queerbaits

Verb

queerbait (third-person singular simple present queerbaits, present participle queerbaiting, simple past and past participle queerbaited)

1. (slang) To engage in queerbaiting (creating homoerotic tension, but not developing it, in a narrative work to reel in an LGBT audience).
2. To harass or vilify someone for their real or imagined queerness, often to advance political ends against them.
   • The reasons for red-baiting among gays are more legitimate than reasons for queer-baiting among leftists, because much of the left is imbued with bigotry and certain socialist regimes have been and are oppressive of gays.1980 April 19, Scott Tucker, “Ring That Red Bell”, in Gay Community News, page 5

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