Homonormalization
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Homonormalization is a noun meaning (sociology) The normalization of homosexuality by absorbing it into the heteronormative culture.
Meaning
(sociology) The normalization of homosexuality by absorbing it into the heteronormative culture.
Example Sentences
The inclusion of transgender voices further disrupts the homonormalization of sex and identity evident in popular LGBTQ cinema.
But in more recent queer theory, the positivist projects committed to restoring the gay subject to history and redeeming the gay self from its pathologization have been recognized as part of a process of homonormalization.
One of the most compelling examples of the author's depoliticizing project of homonormalization in the series can be found where Quant explains the role that his friend and mentor, Anthony Gatt, and Anthony's partner, Jared, play in the dominant culture of Saskatoon: […]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include heteronormalization, homosocialization, homosexualization, normalization, heterosexualization, abnormalization.
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