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Meaning of Homocrat | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A gay person who supports slow and assimilationist movement toward equality, working politically with the Democratic Party; an assimilationist (as contrasted with a radical).
    US, historical
  2. A member or supporter of the Democratic Party, implying that they are homosexual.
    US, derogatory, offensive, slang

Examples

“All across the world, families came together and most people agreed, Retardican and Homocrat alike, it was a beautiful time to be alive on the planet Earth, wars or no wars, end or no end.”
“Ah yes, the way of the liberal. Never allow the 1st amendment rights of others conflict with the distasteful agenda of the liberal homocrats.”
“LOL... you Homocrats and Demofags have been hornswoggled into thinking they actually give a shit about YOU, when the opposite is true... they don't... they just wanted your vote and the sympathy of the stupid guilt- stricken white idiots.”
“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[…]”
“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[…]”
“In the seventies, the argument raged between grassroots activists and homocrats. In the 1980s, the fight was between those favoring direct action and the gay lobbyists. In the early nineties the term assimilationist was popularized by[…]”
“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[…]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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