queerdom

Noun

queerdom (usually uncountable, plural queerdoms)

1. (usually) The world of queer (non-heterosexual) people; queer people collectively.
   • I can only speak from my experience in the Bisexual community and where that overlaps into the rest of queerdom.1995 February 17, beth, quoting Jeff Moore & Francine Turner, “Divsions in the Queer community”, in soc.bi (Usenet)
   • The on-line world is the biggest thing to happen to queerdom in a very long time.1997 February 27, Steve Silberman, “Wired Life;-)!”, in San Francisco Frontiers News Magazine
2. (usually) The fact or state of being queer.
   • I don't believe that queerdom is at the root about homosexuality or lesbianism. There are many gay people who don't identify and who honestly are not queer.1991 February 11, Eric R. Rofes, “My Life As A Queer”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 29, page 11
   • On another occasion, he felt compelled to address his girlfriend/mentor Lowney Handey's jealousy by quelling any suspicions of “queerdom”: [...]2010, Anna G. Creadick, Perfectly Average: The Pursuit of Normality in Postwar America