Karan Johar

I'm sad, upset, and disheartened with the trolling that happens on social media... At the end of the day, this whole homophobia is so disheartening and upsetting. And then they say, 'Why don't you speak about your sexuality? You could be iconic in this country.' But I don't want to be iconic anywhere. I want to live my life.

Indian Director

Indya Moore

Everyone that's ever seen 'Pose' who isn't trans or doesn't have any connection to the LGBTQ community has been given the opportunity to create empathetic relationships to the characters that they would not have otherwise been able to. That's super essential in helping counter homophobia and transphobia.

American Actor

Jillian Michaels

I have watched as a people and as a country and a culture over the course of my teenage-into-adulthood life, and I do still think there is a tremendous amount of homophobia that exists.

American Athlete

Coretta Scott King

Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood.

American Activist

Tan France

I've experienced racism and homophobia my whole life, so I've trained myself to just deal with it calmly, to not cause a scene, and to find a way to calm the situation down.

English Designer

Bowen Yang

My dad every now and then will toe that line and be like, You could try women!' And I'm like Don't. It's almost an endearing kind of homophobia, if such a thing exists.

Nicky Morgan

All over the country, thousands of schools and teachers are working incredibly hard, day in day out, to eliminate homophobia, and we are committed to helping them.

British Politician

James Costos

You can have all of the laws and protection in place, but how do you get rid of homophobia? This is something that the U.S. is going to have to deal with.

American Diplomat

Lauren Mayberry

It only takes two seconds of your life to say, 'I don't agree with white supremacy. I don't agree with homophobia.

Scottish Musician

Sandra Bullock

Racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, sexism, anything Nazi and a boatload of other things have no place in my life.

American Actress

Homophobia carries a negative connotation, implying irrational fear or hatred.

Negative Connotation

The term is often used in current events and speaks to social issues.

Contemporary Relevance

Used in contexts of equality and social justice, especially related to LGBTQ+ rights.

Social Justice

 of homophobia and transphobia. So tonight, I'm going to talk to you a little bit about Where Love is Illegal, the campaign, I'll talk to you a bit about the making of the photographs, because I know there are some people in this audience that are interested in that. But what's just as, if not more important, to me

"Where Love Is Illegal":...

 he began writing novels and essays while taking a series of odd jobs. But the issues that had driven him away from the Church were still inescapable in his daily life. Constantly confronted with racism and homophobia, he was angry and disillusioned, and yearned for a less restricted life.

Notes of a native son:...

 without a tradition of homophobia. On the other hand, it is also a society with a deeply patriarchal system, which rejects anything that threatens the male-female order. When we spoke to activists, they told us that empowerment begins with ensuring proper gender equality,

This Is What LGBT Life...

 for whom she felt platonic affection. Current consensus is that these stories, which ridicule Sappho or deny her work’s homoeroticism, are probably all untrue artifacts of misogyny and homophobia. Despite the distortions of the intervening millennia,

The surprising origins...

 But the self-loathing of that period left a void, and celebration needs to fill and overflow it, and even if I repay my private debt of melancholy, there's still an outer world of homophobia that it will take decades to address.

How the worst moments in...

 from homophobia, transphobia, sexism and ultimately, our colonial past. I am not here to say that the categories of men and women don't exist. I'm saying, like most things in this world, it is more complicated than that.

What it means to be...

 This was largely due to an incorrect poll that said that blacks had voted for the measure by something like 70 percent. This turned out not to be true, but this idea of pervasive black homophobia set in,

Yoruba Richen: What the...

 is that I felt when I was a little boy and growing up even though I faced racism and homophobia and lots of issues I always felt like my country was cheering me on I don't think today that

How to disrupt...

 who support women's rights, and we need to follow their lead -- Because their issues are our issues. And as white women, we have to do more, because racism and sexism and homophobia,

The political progress...

 that point in time he stood for something and standing for something it's really important no we're not gonna tolerate homophobia no more jock yes we're feminists you're very