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Homophobia is a bogus term applied to all hetero-normative attitudes. It is a label used to stigmatize all criticism of LGBT ideology, and all resistance to its agenda, the result being to suppress and silence debate.

The term is modelled on psychiatric terminology such as "claustrophobia" and "agorophobia" but these are terms that denote an abnormal condition whose symptoms have been observed as classified as a neurosis. "Homophobia" is an amateur term of bogus etymology, used to casually stigmatize normal people and to imply guilt where none exists. When adopted in legal terminology, it is used to criminalize hetero-normativity and all resistance to LGBT extremism.

It is an ideological tool of leftwing "political correctness" and effectively enforces censorship by smearing all dissenters from LGBT ideology with accusations of mental illness - "phobia". It goes hand in hand with the ploy of replacing moral terminology with accusations of "hatred".

Similar bogus terms are transphobia [pedophobia]] and Islamophobia.

See also Homophobia Fallacy

Implications of the Term

The current usage of terms like "homophobic" and "homophobe" imply that all opposition to the LGBT agenda is crazy. Actually there are many rational reasons that people prefer to remain hetero-normative, and unconvinced by LGBT ideology.

The term "homophobia" is closely linked with the slang expression "gay-bashing" and the two words are often used interchangeably as synonyms, strongly implying that anybody who will not capitulate to the LGBT ideology and accept all their arguments, is guilty of violent physical attacks on those practicing homosexuality. By this casual association, hetero-normativity is denigrated and criminalized, while all logical debate is censored and silenced.

The term homophobia, when it is applied to all hetero-normative discourse or moral criticism of homosexual behavior, implies that all such criticism is irrational (see phobia). Furthermore, the term has been adopted in law as an equivalent term to "racism" and is now being used to criminalize hetero-normativity as well as classifying it as a mental disorder.

Origins and history of Usage

The term "homophobia" gained currency during the AIDS pandemic in the 1980s, when embattled LGBT campaigners were faced with the disaster of their own making. Unwilling to admit that the lethal disease was the result of their own behavior, they insisted that homosexuals were dying because of the ignorance and prejudice of heterosexuals, who were guilty of "homophobia". This argument gained traction in the mainstream media, where homosexuals and activists have a disproportionate influence.

The term "homophobia" is closely linked to efforts of LGBT activists to publicize and exaggerate any acts of aggression towards any homosexual by heterosexuals worldwide, past or present, which all come under the category of "homophobia". This is a distorted picture meant to draw attention away from the unwelcome facts that most violence against homosexuals is carried out by other homosexuals, and that by spreading the AIDS pandemic they are killing each other as well as causing a grave problem for the population at large.

Homophobia and Fake Hate-Crimes

See Fake Hate-Crimes

To support their claims of "homophobia", homosexuals and activists frequently invent attacks, and make false reports about violence against homosexuals, past and present. Here is just one, incomplete, list of such hoaxes that have been exposed. More such examples can be found using internet search. [1]

The LGBT myth of the "Homocaust" i.e. mass extermination of homosexuals under the Nazi regime in Germany, is an example of fake history invented to support the fake ideology of "homophobia". See Persecution of Homosexuals in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust.

The term "homophobia" is twinned with the coinage "transphobia" used to mean any doubt about, resistance to or criticism of transgender ideology. The second term functions in the same way, smearing with accusations of mental illness, closing down scientific or rational debate, and when enshrined in law, criminalizing resistance to a fake ideology. The belief in "transphobia" is backed up by unconvincing evidence. It has been claimed that in 2016, a total of 23 transgender people were killed in the USA. However, even if we accept the figures at face value and accept that the motivation in every case was prejudice, this statistic is merely in line with the percentage of transsexuals in the general population. It does not indicate any higher likelihood of being murdered. [2]

Etymology and History

Homophobia is a blend of (1) the word homosexual and (2) phobia meaning "morbid fear of homosexuality" It's original use in print was to indicate a heterosexual man's fear of himself being homosexual. .[3][4][5]

In common use, it encompasses a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality.[6][7][8]


Coined by George Weinberg, a psychologist, in the 1960s,[9] the term homophobia is a combination of homo the Greek word for "the same" and phobia from the Greek φόβος, Phóbos, meaning "fear" or "morbid fear".[10][11][12] This etymology is a confused one, and the resulting word should correctly mean "fear of yourself" or "fear of the same thing".

Weinberg is credited as the first person to have used the term in speech.[13] The word homophobia first appeared in print in an article written for the May 23, 1969, edition of the American pornographic magazine Screw, in which the word was used to refer to heterosexual men's fear that others might think they are homosexual.[13]

Who Popularized the Word

The term "homophobia" was taken up by LGBT activists and became a key word in their social movement. It came to be a blanket term for any opposition to their demands, any intellectual disagreement with their claims and any moral disapproval or distaste for any form of homosexual behaviour, however gross.

Walter Lee Williams

Walter Lee Williams, a Professor of Gender Studies at the University of Southern California, wrote an influential study Overcoming Heterosexism and Homophobia (Columbia University Press, 1997) and used the term repeatedly in his book and Gay and Lesbian Rights in the United States. He was convicted and jailed for pedophile offences against boys in at least three different countries in 2014. The offences included molestation and making and distributing child pornography.[14]

Larry Brinkin

Brinkin, a homosexual activist and director of San Francisco’s Human Rights Commission is reckoned to be a "gay icon" and a champion for “equal rights” for the LGBT “community.” He is the lawyer who started the court case that led to the introduction of same-sex "marriage" in California. He argued that to deny it was "discrimination" and "homophobia". In San Francisco the first week of February is "Larry Brinkin Week." In 2014 Brinkin, was convicted on charges of possessing and distributing extreme child pornography. He had made comments of a sadist and crudely racist nature about examples of child pornography Brinkin was found guilty in January 2014 but the media suppressed the information. [15]


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Homophobia manifests in different forms, and a number of different types have been postulated, among which are internalized homophobia, social homophobia, emotional homophobia, rationalized homophobia, and others.[16] There were also ideas to classify homophobia, racism, and sexism as an intolerant personality disorder.[17]


Attitudes and Advocates

According to social justice advocates Maurianne Adams, Lee Anne Bell and Pat Griffin, Homophobia is observable in critical and hostile behavior such as discrimination and violence on the basis of sexual orientations that are non-heterosexual.[6][7] LGBT advocates have defined types of homophobia to include institutionalized homophobia, e.g. religious homophobia and state-sponsored homophobia, and internalized homophobia, experienced by people who have same-sex attractions, regardless of how they identify.


Political opposition to homophobia

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To combat homophobia, the LGBT community uses events such as gay pride parades and political activism (See gay pride). This is criticized by some[who?] as counter-productive though, as gay pride parades showcase what could be seen as more "extreme" sexuality: fetish-based and gender-variant aspects of LGBT culture. One form of organized resistance to homophobia is the International Day Against Homophobia (or IDAHO),[22] first celebrated May 17, 2005 in related activities in more than 40 countries.[23] The four largest countries of Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Colombia) developed mass media campaigns against homophobia since 2002.[24]




Internalized homophobia

Internalized homophobia refers to negative stereotypes, beliefs, stigma, and prejudice about homosexuality and LGBT people that a person with same-sex attraction turns inward on themselves, whether or not they identify as LGBT.[27][28][29] The degree to which someone is affected by these ideas depends on how much and which ideas they have consciously and subconsciously internalized.[30] These negative beliefs can be mitigated with education, life experience and therapy,[29][31] especially with gay-friendly psychotherapy/analysis.[32] Internalized homophobia also applies to conscious or unconscious behaviors which a person feels the need to promote or conform to cultural expectations of heteronormativity or heterosexism.[27] This can include extreme repression and denial coupled with forced outward displays of heteronormative behavior for the purpose of appearing or attempting to feel "normal" or "accepted."[27] Expressions of internalized homophobia can also be subtle. Some less overt behaviors may include making assumptions about the gender of a person's romantic partner, or about gender roles.[27] Some researchers also apply this label to LGBT people who support "compromise" policies, such as those that find civil unions acceptable in place of same-sex marriage.[33]

Since the first use of the term (which was used to suggest heterosexual aversion to homosexuality was, in fact, a manifestation of latent homosexuality) some studies have attempted to link people identified as homophobic as being more likely to have repressed homosexual desires.[34] In 1996, a controlled study of 64 heterosexual men (half said they were homophobic by experience, with self-reported orientation) at the University of Georgia found that men who were found to be homophobic (as measured by the Index of Homophobia)[35] were considerably more likely to experience more erectile responses when exposed to homoerotic images than non-homophobic men.[36] Another study in 2012 arrived at similar results when researchers found that students who came from "the most rigid anti-gay homes" were most likely to reveal repressed homosexual attraction.[37] The researchers said that this explained why some religious leaders who denounce homosexuality are later revealed to have secret homosexual relations.[37] They noted that "these people are at war with themselves and are turning this internal conflict outward."[37]

Researcher Iain R. Williamson, in his 1998 work "Internalized Homophobia and Health Issues Affecting Lesbians and Gay Men" finds the term homophobia to be "highly problematic" but for reasons of continuity and consistency with the majority of other publications on the issue retains its use rather than using more accurate but obscure terminology.[29] The phrase internalized sexual stigma is sometimes used in place to represent internalized homophobia.[36] An internalized stigma arises when a person believes negative stereotypes about themselves, regardless of where the stereotypes come from. It can also refer to many stereotypes beyond sexuality and gender roles. Internalized homophobia can cause discomfort with and disapproval of one's own sexual orientation. Ego-dystonic sexual orientation or egodystonic homophobia, for instance, is a condition characterized by having a sexual orientation or an attraction that is at odds with one's idealized self-image, causing anxiety and a desire to change one's orientation or become more comfortable with one's sexual orientation. Such a situation may cause extreme repression of homosexual desires.[35] In other cases, a conscious internal struggle may occur for some time, often pitting deeply held religious or social beliefs against strong sexual and emotional desires. This discordance can cause clinical depression, and a higher rate of suicide among LGBT youth (up to 30 percent of non-heterosexual youth attempt suicide) has been attributed to this phenomenon.[30] Psychotherapy, such as gay affirmative psychotherapy, and participation in a sexual-minority affirming group can help resolve the internal conflicts, such as between religious beliefs and sexual identity.[36] Even informal therapies that address understanding and accepting of non-heterosexual orientations can prove effective.[30] Many diagnostic "Internalized Homophobia Scales" can be used to measure a person's discomfort with their sexuality and some can be used by people regardless of gender or sexual orientation. Critics of the scales note that they presume a discomfort with non-heterosexuality which in itself enforces heternormativity.[35]

Social homophobia

Ryan Halligan committed suicide due to bullying which included receiving homophobic messages

The fear of being identified as gay can be considered as a form of social homophobia. Theorists including Calvin Thomas and Judith Butler have suggested that homophobia can be rooted in an individual's fear of being identified as gay. Homophobia in men is correlated with insecurity about masculinity.[38][39] For this reason, homophobia is allegedly rampant in sports, and in the subculture of its supporters that is considered stereotypically male, such as association football and rugby.[40]


Nancy J. Chodorow states that homophobia can be viewed as a method of protection of male masculinity.[41]


Distribution of attitudes

Westboro Baptist Church protesters, in Oklahoma, 2005
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American Democrats and Republicans have differing attitudes towards gay and lesbian people
Between January 2010 and November 2014, 47 individuals have been killed due to their real or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in Turkey aacording to online news sources.

Disapproval of homosexuality and of gay people is not evenly distributed throughout society, but is more or less pronounced according to age, ethnicity, geographic location, race, sex, social class, education, partisan identification and religious status.[43] According to UK HIV/AIDS charity AVERT, religious views, lack of homosexual feelings or experiences, and lack of interaction with gay people are strongly associated with such views.[44]

The anxiety of heterosexual individuals (particularly adolescents whose construction of heterosexual masculinity is based in part on not being seen as gay) that others may identify them as gay[45][46] has also been identified by Michael Kimmel as an example of homophobia.[47] The taunting of boys seen as eccentric (and who are not usually gay) is said to be endemic in rural and suburban American schools, and has been associated with risk-taking behavior and outbursts of violence (such as a spate of school shootings) by boys seeking revenge or trying to assert their masculinity.[48] Homophobic bullying is also very common in schools in the United Kingdom.[49]




In a 1998 address, author, activist, and civil rights leader Coretta Scott King stated that "Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood."[53] One study of white adolescent males conducted at the University of Cincinnati by Janet Baker has been used to argue that negative feelings towards gay people are also associated with other discriminatory behaviors.[54] According to the study, hatred of gay people, anti-Semitism, and racism are "likely companions."[54] Baker hypothesized "maybe it's a matter of power and looking down on all you think are at the bottom."[54] A study performed in 2007 in the UK for the charity Stonewall reports that up to 90 percent of the population support anti-discrimination laws protecting gay and lesbian people.[55]


Sources of homophobia in the white community include:

  • The Arts
Films and literature that project negative gay stereotypes.[62]


  • Hockey
  • Basketball

However, the major professional sports leagues do not advocate homophobia, and regard the LGBT community as an important marketing base.[66][67][68]

Criticism of meaning and purpose

Distinctions and proposed alternatives


  • Heterosexism refers to a system of negative attitudes, bias, and discrimination in favour of opposite-sex sexual orientation and relationships.[71] p. 13 It can include the presumption that everyone is heterosexual or that opposite-sex attractions and relationships are the only norm[72] and therefore superior.

Opposition to the term "homophobia"

People and groups have objected to the use of the term "homophobia".[75][76][77]

Non-neutral phrasing


In 2012 the Associated Press Style Book was revised to advise against using non-clinical words with the suffix -phobia, including homophobia, in "political and social contexts." AP Deputy Standards Editor Dave Minthorn said the word homophobia suggests a severe mental disorder, and that it could be substituted with "anti-gay" or similar phrasing.[79][80] The AP's decision was criticized in some media outlets, especially those in the LGBT area,[81] who argued that homophobia did not necessarily have to be interpreted in a strict clinical sense.[82][83]


The term heterophobia is sometimes used to describe reverse discrimination or negative attitudes towards heterosexual people and opposite-sex relationships.[84] The scientific use of heterophobia in sexology is restricted to few researchers, notably those who question Alfred Kinsey's sex research.[85][86] To date, the existence or extent of heterophobia is mostly unrecognized by sexologists.[84] Beyond sexology there is no consensus as to the meaning of the term because it is also used to mean "fear of the opposite" such as in Pierre-André Taguieff's The Force of Prejudice: On Racism and Its Doubles (2001).




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