antigay

[an-tee-gey, an-tahy-]

adjective

1. opposed or hostile to gay people or to gay rights, communities, organizations, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of antigay¹

First recorded in 1965–70; anti- + gay

Example Sentences

Davis, then a county clerk in Kentucky, claimed that her antigay religious beliefs did not allow her to provide the license.

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They would face possible arrest and imprisonment for “gross indecency” under the country’s antigay criminal code.

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The way Anita Bryant told it, she didn’t have a choice but to build a nationwide antigay movement.

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In 1977 and 1978, she led a successful drive to get equal rights ordinances repealed in Dade County and elsewhere, stoking an antigay backlash that left LGBTQ+ Americans fearing for their lives.

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As my Slate colleague Christina Cauterucci laid out in her podcast series Slow Burn: Gays Against Briggs, the antigay wave that Bryant instigated in Florida would come to a halt in California.

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