"Homophobic" means having a fear, dislike, or prejudice against people who are gay or attracted to the same sex.
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As we left the subway the first person we walked by directed a string
of homophobic slurs in our direction.
Depending on their personal situation, they may be at risk for
homophobic bullying and violence if people find out they're gay or trans.
What are we to make of the division betweenliberals and conservatives, if we can characterise one as undemocratic, and the other
as homophobic by omission?
In its judgment delivered today in the case Identitoba and Others v Georgia the European Court of Human Rights has held the Georgian authorities responsible
for homophobic violence against participants of a pride march in 2012.
Staines has also again proved willing to host long threads spattered with
homophobic comments - some very vile - on his blog.
Nearly half (48 per cent) of gay men who didn't play team sports were discouraged
by homophobic experiences in school PE class.
A cab driver has taped Paris Hilton making
homophobic remarks while attending New York Fashion Week.
The prejudice of homophobia may also stem from authoritarian parents, particularly those
with homophobic views as well, the researchers added.
Eminem has a long and complex history with using
homophobic language in his music, but has always claimed that he himself is not a homophobe.
A previous version of this article said Ross Levinsohn allegedly
used homophobic slurs while an executive at Guggenheim Partners.
The film is a collection of not especially funny routines - with lots of
homophobic jokes thrown in - that have been done to death in previous movies of this sort.
I've endured hostile flight attendants in premium cabins on 14 hour flights, overheard United Club supervisors
making homophobic comments to other employees, followed news coverage of passengers being physically removed from planes and watched as Kirby has wrecked an otherwise improving operation.
If you are a gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender student, you have the right to feel safe
from homophobic bullying in your school, college or community.
The Lib Dems also undertake to place
on homophobic chanting on an equal par with racist chanting in the eyes of the law, which makes sense.
Now a new, small study in The Journal of Sexual Medicine has combined a range of techniques, including eye tracking, to show that a subset of
homophobic men who self - identify as heterosexual do seem to have an impulsive, automatic attraction to other men.
Weiner, who was one of just seven House Democrats who voted against the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in 2007 to protest the lack of protections for transgender workers, recently faced questions over two occasions at which he failed to speak out
against homophobic statements made in his presence while he was campaigning.
«Trainspotting,» a junkie odyssey written entirely in stream - of - consciousness Scots vernacular, was tricky enough; «Filth» is an entirely more heightened creation, practically baroque in its nastiness, with a barely penetrable protagonist in Det. Bruce Robertson (McAvoy), a morally repugnant all - purpose addict whose hobbies
include homophobic bullying, erotic asphyxiation and sex - pest prank calls.
Then Mancini accused Sarri for
homophobic statements, Napoli's coach was threatened with the long - term suspension, but tension between the clubs were quickly calmed down.
Now loving those who dismiss Christians as
homophobic bigots is profoundly challenging but Jesus» audience thought of Samaritans with similar hostility.
I also fretted about it because Jamaica is a very
homophobic society, at least it was back then.
Preliminary, unpublished results suggest that «personality and the overall culture have a greater impact on
homophobic attitudes than religion,» he says.
In two separate victories this semester, students in Miami Law's Immigration Clinic represented two Jamaican LGBT individuals seeking protection from
homophobic violence in their home country.
GLSEN's 2013 report on school climate noted nationwide that there seems to be improvement in LGBTQ school life, with reports of
experiencing homophobic remarks dwindling from 80 percent in 2001 to about 60 percent.
Acting chief executive officer Ruth Hunt says: «We're excited to partner with the Halsbury Legal Awards and LexisNexis to help raise funds to
tackle homophobic bullying in Britain's schools.
The FA premiered a cartoon ahead of England's match with Italy that aims to help supporters challenge
homophobic abuse.
The incursion of worship services, including ones with
homophobic messages, into publicly - funded school space, he said in a written statement, «is hardly a transgressive one.»
Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, said: «It is deeply worrying that some LGBTI teachers report experiencing and hearing
more homophobic language within schools and that incidents of hate crime and hate speech have increased more generally.
One in five lesbian and gay people in Britain have been a victim of one or more
homophobic hate crime or incident in the last three years.
Thus, Section 28 must be seen as
homophobic legislation that may contribute to the mental health problemssuch as depression, substance misuse, and suicideof gay, lesbian, and bisexual youths.
They are not
just homophobic if they do that — they are actually Godophobic because God loves every one of those people.»
Personally I share the feminist critique and would not want to get married, yet for me the issue is about overturning
homophobic discrimination and at least giving people the choice to make what is in my view the misguided decision to get married.
The understanding is that Toffees defender Mason Holgate could face a Football Association charge for alleged
homophobic tweets sent from a now - deleted Twitter account more than five years ago.
In Stonewall's The Teachers» Report (2014), the percentage of primary and secondary schools teachers surveyed who
hear homophobic language often or very often was a lot lower than in 2009.
Over a career that spanned nearly fifty years, he produced thousands of images beginning in the 1940s, robbing straight
homophobic culture of its most virile and masculine archetypes; bikers, hoodlums, lumberjacks, cops, cowboys, and sailors, and recasting them — through deft skill and fantastic imagination — unapologetic, self - aware, and boastfully proud enthusiasts of gay sex.
For most of the film, Sandler and company play up every gay stereotype there is, from the music they like, their fashion, their dancing, and then coats them with all plenty of
homophobic reactions against them.
«It is important to distinguish those who actually intercede or support students when
homophobic behavior occurs.»
The tradition of wearing pink shirts emerged in September, 2007, after a Nova Scotia high - school student was targeted with
homophobic insults for wearing a pink shirt to school.
«I do not believe New York Republicans share Mr. Paladino's
homophobic beliefs and I call upon all Republican elected officials, and especially the Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Mr. Edwards, to disavow those remarks immediately.»
I used to comment there occasionally, but the descent of her commentariat beyond the usual tedious denier memes into personal bullying verging on
homophobic attacks was too much for me to stomach.
In 1994, four women were tried and convicted of a heinous assault on two young girls in a court case that was infused with
homophobic prejudice and the Satanic Panic sweeping the nation at that time.
But some work does suggest that
very homophobic people may have other mental health issues.
Siri's Russian - language answers about gay people started changing after the BBC released its article, suggesting that Apple tweaked the responses to be
less homophobic in the past week.
«I didn't really do the best in school because of it,» recalls Biggs, now 23, who
says homophobic slurs, death threats, and shoves were commonplace.
Detective chief inspector Wendy Morgan from Tower Hamlets borough said: «The Met takes
such homophobic behaviour very seriously.
On the other end of the spectrum is the obnoxious and blatantly not funny plot with Kate Hudson who plays, Jesse, who is covering up her marriage to an Indian man (Mandvi) from her racist and
homophobic parents played by Margo Martindale and Robert Pine.
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