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. 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.
ARE HOMOPHOB REALLY GAY?
People who experience homophobic, biphobic, or transphobic harassment often feel alone and are aaid to tell anyone what’s happeng. Other LGBTQ people Your lol LGBTQ muny center Onle muni of LGBTQ people Q Chat Space is a way for LGBTQ+ teens to nnect wh each other through live-chat group discsns — no matter where they are Tsted LGBTQ adults that you may already know, such as fay members or teachers Straight people who are alli to LGBTQ people A Gay/Straight Alliance at your high school, if applible.
LGBTQ anizatns such as the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), The Trevor Project, and Parents and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG). If you feel safe dog so, speak up when other people are beg homophobic or biphobic, such as makg offensive jok, g negative language, or bullyg or harassg someone bee of their sexual orientatn or inty.
The word "phobia" the name nveys that fear of difference leads to hate; homophobic beliefs n be said to origate out of fear that the whe supremacist and lonial stat quo regardg genr and sexualy will be challenged, shatterg the worldviews of many people, but homophobia manifts as actns that are anythg but fearful. Transphobia—discrimatn agast transgenr, nonbary, and genr non-nformg people—tersects wh homophobia and shar siar origs, but is a different form of opprsn.