gaystream

noun

Etymology

Blend of gay + mainstream.

  1. derived from *srew-
  2. inherited from *srowmos
  3. inherited from *straumaz
  4. inherited from *straum
  5. inherited from strēam
  6. inherited from streem
  7. compounded as mainstream — “main + stream
  8. compounded as gaystream — “gay + mainstream

Definitions

  1. A homosexual mainstream.

    • With money, influence, and good looks, they weren't quite mainstream, but part of the emerging gaystream, those targeted by the New York Times, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and marketers of the pantsuit.
    • Can alterity and diversity be preserved in the gaystream era? Looking raises these questions and explores the tensions between queerness and assimilation.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for gaystream. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA