gay basher

noun

Somebody who gay bashes.

Meanings

noungay basher (plural gay bashers)

plural gay bashers · alternative gay-basher · alternative gaybasher

  1. Somebody who gay bashes.

    Gay bashers are repressed homosexuals attempting to deny the queer inside, but certain signals get past the screen.

    1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 65
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    Gay Liberation is my liberation. When out with my girlfriend, I would not get just halfway beat up by a gay basher. (Oh, excuse me sir, please only beat me up on one side of my body, you see I'm only bisexual!)

    1990 April 14, Robyn Ochs, “Self-Identifying As Bisexual: A Political Statement”, in Gay Community News, page 5
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APA

gay basher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gay%20basher

MLA

“gay basher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gay%20basher. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gay basher,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gay%20basher.

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