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Homophobia FAQ

Q1: Does this category apply for all LGBT people, such as trans people?

A1: Yes, although strictly speaking, trans people are covered under transphobia.

Q2: How do we define 'homophobia' as a category?

A2:There are two main ways in which 'homophobia is used', as psychological motivation, and in practice homophobia.

Q3: What are the guidelines for applying 'homophobia' as a category when dealing with the biography of a living person?

A3: Biography of living persons and Reliable sources apply in the application of this category, and it should not be applied unless it can be verified that the individual is referred to as homophobic in a reliable source, or has themselves made statements that contain words that are clearly homophobic in the traditional sense of the word.

Q4: What is the psychological meaning of homophobia?

A4: This is a narrow definition of homophobia used by psychologists, as an irrational phobia or aversion to homosexual people.

Q5: What is the 'broad' meaning of homophobia?

A5: This is a definition of homophobia that relates to how the term used socially, which includes the denial of equal human rights to homosexual people.

Q6: What are human rights of LGBT people?

A6: These are the same rights that are associated with heterosexual people, as described in a document like the [Yogyakarta Principles].

Q7: Does inclusion in this category imply that the subject is homophobic?

A7: No. This is a broad category that includes individuals and groups whose personal or professional lives are connected in some significant way to the topic of homophobia. For example, organizations working to combat homophobia are included in this category.

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Heterophobia Section Inaccuracy

The section regarding heterophobia is largely sourced from an unreliable and non-neutral source ^[1] (source 127 from reference list). Quotes referencing this source are out of date and not verifiable in any way. ^[2] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kaise299 (talk • contribs) 23:31, December 16, 2017 (UTC)

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^ http://home.bway.net/rjnoonan/Conf1999.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Noonan, Raymond J. "Heterophobia: The Evolution of an Idea".

The word was not coined in 1969, there are records of its use in 1901

By at least 1901 the word was used to mean a fear of men or a fear of males. Oxford English Dictionary documents this, as do other sources on the internet. Therefore, the word was not coined in 1969 by George Weinberg as this article asserts. It is suggested the word was used in the Des Moines (Iowa) Daily News in 1901 with the sense of fear of men or fear of males.

Here are a few examples from print of that meaning:

‘Young women of America have homophobia, you know, just as children have measles.’ the Des Moines Daily News in Iowa (1901)

‘Her salient characteristic was a contempt for the male sex as represented in the human biped […] The seeds of homophobia had been sown early.’ Chambers’s Journal of Popular Literature (1920)

'[H]e imported a whole boxcar of broncos from the West, homophobic mustangs, as it turned out, that nobody but a rodeo hand could have ridden.' F. Reid Buckley, Life Magazine, (1970)

In conclusion, this article is incorrect on the etymology of the word "homophobia". It was coined far earlier than 1969, with records of its use as early as 1901.

Some sources for the above:

https://interestingliterature.com/2023/09/homophobia-word-meaning-origin/ https://www.oed.com/dictionary/homophobia_n1?tab=etymology https://www.etymonline.com/word/homophobic

203.206.245.175 (talk) 18:22, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]