Homophobia fn, an aversn or hostily to, disda for, or fear of gay sexual orientatn or gay people. See more." name="scriptn
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HOCD – HOMOSEXUAL OCD OR THE FEAR OF BEG GAY
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 * gay phobia *
People who intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual may experience harassment or discrimatn om people who are sred of or unfortable wh the inti.
GAYPHOBIA
* gay phobia *
Both gay and straight people n be transphobic and biphobic, and people n be transphobic whout beg homophobic or biphobic. 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.