volker Thomas, editors, Multicultural Couple Therapy, Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications, Inc., →ISBN