Draft partial entry September 2002
▸ slang (orig. U.S., usu. depreciative). In gay and lesbian usage: a heterosexual person.
1979 K. Jay & A. Young Gay Rep. iv. 133 There are even those gays who are militantly nonreproductive, using the hostile term ‘breeders’ to refer to child-producing heterosexuals. 1984 A. Maupin Babycakes viii. 34 [Condoms] are balloons.‥ They are ridiculous things, and they are meant for breeders. 1994 Independent (Nexis) 26 Nov. 31, I approached, smiled sweetly, and asked in my most charming voice why she looked so careworn. ‘Drop dead, breeder,’ she replied. ‘I'm a dyke.’ 1999 Time 25 Oct. 117/3 A lone gay character associating largely with straights, viewing pals' sexcapades‥with what-fools-these-breeders-be amusement.