Meanings
- uncountableThe state or condition of being straight (morally, sexually, etc.)
I see now how tenaciously he was questioning my whole commitment to straighthood, what an evasion it was of confronting the unreason of my shame at being queer.
2014, Paul Monette, Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story2 more examples
Being with Paul was an interim solution. In effect, he and I seceded from straighthood together. Our relationship turned on a new kind of bisexual plot, its tension imparted by the lively possibility that one of us might leave the other for a gender.
1999, Jan Clausen, Apples & OrangesI think in general, it irritates me when straight people are allies and proclaim their straighthood. Like, publicly, if a famous person is like talking about, "Yes, everybody should be treated equal. It doesn't matter if you're gay. [...]"
2006, Daniel K. Cortese, Are We Thinking Straight?
Origin
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