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queer-bashing

noun

  1. slang,  the activity of making vicious and unprovoked verbal or physical assaults upon homosexuals or supposed homosexuals

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • queer-basher noun
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The renewed excitement for queer-bashing among DeSantis and his conservative peers has had real-world effects.

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At one point, Jordan wryly observes that things, "Don't feel right. There should be more Bible-thumping and queer-bashing," and takes charge as bodies pile up.

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The consensus, the admirably cool Namazie apart, seemed to be that the "ultimate" in question was a queer-bashing, Dawkins-hating God, who could stick together the "broken society" by reminding us of our morals.

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