queer-bashing

queer-bashing is the alternative form of queer bashing.

queer-bashing is the present participle and gerund of queer-bash.

Meaning of queer bashing

queer bashing (countable and uncountable, plural queer bashings)

(idiomatic, slang) Prejudice or violence against queer people.
- The judge in the case indicated that the beating of Mills was a homophobic queer-bashing when he said, "This occurred from an attitude that was prevalent. The opportunity presented itself."1983 April 23, Sue Hyde, “Castro Bashers Jailed”, in Gay Community News, page 2
Synonyms:

gay bashing

queer-bash (third-person singular simple present queer-bashes, present participle queer-bashing, simple past and past participle queer-bashed)

To commit violence against (a queer person) for reasons of prejudice.
To verbally malign a queer person or queer people in general.
- A National Committee member of the Socialist Workers Party queer-bashed the North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA), according to the Sydney Gay Solidarity Group. In a burst of temper, the SWP National Committee member said that if he had his way he would line up members of NAMBLA and...1983 April 23, Sue Hyde, “NAMBLA bashed at Marx Centenary”, in Gay Community News, page 2

What is queer-bashing the alternative form of?: Queer-bashing is the alternative form of queer bashing.

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