gayphobia

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Etymology

From gay +‎ -phobia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡeɪˈfoʊbiə/
  • Hyphenation: gay‧pho‧bia

Noun

gayphobia (uncountable)

  1. Fear, dislike, or hatred of gay men.
    • 2010, Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers, Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural School Psychology, page 524:
      Homophobia concerns lesbians (lesbophobia), gay men (gayphobia), bisexual people (biphobia), and transgender people (transphobia).
    • 2017, Kristina Schulz, The Women's Liberation Movement: Impacts and Outcomes, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 164:
      In fact, gayphobia occupied more media space than lesbophobia.
  2. (rare) Fear, dislike, or hatred of gay people in general.
    Synonym: homophobia
    • 2013, Karen K. Kirst-Ashman, Brooks/Cole Empowerment Series: Human Behavior in the Macro Social Environment, page 59:
      A major problem LGBTQ people face is gayphobia or homophobia, the irrational “fear and hatred” of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people (Morrow, 2008, p. 79).
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:gayphobia.

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “gay men”):

(antonym(s) of “gay people”):

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