homonationalism

English

Etymology

Coined by Jasbir Puar. From homo- +‎ nationalism.

Noun

homonationalism (countable and uncountable, plural homonationalisms)

  1. (neologism) The favourable association of LGBTI people and/or LGBTI rights with a nationalist ideology.
    • 2016 August 31, Peter Drucker, “Homonationalism, Heteronationalism and LGBTI Rights in the EU”, in Public Seminar[1]:
      There is a vicious circle of escalating antagonism between the new homonationalism of LGBTQI communities and what can by analogy be called “heteronationalism”: the adoption of anti-LGBTQI attitudes as an expression of insurgent national, ethnic and/or religious identity.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:homonationalism.

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