Knowra Homophobia Homophobia Homophobia is prejudice, hostility, or discrimination directed at people who are homosexual or perceived to be homosexual, or at homosexuality itself. It can appear in individual attitudes, institutions, and social practices.
Heteronormativity : The assumption that heterosexuality is normal or preferred and that people generally fit conventional gender roles. It makes heterosexuality an unspoken standard against which same-sex relationships are judged.
Minority stress theory : A framework explaining how stigma-related stress contributes to health disparities among marginalized groups. It links homophobic conditions to elevated stress and health risks.
Sodomy law : A law criminalizing certain sexual acts, historically including consensual acts between people of the same sex. Criminalization helped institutionalize hostility toward same-sex intimacy.
Heterosexism : The privileging of heterosexuality through beliefs, institutions, and social practices. It emphasizes systemic preference for heterosexuality, while homophobia often names hostility or prejudice.
Sexual stigma : The devaluation of people or conduct because of actual or perceived sexual characteristics or identities. It describes the broader social process that can mark homosexuality as discrediting.
LGBT youth homelessness : Homelessness among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender young people, often following family rejection or unsafe homes. Rejection tied to sexual orientation can leave young people without stable housing.
Homosexuality and psychiatry : The history of psychiatric theories and classifications concerning homosexuality. Medical pathologization gave prejudice the authority of professional diagnosis.
Biphobia : Prejudice or discrimination directed at bisexual people or bisexuality. It targets bisexuality specifically and can be overlooked in discussions focused only on gay people.
Institutional discrimination : Unequal treatment produced by policies, procedures, or established practices within institutions. Rules and routines can disadvantage gay people even without explicit personal hostility.
Conversion therapy : Practices that seek to change or suppress a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. It treats same-sex orientation as a condition to eliminate and can cause harm.
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