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Homophobia

Homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who identify or are perceived as being lesbian, gay or bisexual. It has been defined as contempt, prejudice, aversion, hatred, or antipathy, may be based on irrational fear, and may sometimes be attributed to religious beliefs. Homophobia is observable in…

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Homophobia

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Edges212
Triples223
Avg. degree1.99
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Homophobia

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related to Further reading · 49
Homophobia → Ahmady, An, April, Archived, Boteach, Byrne, College English, Crew, DC, December, Echarry, English, EurekAlert, Fone, Forbidden, Gender, Gregory, Havana Times, Herek, History
related to External links · 37
Homophobia → Alliant International University, Argentina, Being Gay Or Lesbian, Bisexual, Bisexual Women, Brazil, Can Land You In, Colombia, Council, Criminalisation, Discrimination, Equal, Europe, European Parliament, Free, Gay, Human Dignity Trust, Impacts, In Some Countries, Intersex People
related to Countermeasures · 27
Homophobia → Amnesty International, Cities, Civil, CoE Secretary General, Committee, Council, England, Europe, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, In, In March, International Covenant, Lambeth, LGBTQ, Ministers, Most, Political Rights, Roman Catholic Church, See
related to Distinctions and proposed alternatives · 22
Homophobia → California, Davis, Gregory, He, Herek, Heterosexism, Homoerotophobia, Homonegativity, Homosexual Behavior Among Males, Hudson, It, Its, John Boswell's, LGBTQ, Researcher, Researchers, Ricketts, Sexual, Some, The
related to Economic cost · 14
Homophobia → Afghanistan, Arabic, Army, As, In, Iraq, LGBTQ, LGBTQ-friendlier, New York Times, Since, Spanish, There, US, US Army
related to Etymology · 14
Homophobia → Although, American, Ancient Greece, Christianity, Coined, George Weinberg, Greek, Islam, May, Middle Ages, Scholars, Screw, The, Weinberg
related to Internalized · 14
Homophobia → According, Cheval, Georgia, In, Index, Internalized, Jesse Marczyk, LGBTQ, One, Psychology Today, Some, The, University, Weinstein
related to Distribution of attitude · 10
Homophobia → According, American, At, AVERT, Homophobic, LGBTQ Brazilians, Michael Kimmel, The, UK HIV/AIDS, United Kingdom
related to Social · 9
Homophobia → Calvin Thomas, Chodorow, For, Judith Butler, Nancy, The, Theorists, This, Various
see also · 7
Homophobia → Anti-LGBTQ, Citizenship, Florida, Gay, Lavender, LGBTQ, Murder MusicYogyakarta Principles

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homosexuality lgbtq people gay homosexual sexual may also religious term used prejudice fear negative lesbian discrimination social internalized countries attitudes

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Homophobiais aportmanteau of0.90text
Homophobiais aInternational Day Against Homophobia0.90text
Homophobiais aproblem0.90text
discriminationinstance ofHomophobia is observable in critical and hostile behavior0.80text
violence on the basis of sexual orientations that are non-heterosexual.Recognized types of homophobia include institutionalized homophobiainstance ofHomophobia is observable in critical and hostile behavior0.80text
e.g. religious homophobiainstance ofHomophobia is observable in critical and hostile behavior0.80text
state-sponsored homophobiainstance ofHomophobia is observable in critical and hostile behavior0.80text
and internalized homophobiainstance ofHomophobia is observable in critical and hostile behavior0.80text
experienced by people who have same-sex attractionsinstance ofHomophobia is observable in critical and hostile behavior0.80text
regardless of how they identifyinstance ofHomophobia is observable in critical and hostile behavior0.80text
gay pride paradesinstance ofthe LGBTQ community uses events0.80text
political activisminstance ofthe LGBTQ community uses events0.80text

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