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
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ARE HOMOPHOBIC PEOPLE REALLY GAY AND NOT ACCEPTG IT?
For Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, here's how to protect Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Intersex (LGBTI) people. * can gay people be homophobic *
People who intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual may experience harassment or discrimatn om people who are sred of or unfortable wh the inti. Homophobia n take many different forms, cludg negative attus and beliefs about, aversn to, or prejudice agast bisexual, lbian, and gay people. In s most extreme forms, homophobia and biphobia n e people to bully, abe, and flict vlence on lbian, gay, and bisexual people.
ARE HOMOPHOB REALLY GAY?
This may mean that they feel disfort and disapproval wh their own same-sex attractns, never accept their same-sex attractns, or never intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual. People alg wh ternalized homophobia may feel the need to “prove” that they’re straight, exhib very stereotypil behavr of straight men and women, or even bully and discrimate agast openly gay people.