antigay
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- adjective
- /ˌæntiˈɡeɪ/
- Slur
- The interviewees described their desire to become heterosexual as a result of the antigay sermons preached by the clergy.
- antigay discrimination
Examples
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During the meeting, several members expressed their antigay views, making it clear that they opposed equal rights for homosexuals.
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To explore the social inequality of homosexuals based on homophobia and antigay discrimination on the college campus, observations and group-administered questionnaires were used to gather information from students taking Human Sexuality classes between 1976 and 2006.
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Taken to an extreme, homophobia and antigay discrimination result in the verbal and physical abuse of gays.
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Like Mr. Smith's case, one of the other two also featured prominent antigay bias; the other targeted an immigrant.
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Ironically, however, African Americans were more supportive than whites of gay civil liberties and significantly more opposed to antigay employment discrimination than whites.
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Homophobia, however, has been criticized for a variety of reasons, including its suggestion that antigay attitudes are motivated primarily by fear (Herek, 2000a).
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To understand bisexuals' experiences with prejudice and discrimination, hostility directed specifically at bisexuality must be distinguished from antigay hostility.
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The franchise has given donations to the so-called antigay non-profit organizations, Exodus International and Family Research Council. It's important to remember that these organizations represent values too, which, like organizations representing other groups (like LGBTQ-supporting organizations), are turned into action with funding provided by donors, Chick-fil-A in this case.
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The antigay legislation introduced in the state assembly sparked widespread protests advocating for LGBTQ rights.
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Many activists are working hard to combat antigay attitudes and promote acceptance of homosexual individuals in society.
Synonyms
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Disliking or being unfair to gay people
How Hostile
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Morphology
Etymology
Antigay is formed from the prefix anti- meaning 'against' (as in antisocial) and gay meaning 'homosexual'. So antigay describes attitudes, laws, or remarks that are against gay people or their rights.