Breed gay

since at least the 1920s

Gay (verb)

To cause (something, e.g. You’re really gonna accept the heightened risk and bring a kid into, well, this?

The term “breeder” fails to acknowledge that queer couples (as they always have) can also produce children.

“When straight people use that word, they forget about all of the families, parents and children who make up our community.

But on TikTok, “breeder” has become shorthand for hetero digital culture. Queer Gen Z TikTokers, some of them seemingly quite young, have discovered the term “breeder.”

“Breeder” is classic queer lingo. Because even if the term isn’t as inclusive as its literal interpretation, it isn’t likely going anyway any time soon — and we’d like our slang back.

Joseph Longo

Joseph Longo is a culture and entertainment journalist whose work has appeared in The Associated Press, Entertainment Weekly and more.

It’s getting off on the idea of sex that could risk pregnancy or an STI.

Nothing about the use of “breeder” by TikTokers is particularly new or unique to the Gen Z experience. In the 1960s, gay became the word favored by homosexual men to describe their sexual orientation.

The author discusses his personal perception on different the different styles of sex and means of communications and locations wherein sex is practiced.

AB - An essay is presented on the different sexual styles and behavior of American gay communities. In this use, the word rarely means “homosexual”, as it is often used, for example, to refer to an inanimate object or abstract concept of which one disapproves.

It offers information on the concept and manners of conducting breeding culture, barebacking, bugchasing, giftgiving method and unsafe sexual practices as well as its implications on the beliefs of the societies. The term is used jokingly, but it has an implicit negative connotation: It’s meant to make you think of gauche, brutish animal breeding, not sex for pleasure.

Why have TikTok Zoomers adopted breeder memes now?

And then pay for childcare? It’s hard to say, but one guess is that IRL breeding feels especially high-stakes amid the sickness and death, wildfires and economic collapse. He's still trying to understand what it means to be a Gemini Rising. The term is often used in the captions of videos by queer people to mock the oppressive experience that is being on straight TikTok:

Or the odd phenomenon of straight guys always needing to one-up women:

Or the many, many commenters who think “heterophobia” — discrimination against straight people — is real oppression, or real at all:

While TikTok cool kids are just now discovering the term, “breeder” has long been used within queer spaces.

In April, Queer Kentucky writer Vinny O’Hara pleaded with straight allies to stop using the term because it doesn’t reflect the diversity within our queer community today. The extent to which these usages still retain connotations of homosexuality has been debated and harshly criticized.

Wikipedia

Gay (adjective)
Happy, joyful, and lively.
“The Gay Science”
Gay (adjective)
Festive, bright, or colourful.
“Pennsylvania Dutch include the plain folk and the gay folk.”
Gay (adjective)
Sexually promiscuous (of either gender).
Gay (adjective)
Homosexual:
Gay (adjective)
Possessing sexual and emotional attraction towards members of the same gender or sex.
“Gay marriage, though legal here, is still very controversial.”
“gay sex”
“gay acts”
Gay (adjective)
Being between two or more people of the same gender or the same sex, especially between two men.
“Although the number of gay weddings has increased significantly, many gay and lesbian couples — like many straight couples — are not interested in getting married.”
Gay (adjective)
Intended for gay people, especially gay men.
“She professes an undying love for gay bars and gay movies, and even admits to having watched gay porn.”
Gay (adjective)
In accordance with stereotypes of homosexual people:
Gay (adjective)
Being in accordance with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.
Gay (adjective)
A pejorative:
Gay (adjective)
Exhibiting appearance or behavior that accords with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.
Gay (adjective)
Effeminate or flamboyant in behavior.
Gay (adjective)
Upright or curved over the back.
Gay (noun)
A homosexual, especially a male homosexual; see also lesbian.
Gay (noun)
An ornament.
Gay (noun)
The letter —, which stands for the sound lang=en, in Pitman shorthand.
Gay (verb)
To make happy or cheerful.

The term was originally used to mean “carefree”, “cheerful”, or “bright and showy”.The term’s use as a reference to homosexuality may date as early as the late 19th century, but its use gradually increased in the 20th century. It offers information on the concept and manners of conducting breeding culture, barebacking, bugchasing, giftgiving method and unsafe sexual practices as well as its implications on the beliefs of the societies.