gayism

English

Etymology

gay +‎ -ism. The formation of sense 2 is similar to e.g. transgenderism; the formation of sense 3, "discrimination based on gayness", is similar to e.g. sexism being discrimination based on sex or racism being discrimination based on race.

Noun

gayism (uncountable)

1. (rare) Homosexuality.
   • 1992, Eustace A. Dixon, Gospel music: vocal cords and related issues, page 175:

     Here the Bible appears to directly address only the subject of male homosexuality: gayism versus lesbianism. On the latter, the Bible appears to be silent.

   • 1999, Kevin Rushby, Chasing the mountain of light, page 200:

     Out at the front were some of the young groom's mates, and one dropped off the lead to whisper to me. 'Are you a friendly boy?' 'Sorry?' 'A friendly boy?' He leaned closer. 'Are you interested in gayism?'

2. (derogatory) A purported ideology behind (and promoting) gayness.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Marius Nel, LGBTIQ + people and Pentecostals: An African Pentecostal hermeneutic perspective, LIT Verlag Münster, →ISBN, page 294:

     To succeed in its argument, it is necessary that gayism denies that the cause of being gay is reasonable, intelligible and comprehensible. If one is gay not because of any choice but because one is born into the sexual orientation, […]

   • 2020 December 11, Tella Olayeri, Deliverance from Spirit of Dog, GOD'S LINK VENTURES:

     This is the condition you need before you can be bold enough to speak against gayism. Be sexually refined before you speak against homosexuality. Everyone should be sexually righteous. By this, your eyes must be refined of sexual […]

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:gayism.
3. (uncommon) Discrimination against gay people; hostility to gay people.

   Synonyms: (uncommon) antigayism, (inexact) homophobia

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:gayism.