gay bashing
Anti-homosexual hate crime
Gay bashing is verbal or physical attacks against people perceived to be gay or lesbian.
The term covers everything from slurs and harassment to violent assault motivated by homophobia: The attack was ruled a hate crime—a clear case of gay bashing.
The compound can also describe rhetoric that demeans gay people: The candidate's gay bashing cost him moderate voters.
Violent offensive act
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
- attackAggressive act against another
- batteryPortable electricity storage
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
hate crime · aggression · mugging · injury · harm · victimization · bloodshed · fistfight
Prejudice against same-sex attraction
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- hatredIntense hostile aversion
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
bias · stigma · narrow-mindedness · ignorance · transphobia · heterosexism · scapegoating · vilification
Aggressive, unwanted targeting
- intimidationDeliberate fear-inducing pressure
- bullyingAggressive repeated intimidation
- targetingSelecting as objective
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
marginalization · victimization · threats · stalking · ostracism · exclusion · alienation · hostility
Pleading for a cause
- LGBTQ rightsProtections for sexual minorities
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- solidarityUnity among allies
- vigilPurposeful nighttime wakefulness
memorial · prosecution · justice · reporting · documentation · education · allyship · resistance
assault
Violent offensive act
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
- attackAggressive act against another
- batteryPortable electricity storage
brutality · hate crime · aggression · mugging · injury · harm · victimization · bloodshed · fistfight · thuggery
homophobia
Prejudice against same-sex attraction
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- hatredIntense hostile aversion
intolerance · bias · stigma · narrow-mindedness · ignorance · transphobia · heterosexism · scapegoating · vilification · demonization
harassment
Aggressive, unwanted targeting
- intimidationDeliberate fear-inducing pressure
- bullyingAggressive repeated intimidation
- targetingSelecting as objective
oppression · marginalization · victimization · threats · stalking · ostracism · exclusion · alienation · hostility · animosity
advocacy
Pleading for a cause
- LGBTQ rightsProtections for sexual minorities
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- solidarityUnity among allies
vigil · memorial · prosecution · justice · reporting · documentation · education · allyship · resistance · community support
- LGBTQ discriminationhomophobia, transphobia, biphobia, hate crimes, prejudice
- hate crimeshate crime, racial attack, antisemitic attack, hate groups, racial violence
gay bashingallyship
Active support for marginalized
gay pride · gay-friendly · acceptance · pro-gay · rainbow coalition
gay bashinggay pride
Homosexual self-esteem and dignity
coming out · gay rights movement · marriage equality · It Gets Better · love is love
gay, bash, bashful, bashing, bashed, bashfulness, bashes, basher, bashfully