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- From: albrigh@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (thomas g albright)
- Subject: Re: The word 'homophobia'
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 20:52:41 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec18.075716.18901@reed.edu>, nelson@reed.edu (Nelson
- Minar) wrote:
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- >> There is at least one case where "homophobia", as in "fear of
- >> homosexuals", is exactly right: to describe people who recognize their
- >> own homosexual tendencies (even mild tendencies) but are afraid of
- >> them, and so they take out their fear or prove their straightness by
- >> harassing/hurting queers. This response is motivated by fear, fear of
- >> their own sexuality.
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- According to the Kinsey Institute Thesaurus of Sexual Nomenclature, this
- phenomenon is called "homosexual panic," not "homophobia." Feelings
- besides fear may give rise to this condition.
-
- -Tom Albright
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