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homophile, n. (and a.)|ˈhɒməʊfaɪl|
[f. homo- + -phil, -phile.]
A term for a homosexual (regarded as a person belonging to a particular social group rather than as someone who is sexually abnormal). Also attrib. or as adj.
1960G. Westwood Minority v. 71 The so-called homophile organizations on the Continent provide wider facilities. In Amsterdam the ‘Cultuur-en-Ontspannings⁓centrum’ (C.O.C.) maintains clubrooms..and regular lectures are arranged on homosexuality. 1960News Chron. 13 Oct. 4/6 Nor do Danes frown much on sex abnormalities. Danish ‘homophiles’ have their own monthly magazine. 1961Encounter May 75 The relationships between homophiles seem to approximate very closely to the relationships between adult heterosexual men and women. 1963Cory & Le Roy Homosexual & his Society xx. 245 The great bulk of publicity about the existence of homophile organizations—as they are usually called, somewhat euphemistically—has been, of necessity, by word of mouth. Ibid. 247 The participants and sympathizers in the homophile movement. 1965Guardian 23 Apr. 11/5 The Dutch Society of Homophiles, set up 18 years ago as a private club for homosexuals. 1971Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 15 Oct. 20/8 Homosexuals want legal marriage for tax reasons and to foil the designs of relatives, George Hyslop, founder of a Toronto homophile organization, told the Canadian Mental Health Association. |