lavender menace
lavender menace noun: the presence of lesbians or lesbian activism in the feminist movement, seen as a threat to the movement at large.
Noun
lavender menace (uncountable)
- The presence of lesbians or lesbian activism in the feminist movement, seen as a threat to the movement at large.
- It's an old story that lesbians and gay men have always been a part of movements for justice. However, it is only recently, as queers have come into their own political awareness, that this has been more than an unacknowledged, unreciprocated contribution of gay and lesbian spirit. […] We were the...1982 August 28, Scott Brookie, “Making Love, Not War”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 7, page 5
Questions about lavender menace
- What does lavender menace mean?
- Lavender menace means the presence of lesbians or lesbian activism in the feminist movement, seen as a threat to the movement at large.
- What part of speech is lavender menace?
- Lavender menace is a noun.
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