Homophobia is an aversn to gay or homosexual people or their liftyle or culture; also behavr or an act based on this aversn.
Contents:
- THE GAY/TRANS PANIC DEFENSE: WHAT IT IS, AND HOW TO END IT
- THE 'GAY FEAR' MEME IS LEAVG 'QUEER EYE' FANS IN STCH
- CANNED CKTAIL ‘GAY WATER’ AIMS TO SH ON BUD LIGHT’S DYLAN MULVANEY DISASTER
- OUT PRO WRTLER PARROW BRGS PRI TO ATHMATCH WRTLG WH FEAR THE GAY AGENDA
- “THE FEAR OF BEG BLACK PL THE FEAR OF BEG GAY”: THE EFFECTS OF TERSECTNAL STIGMA ON PREP E AMONG YOUNG BLACK GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN
- KEV MAXEN JT BEME THE FIRST MALE ACH MEN'S PRO SPORTS TO E OUT AS GAY. HE SAID HE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO 'LIE' OR 'FEEL FEAR' ABOUT HIS PERSONAL LIFE ANYMORE.
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
THE GAY/TRANS PANIC DEFENSE: WHAT IT IS, AND HOW TO END IT
The gay/trans panic legal fense legimiz and exc vlent and lethal behavr agast members of the LGBTQ+ muny. The fense is fed by the LGBT Bar as “a legal strategy which asks a jury to fd that a victim’s sexual orientatn or genr inty is to blame for the fendant’s vlent reactn, cludg murr.” * the gay fear *
The term homophobia was first scribed 1972 by Gee Weberg, and fed as an irratnal fear, hatred, and tolerance of beg close quarters wh homosexual men and women. More obv forms of homophobia clu laws and regulatns geared towards discrimatn and unrmg the basic human rights of lbian, gay, and bisexual people. And though not as physilly threateng, anti-gay slurs and lack of acceptance of sexual mori to muni and fai n also have vastatg psychologil nsequenc on gay and bisexual people.
THE 'GAY FEAR' MEME IS LEAVG 'QUEER EYE' FANS IN STCH
* the gay fear *
Some theori dite this is bee some ethnic mory groups themselv might not be acceptg of homosexualy which uld, turn, lead to ternalized homophobia. Although there was a time which homosexualy was nsired a mental illns, is now clear through s of rearch that beg a sexual mory and of self is not a mental illns. Rather, the experienc of homophobia, discrimatn, and stigma that LGB people are exposed to put the dividuals at a higher risk of velopg mental health issu due to chronic strs associated wh the experienc.
CANNED CKTAIL ‘GAY WATER’ AIMS TO SH ON BUD LIGHT’S DYLAN MULVANEY DISASTER
Homophobia, culturally produced fear of or prejudice agast homosexuals that sometim manifts self legal rtrictns or, extreme s, bullyg or even vlence agast homosexuals (sometim lled “gay bashg”). The term homophobia was ed the late 1960s and was ed * the gay fear *
Perhaps one of the first rearch studi to shed light on this topic was Ilan Meyer’s landmark 1995 paper on the impact of “mory strs” on gay men livg New York Cy.
OUT PRO WRTLER PARROW BRGS PRI TO ATHMATCH WRTLG WH FEAR THE GAY AGENDA
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * the gay fear *
The rults of the study monstrated that dividuals who belong to a sexual mory group wh a heteronormative society are prone to high rat of ternalized homophobia (lack of acceptance of one's own sexualy), stigma, and experienc of discrimatn and vlence. For stance, a gay man who liv a state wh no legal protectns agast discrimatn the workplace is likely to be very worried about losg his job if his inty is revealed. As laws around the untry change and build toward more acceptance of lbian, gay, and bisexual people, is possible that the effect of mory strs may lsen.
However, spe changg laws and cultural norms, people still hold on to homophobic beliefs and act ways that promote willful ignorance and discrimatn that serve to put the muny at risk both physilly and psychologilly. There are many gay men who say "I'm not part of the scene" -- men who hate gay bars and, prumably, crowds of queer people general. Internalized homophobia -- self-shamg, self-hatred -- leads many gay men, and many queer people general, to recreate their closets long after they're "out" by shunng others, particularly those they nsir "flamboyant.
“THE FEAR OF BEG BLACK PL THE FEAR OF BEG GAY”: THE EFFECTS OF TERSECTNAL STIGMA ON PREP E AMONG YOUNG BLACK GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN
But you mt spend time wh others, whether that means havg a group of gay movie iends or queer gamers or playg on a gay sports team.
This parable piece by lbian wrer Sarah Prager go through the lp of great gays who changed the world -- om ventor Alan Turg to Tchaikovsky, the poser, to the Renaissance pater and ventor Leonardo da Vci. Read the numbers: In four years, more than 5, 596 people the Uned Stat had died of AIDS, many of them gay men and transgenr women.
KEV MAXEN JT BEME THE FIRST MALE ACH MEN'S PRO SPORTS TO E OUT AS GAY. HE SAID HE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO 'LIE' OR 'FEEL FEAR' ABOUT HIS PERSONAL LIFE ANYMORE.
Fd a gay elr who's been where you are and r for your well-beg, someone who unrstands you and never pass judgment, someone who lets you make the mistak you need to make.
There would be no ternalized self-hatred if no one had ever told you that beg gay is wrong, or that gay sex is disgtg, or that gay men n't feel real love, or that beg transgenr is fake, or that beg nonbary is a mental illns or a ll for attentn.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
If you thk a word like "gay" or "queer" works for you right now (aga, don't have to work for you forever -- labels do not e wh lifetime ntracts) and you're not ready to tell everyone, simply say out loud to yourself.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
Over the urse of lbian, gay, or bisexual people's lifetim, one five will experience hate crim, and one four transgenr people will as dividuals at the tersectn of homophobia, transphobia, and racism, face worse statistics. As of July 1, 2019, eight stat have passed legislative bans on the e of gay/trans panic as a legal fense: California, Illois, Rho Island, Nevada, Connecticut, Mae, Hawaii, and New York.