Queer Baiting

What is Queer Baiting?

1.

When a politician, pundit, or other public figure brings up the completely irrelevant detail about a person's sexuality, true or untrue, as a way of subtly channeling homophobia to attack them.

Compare race baiting

"Oh yeah? Well, Tom Smith, the gay man who supported the new bill has no idea what he is talking about."

"You're queer baiting"

See homophobia, gay, lesbian, lgbt, feminism, queer, politics, politicians

1.

When a politician, pundit, or other public figure brings up the completely irrelevant detail about a person's sexuality, true or untrue, as a way of subtly channeling homophobia to attack them.

Compare race baiting

"Oh yeah? Well, Tom Smith, the gay man who supported the new bill has no idea what he is talking about."

"You're queer baiting"

See homophobia, gay, lesbian, lgbt, feminism, queer, politics, politicians
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