Heterosexism
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"Within white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy the experience of men dressing as women, appearing in drag, has always been regarded by the dominant heterosexist cultural gaze as a sign that one is symbolically crossing over from a realm of power into a realm of powerlessness."--bell hooks on Paris is Burning in a piece published in Black Hooks |
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- The assumption made when relating to others that everyone is heterosexual.
- Discrimination against homosexuals and bisexuals.
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See also
- Culture war
- Identity politics
- Minority group
- Minority rights
- Norm (sociology)
- Second-class citizen
- Discrimination
- Persecution of homosexuals
- Discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS
- Harassment (categories and types)
- Heterophobia
- Genderism
- Transphobia
- Heteronormativity
- Intolerance
- LGBT rights opposition
- LGBT stereotypes
- Slogans of anti-gay ideology
- Straight Pride
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