dragphobia
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From drag (“women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment”) + -phobia.
Noun
[edit]dragphobia (uncountable)
- (LGBTQ, uncommon) Hatred or fear of drag queens and drag kings.
- 1996, Brett Beemyn, Michele Eliason, Queer Studies: A Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Anthology, →ISBN, page 187:
- When challenged on their dragphobia, organizers pointed to the presence of L'Entrepeau (a drag queen bar) in the parade as evidence of their inclusive politics.
- 2012 January 4, Matthew Backhouse, “Drag queen defends 'transphobic' tampon ad”, in The New Zealand Herald[1], archived from the original on 2021-09-20:
- The drag queen star of a controversial tampon advertisement, pulled amid backlash from the transgender community, has defended the campaign and has hit out against "dragphobia".
- 2018 February 5, Rianne Houghton, “Celebrity Big Brother winner Shane Jenek is confused over India Willoughby's 'dragphobia'”, in Digital Spy[2], archived from the original on 2022-12-27:
- Celebrity Big Brother winner Shane Jenek/Courtney Act has voiced his confusion about fellow housemate India Willoughby's supposed 'dragphobia'.
- 2021, Patruni Chidananda Sastry, My Experiment with Drag: Sexy, Sacred and Suffocated:
- Reaching more than 10 pubs for drag performance we were constantly rejected because of DRAGPHOBIA (yes, it's a thing). Meanwhile, I faced backlashes from people within and outside the community on my style of drag.
- 2022 December 16, Andrew Mark Miller, “LGBT group warns 'dragphobia' is on the rise, conservatives blast post on Twitter”, in Fox News[3], archived from the original on 2022-12-22:
- "There is clear and present danger against our community and threats... we really haven't seen it at this level in over a decade, if ever," GLAAD president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said on the "Takeaway" podcast this week in a conversation the group posted on Twitter. "Dragphobia is on the Rise," the Twitter post said.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
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Drag panic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
