postgay

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adjective

After the establishment of homosexuality as a social norm.

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Meanings

adjectivepostgay (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAfter the establishment of homosexuality as a social norm.

    "It's easy for people to talk about being postgay when they're living in New York or LA," he says. "Talk to someone in the Midwest about being postgay; they've got to deal with the realities of small-town gossip, judgment, and condemnation. […]

    1998 December 8, The Advocate, number 774, page 59

Origin

From post- + gay.

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Cite this entry
APA

postgay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postgay

MLA

“postgay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postgay. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postgay,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postgay.

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