gaycrat
gaycrat noun: an activist who attempts to effect gay rights through the Democratic Party.
Noun
gaycrat (plural gaycrats)
- An activist who attempts to effect gay rights through the Democratic Party.
- For the hysterical, homoerotiphobic ire which has been building up, in the form of rejection via referenda, as well as in acts of violence against individuals […] is principally focused now on gay radicals, socialists, communists, prison activists, and other not-so-easily-categorized mavericks of...1978 December 16, John Paul Hudson, “In Memoriam”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 21, page 5
- For all the accusations that have been heaped upon the "gaycrat" reformers of the 70s, it should be pointed out that all of the concrete signs of progress in our movement—repeal of sodomy statutes, changes in city and state anti-discrimination laws, bringing our faces out from behind potted palms...1992 March 15, Arnie Kantrowitz, “Letter to the Queer Generation”, in New York Quarterly, number 20
Forms of gaycrat
| plural | gaycrats |
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Origin of gaycrat
Blend of gay + Democrat.
Questions about gaycrat
- What does gaycrat mean?
- Gaycrat means an activist who attempts to effect gay rights through the Democratic Party.
- What part of speech is gaycrat?
- Gaycrat is a noun.
- What is the plural of gaycrat?
- The plural of gaycrat is gaycrats.
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