• Finnish: antropofobia
• German: Anthropophobie

• Bosnian: homofobija
• Bulgarian: хомофобия
• Croatian: homofobija
• Finnish: homofobia, homokammo (colloquial)
• German: Homophobie
• Italian: omofobia
• Macedonian: хомофобија
• Polish: homofobia
• Russian: гомофобия
• Serbian:

  Cyrillic: хомофобија

  Roman: homofobija

• Slovak: homofóbia

• ttbc French: homophobie
• ttbc Japanese: 同性恋恐惧症
• ttbc Portuguese: homofobia
• ttbc Spanish: homofobia
• ttbc Swedish: homofobi

See also

• misanthropy
• androphobia
• gynophobia
• heterosexism
• Wikipedia article on homophobia

To combat homophobia, the LGBT community uses events such as gay pride parades and political activism (See gay pride). One form of organized resistance to homophobia is the International Day Against Homophobia (or IDAHO), first celebrated May 17, 2005 in related activities in more than 40 countries.

In addition to public expression, legislation has been designed, controversially, to oppose homophobia, as in hate speech, hate crime, and laws against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

Some argue that anti-LGBT prejudice is immoral and goes above and beyond the effects on that class of people. Warren J. Blumenfeld argues that this emotion gains a dimension beyond itself, as a tool for extreme right-wing conservatives and fundamentalist religious groups and as a restricting factor on gender-relations as to the weight associated with performing each role accordingly. Furthermore, Blumenfeld in particular claimed:

''Anti-gay bias causes young people to engage in sexual behavior earlier in order to prove that they are straight. Anti-gay bias contributed significantly to the spread of the AIDS epidemic. Anti-gay bias prevents the ability of schools to create effective honest sexual education programs that would save children's lives and prevent STDs.''

References

See also

• Heterosexism
• Allophilia
• Biphobia
• Gay panic defense
• Heterophobia
• Homosexual panic
• Intersectionality
• Latent homosexuality
• Slogans of anti-gay ideology
• Sissyphobia: Gay Men and Effeminate Behavior
• Violence against LGBT people

External links

• Wikiquote - Quotes about Homophobia
• Sexual Prejudice: Understanding Homophobia and Heterosexism
• GLAAD site: Nationwide Responses to Senator Lott's Homophobic Remarks
• The Homophobic Imagination
• The Rockway Institute for LGBT research in the public interest at Alliant International University
• Homophobia in the media
• Interactive guide to UK employment law regarding sexuality and homophobia and what you can do
• PBS' "Frontline's" homophobia quiz
• European Parliament resolution on homophobia in Europe