Supposedly meaning 'fear of homosexuality,' homophobia's colloquial and rhetorical effect is often closer to that of 'disagreement with homosexuality.' According to its chief proponents, these two meanings are nearly synonymous, while those labeled as such claim that it is a misnomer intended to libel or slander those in disagreement with a particular lifestyle.
1. Homophobic person: If someone gay touches me, I'll kill them.
2. 'Homophobic' person: If someone gay talks to me, I'll discuss with them at length why I think their lifestyle is a moral/societal/civil mistake.
2. 'Homophobic' person: If someone gay talks to me, I'll discuss with them at length why I think their lifestyle is a moral/societal/civil mistake.
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The irrational fear or hatred of others or one’s-self having an irrational fear or hatred of those who identify with a sexual preference other than heterosexual. Bigotry using an intensely hypocritical double standard. Also: outward acts of oppression, discrimination, or violence against minority groups based on their opinions, which seem contrary to the ideals of gay rights activism.
The irrational fear or hatred of others or one’s-self having an irrational fear or hatred of those who identify with a sexual preference other than heterosexual. Bigotry using an intensely hypocritical double standard. Also: outward acts of oppression, discrimination, or violence against minority groups based on their opinions, which seem contrary to the ideals of gay rights activism.
Treating someone who feels sexual orientation can fluctuate with hormones or drug content with prejudice and stigma, or stereotyping as a religious bigot, even when zhe does not fear or hate homosexuals and is not necessarily spiritually inclined, religiously inclined, or both. This is the most common form of homophobephobia.
Specifically: drowning out the message of demonstrators at a pride parade with random noise, or using pink styrofoam walls to cover up their signs. Beating up or "arresting" church groups handing out water bottles at pride parades. Attemping to charge groups with obstruction when the other party was equally if not more at fault.
Specifically: drowning out the message of demonstrators at a pride parade with random noise, or using pink styrofoam walls to cover up their signs. Beating up or "arresting" church groups handing out water bottles at pride parades. Attemping to charge groups with obstruction when the other party was equally if not more at fault.
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Someone who bends over backwards to advance any gay agenda item or position, no matter how outlandish. Someone with an unnatural attraction to all things "Gay"
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Get the hobophobe mug.A contrived word much like 'homophobia', relating to a person who withholds airing their true political beliefs out of fear of being slandered as a 'homophobe' by the liberal media.
Eg; "he cant present a balanced argument, he's scared of homosexual retaliation, he's a homophobiac!
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