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postgay

postgay adjective: after the establishment of homosexuality as a social norm.

Adjective

postgay (not comparable)

  1. After the establishment of homosexuality as a social norm.
    • "It's easy for people to talk about being postgay when they're living in New York or LA," he says. "Talk to someone in the Midwest about being postgay; they've got to deal with the realities of small-town gossip, judgment, and condemnation. […]1998 December 8, The Advocate, number 774, page 59

Origin of postgay

From post- + gay.

Questions about postgay

What does postgay mean?
Postgay means after the establishment of homosexuality as a social norm.
What part of speech is postgay?
Postgay is an adjective.

Words near postgay in the dictionary

  1. postgastrectomy
  2. postgastric
  3. postgastrulation
  4. Postgate
  5. postgavage
  6. postgay
  7. postgelation
  8. postgenal
  9. postgender
  10. postgendered
  11. postgenderism

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