anti-homosexualism

See also: antihomosexualism

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ homosexualism.

Noun

anti-homosexualism (uncountable)

1. (rare, somewhat dated) Homophobia; prejudice against homosexual (gay) people.
   • 1967, The Listener:

     I write 'homosexuality ' with some trepidation, since anti-homosexualism is a prejudice as discreditable as anti-semitism; and I am not the late Roy Campbell. Recent legislation, though, makes a difference, lightening matters for critics, and biographers as well. If a heterosexual subject went markedly after women, his biographer will usually say so. It may be relevant; and It may be no less relevant if a subject of a different constitution went 'markedly after men.

   • 1990, The Economist:

     Such terrors about people with aids are only a blurred line away from anti-homosexualism. Violence against homosexuals has risen.

   • 1999, Edward E. Sampson, Dealing with Differences: An Introduction to the Social Psychology of Prejudice (Harcourt College Pub):

     [R]ealize that racism, sexism, and anti-homosexual attitudes and actions are not simply problems for those on the receiving end but problems for everyone. Racism is not only a black problem, it is also a white problem with consequences for the entire society. Sexism is not only a women's problem, but a men's problem as well, with consequences for the entire society. Anti-homosexualism likewise is not simply a gay and lesbian problem, but a problem for the entire society.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:anti-homosexualism.

Translations

homophobia — see also homophobia

• Portuguese: anti-homossexualismo m

Further reading

• Gay and lesbian rights speech by Albert Ellis on January 26, 1957: "How Homosexuals Can Combat Anti-Homosexualism"