queerphobia means fear or hatred of queer people. (Compare homophobia.). It carries an Arena rating of 1338, earned across 3 head-to-head judged battles.
Why “queerphobia” is a great word
The fear, hatred, or prejudice directed against people whose sexual or gender identities fall outside societal norms. From *queer* (originally meaning 'strange,' later reclaimed as an umbrella term for non-normative sexual and gender identities) + *-phobia* (from Greek, meaning 'fear, aversion'), by analogy with *transphobia*. Attested as *queer-phobia* since at least 1998, and as *queerphobia* since at least 2000. Unlike *homophobia*, which specifically denotes an aversion to homosexuality, or *queermisia*, a constructed alternative stressing hatred over fear, queerphobia casts a wider net over the entire spectrum of non-normative desire and being. It is the cold silence that follows a pronoun correction, the administrative violence of a form with only two boxes, and the specific, casual erasure in the phrase 'you people'—a systemic negation not merely of acts, but of the very possibility of a different order of self.
Etymology
From queer + -phobia, by analogy with transphobia. Attested as queer-phobia since at least 1998, and as queerphobia since at least 2000.
noun
- Fear or hatred of queer people. (Compare homophobia.)“Michael's experiences pointed to a form of heteronormativity/queerphobia, unique to Asian American communities, which supplemented the heteronormativity/queerphobia in mainstream society.”