What is Internalized Homophobia?
Internalized homophobia is the negative thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that individuals may experience towards their own same-sex attraction, gender identity,...
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: The impact of internalized homophobia on sexuality and relationships
LGBT populations have faced numerous challenges in terms of their mental health, social participation, and identity development due to discriminatory laws and societal stigma surrounding their sexual...
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: The impact of homophobia on mental health and social participation amongst lgbt individuals
Homophobia is the irrational fear, dislike, or aversion to people who identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or otherwise different from heteronormative gender roles....
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: Decreased cohesion and trust: how homophobic campaigns impact families
To understand what drives people's hostility towards LGBTQ+ individuals, it is important to examine the underlying mechanisms that contribute to this phenomenon. In terms of cognitive mechanisms,...
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: How homophobia is driven by negative stereotypes, religious beliefs, cultural norms, and emotional factors
How does discrimination in sports impact the mental health, identity, and career paths of queer athletes?
The experience of being an LGBTQ athlete in professional sports can be quite challenging...
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: How does discrimination in sports affect queer athletes mental health, identity, and career paths?
How can homophobic campaigns affect the lives of LGBTQ+ individuals?
Homophobia is a prejudice that has had a significant impact on the LGBTQ+ community for generations. As more states and...
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: How historical homophobia has shaped intergenerational attitudes towards lgbtq+ individuals.
Homophobia is an irrational fear, hatred, or prejudice against people who identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning (LGBTQ+). Homophobic individuals may have...
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: Breaking down homophobia: understanding and overcoming cognitive fallacies and social biases towards lgbtq+ individuals
Homophobia is an irrational fear, dislike, or hatred of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ+). These individuals are often subject to bullying,...
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: Homophobia: understanding the damaging effects on mental health and social cohesion
The term "homophobia" was coined in 1965 to describe the irrational fear or hatred of homosexual people, but it has since come to represent much more than that. Homophobia is an expression of...
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: The dark history behind systemic homophobia. how understanding its origins can inform activism, policy, and education.
Homophobia is a negative attitude towards individuals who identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning their sexual orientation. This can take many forms, from...
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: Sexual orientation identity and homophobia: exploring its roots, impacts, and interventions