queerbait

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From queer +‎ bait (“something that allures”).

queerbait (uncountable)

1. (slang, sometimes derogatory) A man who is attractive to queer/gay people.
   • 1994, James Lee Burke, Dixie City Jam:

     A couple of them are UNO pukes; the others are just ugly and stupid or probably latent queerbait themselves. Anyway, they're always on the prowl for fresh meat down in the Quarter.

   • 2003, Robin Tamblyn, King of Hollywood, page 44:

     “Cause you'd fuck anything, wouldn't you, queerbait, you little queer. I bet you've even fucked your own father!” Stunned silence at this.

   • 2005, Josh Emmons, The loss of Leon Meed:

     A fucking stranger had come between them and now here was a flaming queerbait ruining his chances for a sale.

• gaybait

From queer +‎ -bait (manipulation to elicit a particular response).

queerbait (third-person singular simple present queerbaits, present participle queerbaiting, simple past and past participle queerbaited)

1. (LGBT, fandom slang) To create homoerotic tension between two characters in a narrative work (particularly a television series) without the intention of ever developing it into an actual same-sex relationship or explicitly addressing the question of either character's sexuality, mostly as a way of reeling in an LGBT audience.
2. To harass or vilify someone for their real or imagined queerness, often to advance political ends against them.
   • 1980 April 19, Scott Tucker, “Ring That Red Bell”, in Gay Community News, page 5:

     The reasons for red-baiting among gays are more legitimate than reasons for queer-baiting among leftists, because much of the left is imbued with bigotry and certain socialist regimes have been and are oppressive of gays.

• queerbaity

• shipbait