- (especially of art, literature, drama, or the like) using symbolism, allusions, situations, etc., that invoke sexual attraction or activity between people of the same gender: There's definitely some homoerotic subtext in that book.
- having sexual attraction to people of one's own sex or gender, especially when that attraction is repressed: To say a man has a “streak of lavender” means that he has homoerotic desires.
- a person who is sexually or romantically attracted to people of the same sex or gender.
- of, concerning, or arousing sexual desire for persons of one's own sex
