Attaching LGBT advocacy or endorsement to a typically unpopular social or political issue in order to elevate its virtue quotient.
by NitroZeus May 16, 2018
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KFC: Together we can make the largest donation in Komen history.
Consumer: Stop pinkwashing me, you fuck-head! Why wouldn't I just donate money to breast cancer if I wanted to?! Everyone knows you benefit more than the cancer foundations!
Consumer: Stop pinkwashing me, you fuck-head! Why wouldn't I just donate money to breast cancer if I wanted to?! Everyone knows you benefit more than the cancer foundations!
by SpaceMouse April 17, 2010
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Riding on the LGBT rights while promoting ones political hatred.
E.g. Anti-immigration and far-right groups performing “gay pride” events at locations with a large Muslim population to insult Muslims or to expose alleged anti-gay hostility among Muslims.
E.g. Anti-immigration and far-right groups performing “gay pride” events at locations with a large Muslim population to insult Muslims or to expose alleged anti-gay hostility among Muslims.
by JLieksa October 10, 2015
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I'm so sick of of every retailer pinkwashing so that I'll by their pink merchandise - what if I hate the color pink?!
by Erin1234 January 6, 2009
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Tyler the Creator says at Coachella: "That’s fu*ked up! Coachella I f**k with you but you got these weak ass faggot a$$ bitch ass old ass photographers here and my boy couldn’t film for me?" The media pink wash his comments to protect him by editing his offensive words.
Then the media quotes him, but removes the homophobic part.
Then the media quotes him, but removes the homophobic part.
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Person two: “no they didn’t, stop pinkwashing history”
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