queerdom

queerdom

English

Etymology

From queer +‎ -dom.

Noun

queerdom (usually uncountable, plural queerdoms)

1. The world of queer (non-heterosexual) people; queer people collectively; queerness, queerhood.
   • 1994, Christopher Street, issues 215-220, page 12:

     Never once, for instance, did he mention homosexuality by name. He called it ' 'queerdom.' '

   • 2004, Ron Eglash, Appropriating Technology:

     "The on-line world is the biggest thing to happen to queerdom in a very long time and it's the best thing that has happened to queerdom in my lifetime," he observed in an article that appeared in a 1997 issue of the gay publication San Francisco Frontiers News Magazine [...]

   • 2010, Anna G. Creadick, Perfectly Average: The Pursuit of Normality in Postwar America:

     On another occasion, he felt compelled to address his girlfriend/mentor Lowney Handey's jealousy by quelling any suspicions of “queerdom”: [...]