Homocrat

Quick meaning: Homocrat is a noun meaning (US, LGBTQ, chiefly historical) A gay person who supports slow and assimilationist movement toward equality, working politically with the Democratic Party; an assimilationist (as contrasted with a radical).

Meaning

(US, LGBTQ, chiefly historical) A gay person who supports slow and assimilationist movement toward equality, working politically with the Democratic Party; an assimilationist (as contrasted with a radical).

Example Sentences

Some, such as author Sara Schulman, blame the problem on the “homocrats” seduced into inaction by Bill Clinton. Yet, the phenomenon is not unique to the last decade. Since the birth of the modern gay liberation movement in 1969[…]

56 These political insiders, called "homocrats" by lesbian activist Sarah Schulman, were like many others in the early days of the Clinton Administration: virtual political newcomers to Washington. In an interview following the[…]

Wealthy gays were outraged by our tactics, homocrats accused us of being counterproductive. Many people who felt that they owned or defined the gay movement were threatened by ACT UP. Within the organization there was a uniting[…]

Although assimilationist gays, or “homocrats” in Sarah Schulman's parlance (Shepard 2001), were beginning to be elected and appointed to positions of power around the country, this incorporation (or co-optation) did not extend to[…]

Word Forms

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include homocon, homogay, homophile, homo, homo-whore, homophilia.

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