Queer-bash

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To commit violence against (a queer person) for reasons of prejudice.
  2. 2
    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 shoot the lot of them."

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"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 shoot the lot of them."

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