homonormativities

Noun

homonormativity (countable and uncountable, plural homonormativities)

1. The assumption that sexual and romantic attraction and activity between people of the same sex is normal, either as the only normal, or in a culture which also treats opposite-sex activity as normal (and typically assumes all people are either male or female).
   • Homonormativity is largely a product of tolerance and, as Brown tells us, tolerance, among other things, exists in the social realm to cover over inequitable particularities in the legal sphere.2009, Environment and Planning, page 755
2. The adoption of heterosexist values, beliefs and norms into the gay or queer community.
   • I'm an activist, but in Kelowna I felt like my safety is predicated on silence and white middle-class homonormativity.2009, Rachel Epstein, Who's Your Daddy?: And Other Writings on Queer Parenting, page 255