homonormativity

noun2

1. •
   The assumption that sexual and romantic attraction and activity between people of the same sex is normal, either as the only normal, or in a culture which also treats opposite-sex activity as normal (and typically assumes all people are either male or female).

   • Homonormativity is largely a product of tolerance and, as Brown tells us, tolerance, among other things, exists in the social realm to cover over inequitable particularities in the legal sphere. — 2009
2. •
   The adoption of heterosexist values, beliefs and norms into the gay or queer community.

   • I'm an activist, but in Kelowna I felt like my safety is predicated on silence and white middle-class homonormativity. — 2009