gayby boomn.
/ˈɡeɪbɪ ˌbuːm/, U.S. /ˈɡeɪbi ˌbum/ colloquial (originally U.S.).
A marked increase in the number of children brought up by homosexual people.
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1990 Newsweek 12 Mar. 21/1 A new generation of gay parents has produced the first ever ‘gayby boom’.
1998 J. Drucker Families of Value i. 38 The ‘gayby boom’, the sudden spurt of births and adoptions within gay- and lesbian-headed families, is real.
2000 Guardian 12 Jan. ii. 10/5 Young gay men in Britain increasingly feel fatherhood is within their reach, to the extent of anticipating a ‘gayby boom’.
2003 Bitch Summer 70/2 For lesbians caught in the throes of the gayby boom, the quest for Mr. Right Genetic Material can be a surreal..journey.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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