The "Bambi effect" in LGBT slang denotes a young gay man's foray into heterosexuality: "the turning of a young (otherwise homosexual) man's fancy to (heterosexual) love"[1] by reference to "the 'twitter-pated' Bambi" leaving Thumper in the 1942 movie Bambi.[2]
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In The Gay Report, it was described as the effect "where the young males in spring all suddenly turn their attention away from each other towards females with puffy cheeks, red lips, batting eyelashes, etc.—where even Bambi and Thumper don't need each other any more".[3]
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References[edit]
- ^ Green, Jonathon (2005). Cassell's Dictionary of Slang. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 63. ISBN 9780304366361.
- ^ Wilkinson, Peter Richard (2002). Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors (2nd ed.). Psychology Press. p. 966. ISBN 9780415276856. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
- ^ Jay, Karla; Allen Young (1979). The Gay Report: Lesbians and Gay Men Speak Out about Sexual Experiences and Lifestyles. New York: Summit Books. p. 108. ISBN 9780671400132.