Sentences with phrase «by homophobia»

The justice system's mistreatment of Noor Salman has nothing to do with whether Omar Mateen was motivated by homophobia.

It wouldn't have attracted right - wing attacks without the detractors being largely driven by homophobia, not to mention the current railing against Hollywood, despite it not even being a Hollywood film.

It did say that disapproval of homosexuality reflects an irrational animus, and disapproval of homosexuality in any form whatever is what gay activists mean by homophobia.

Not exact matches

To gain an insight into the end point aimed at by homosexual campaign groups it is useful to consider and the terms «homophobia» and «heterosexist».

When a crisis comes, such as when gays fall ill with AIDS, they can easily be victimized by traditional homophobia disguised as moral judgment and, as a result, fall back into self - condemnation and self - hatred.

She was bullied and harassed by her colleagues, who accused her of «homophobia,» and her supervisor disclosed details of her case to other employees.

In one of her previous mysteries, A Fountain Filled with Blood, she succeeded at a feat that's been the ruin of many lesser writers, plunging headfirst into a current social issue (homophobia) without being swept away by it.

It even seems that biblically there are legitimate forms of «homophobia» and «heterophobia» so long as the fear and hatred implied by these words are focused on behavior and not on persons.25

Their research indicates that there is a correlation between homophobia and arousal by homosexual imagery.

So, also, we might well wonder whether or not «the homosexual problem» could be rooted in a homophobia frequently experienced by heterosexuals.

Slavery, racism, sexism, and homophobia have all been supported by religion and are much easier to support with the Bible than they can be opposed with it.

Faced with so much violence around me, watching friends die one by one because of either drugs or other bad choices, watching corrupt politicians win local elections, and dealing with the same sort of racism, homophobia, and other things that caused me to flee to Ohio in the first place, it became clear to me that if I stay here any longer, I'll never be able to leave a place I'm so unhappy with.

We Are the Boys from Old Florida, the song Florida fans sing during every game, has been deemed sexist by the school's Committee on Sexism and Homophobia.

Lastly this morning, I would like to draw your attention to the Rainbow Laces campaign to kick homophobia out of football, supported by some very funny Arsenal stars.

However Conservative LGBT parliamentary candidates like Iain Dale seem to want to whitewash the Law and Justice party or use other methods to diminish the scale of homophobia shown by the Law and Justice party.

Posted October 11, 2010 at 7:45 am ETC by Andrew Belonsky in 2010 Election, Andrew Cuomo, Carl Paladino, Carl Paladino Homophobia, discrimination, gay rights, New York, News

How could one justify targeting homophobia if expressed by a Muslim but not when expressed by a Christian?

Over half of teachers have experienced some form of homophobia, biphobia or transphobia during their teaching career, a conference organised by the NASUWT has heard.

Avery's participation is being touted by gay marriage advocates as being particularly significant given the homophobia that abounds in the world of sports.

His comments followed claims by the culture secretary, Ben Bradshaw, that the Tories stil have «a deep strain of homophobia».

Instead it drives more wedges between disenfranchised communities that are continually pitted against each other by the agents of racism and homophobia.»

She said it is «irresponsible» for a man in such a high position to be «spewing dangerous homophobia throughout our state,» especially after recent hate attacks and suicides by gay teens.

To those who suggested that Quinn, long the frontrunner in the Democratic mayoral field, stumbled on the homophobia voters reflect once at the ballot box, Menchaca's and Torres» victories demonstrate that LGBT candidates can win in outer borough districts dominated by working class and poor people of color and without large visible gay and lesbian voting blocs.

Furthermore, Prescod - Weinstein is tentative about being openly gay in the black scientific community where «there is a definite level of homophobia and, by and large, it has been allowed to dominate the setting.»

Thurst is developed by queer black folk and queer people of color, so unlike other dating platforms, don't tolerate racism, sexism, transphobia, homophobia, shaming, or harassment.

Divo Pink Lady describes his experience of homelessness after being thrown out by his folks, as well as the homophobia he routinely experienced at the hands of West Village police officers.

Written by Ron Nyswaner, who previously penned heavyweight dramas such as Philadelphia and The Painted Veil, the screenplay confronts institutional homophobia head on via the story of decorated cop Laurel Hester (Moore) who discovers she is terminally ill... and that, on her death, her pension will not be given to her long - time same - sex partner Stacie Andree (Ellen Page).

The Capri screening will be sidelined by a forum from the Young People Against Homophobia to discuss current issues in Italy.

Dallas Buyers Club is a drama directed by Jean - Marc Vallee (The Young Victoria, C.R.A.Z.Y.), based on the true - life account of Ron Woodroof, a drug - peddling, Texas alcoholic and womanizer who contracted the HIV virus in 1986, in the middle of the AIDS scare and rampant homophobia surrounding the disease.

Bolstered by a terrific soundtrack with hits by David Bowie, Pink Floyd, and The Rolling Stones, the film explored the life of Zac as he deals with homophobia in 1960s, 70s and beyond in Quebec.

Helmed, in his feature directorial debut, by screenwriter Etan Cohen (Men in Black 3), the movie is mostly a clumsy attempt to make mirth out of homophobia and racism.

My favorite Altman film is still McCabe and Mrs. Miller (which also focuses on the inner workings and separate classes of a relatively closed and remote community), followed by The Long Goodbye (in spite of its forced ending) and California Split (in spite of its casual homophobia)-- all three released in the early 70s.

Beset by crime, mental illness and homophobia, the show's characters explore pertinent social issues amid a soap opera-esque world of hip - hop.

But TRUE LIES also picks up a lot of nasty subtext from the Bond films and expands upon it (deliberately or not), and the larky atmosphere is ultimately poisoned by racism, homophobia, and misogyny.

Enduring Love flirts with homophobia, dances with a European intolerance for holy fools (and foolish holiness — see again: The Idiot), and in the end resolves itself with some brilliant Brad Anderson - like panoramas of its characters dwarfed not by a sheltering sky, but by a crushing, claustrophobic one.

A low - grade fog of sexism and homophobia hovers consistently over the proceedings: the lawnmower that's more important than a girlfriend; the worry that marriage is a license for obesity; a prostitute character who seems to exist solely to be lusted after (by Lonnie) and insulted (by Rack).

This shouldn't have to be resolved by individual teachers — we need everyone in education to work together to collectively challenge sexism, homophobia, biphobia and transphobia.»

Yuichi's low - level homophobia is tempered by his daughter's unquestioning acceptance of her new favorite uncle.

The canvas is huge — NYC at the end of the millennium, ravaged by the AIDS epidemic, Reaganism and homophobia; It covers loss, death, religion, politics, homosexuality, gender ambiguity, spirituality and on and on and on.

- Publishers Weekly «Though readers may be turned off by the near - constant homophobia that permeates the story, Logan's look at a boy reconciling his private and public selves is well written and affecting.

This expanded field of investigation embraced the voices of those who have been suppressed by the status quo, those who have been denied agency under the law, and whose subjectivity has been threatened through bigotry, homophobia, and social intolerance.

23 As Jones and Jonathan D. Katz have convincingly argued, silence emerged as Cage's primary means of countering the fervently expressive, highly individualistic machismo associated with Abstract Expressionism.24 It was a construct that gave him room to act independently as an artist in a world dominated by the abstract expressionist paradigm and to create space for himself as a gay man in the atmosphere of homophobia that permeated postwar American culture.

The week includes workshops by writers and artists whose work focuses on social and political issues, including the environment, climate change, gun violence, racial violence, police brutality, violence against women, racial equity, homophobia, and immigration, all through the lens of creative action.

Taking its title from a 1953 article by the Cold Warrior and pundit Arthur Guy Mathews, this exhibition explores the historical and ideological links between anti-Communism and homophobia in the United States, as well as the intersections between Communism and sexual identity as it played out during the 20th century.

Heavily affected by the death of friends and loved ones from AIDS, his work took on an increasingly oppressive and sinister feel as he rallied against homophobia and social injustice.

The poet Frank O'Hara, who was openly gay, was appalled by the rampant homophobia on display at The Cedar — the notorious AbEx hangout in New York's Greenwich Village.

Homophobia fueled by the perception that homosexual sexual abuse of minors is not as common outside the Catholic church.

Lumping all these behaviours under the term «cyberbullying» ignores the fact that women and girls, as well as LGBTQ communities and racial minorities, are disproportionately targeted by hate on the Internet, and it erases the sexism, racism, homophobia and transphobia often underlying the abuse.

The somewhat dated and self - righteous script is saved by Denzel Washington's vibrant and nuanced performance as the solo personal injury lawyer who takes the case when everyone else turns Hanks» character down, and who comes to terms with his own homophobia.

By bringing the discussion back to LGBT students at Trinity Western, Weaver and other intervenors revealed the stark consequences of the community covenant's sanctioned homophobia.