His critics accuse him of being a bigot and a homophobe, which he denies. On August 27, 2016, King called LePage "a bigot, a homophobe, and a racist". Use of "homophobia", "homophobic", and "homophobe" has been criticized as pejorative against LGBT rights opponents. A deiphobe is to an atheist or humanist, as a homophobe is to a heterosexual. She's a racist and a homophobe and the worst realtor in the world. In "The Guardian" he has been described by George Monbiot as a "ranting homophobe". He calls himself a "homophobe" and performs a song entitled, "The Homo Song". In March 2009, openly gay Congressman Barney Frank described him as a "homophobe". This causes Big Gay Al's lawyer Gloria Allred to brand him as a homophobe. Commentatorsincluding celebrity blogger Perez Hilton who wrote "homophobe" on an image of the actorcriticized Engen. In February 2016, Labor Opposition Leader Bill Shorten labelled Bernardi a "homophobe". Damn right, I was a homophobe! Marshall has referred to himself as Virginia's "chief homophobe". Feiglin wrote an article in 2009 entitled "I Am A Proud Homophobe". In February 2016, Shorten called Cory Bernardi a "homophobe".