queerantagonism

queerantagonism

English

Etymology

queer +‎ antagonism

Noun

queerantagonism (uncountable)

1. Antipathy toward queer people.
   • 2017, Charlie McNabb, Nonbinary Gender Identities: History, Culture, Resources, page 77:

     Sie [Leslie Feinberg] was forced to move out and seek work as an adolescent, due to hir family's queerantagonism.

   • 2017, Lydia X. Z. Brown, quoted in "Intersectionality: A dialogue with Devonya N. Havis and Lydia X. Z. Brown", in Jennifer Seuro, Addressing Ableism: Philosophical Questions Via Disability Studies, page 48:

     In other words, ableism is to heterosexism what disableism is to queerantagonism, and both terms convey valuable linguistic interpretation of our lived experiences.

   • 2021, Lindsay Pérez Huber, "Testimonio As A Critical Race Feminist Methodology In Higher Education", in Studying Latinx/a/o Students in Higher Education: A Critical Analysis of Concepts, Theory, and Methodologies (eds. Cristobal Salinas Jr, Jesus Cisneros, & Nichole M. Garcia), unnumbered page:

     The history and institutionalization of Jotería Studies is rooted in the resistance of patriarchy, heteronormativity, queerantagonism, and transantagonism by queer Latinx/a/o scholars and activists (Alvarez Jr. & Estrada, 2019).

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:queerantagonism.

Synonyms

• queerphobia