antistraight

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adjective

Opposing heterosexuality.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectiveantistraight (comparative more antistraight, superlative most antistraight)

comparative more antistraight · superlative most antistraight

  1. Opposing heterosexuality.

    So you think Gregg is antistraight, but he is best friends with a straight guy. Russell and he have a very close relationship.

    2013, Steven Zeeland, Sailors and Sexual Identity, page 140
    2 more examples

    The laws banning discrimination based on sexual orientation apply to all people, gay and straight alike. If an antistraight boss starts firing heterosexuals, they're protected.

    2001, John K. Wilson, How the Left Can Win Arguments and Influence People

    One of the key points of this paper is to create legitimacy for a set of representations of antistraight discourses. […] In a world where any antistraight manifestation, either sexual or nonsexual, is a reason for exclusion, ridicule, and persecution […]

    2014, David W. Foster, Chicano/Latino Homoerotic Identities, page 233

Origin

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Chicago

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