Homophobia - Wikipedia Homophobia manifests in different forms, and a number of different types have been postulated, among which are internalized homophobia, social homophobia, emotional homophobia, rationalized homophobia, and others [24]
How the Mind Rationalizes Homophobia The term “homophobia” was coined in the 1970s by George Weinberg, a clinical psychologist who noticed his colleagues’ irrational and visceral feelings toward many gay people
Internalised Homophobia - The Rainbow Project Like everyone else, LGB people may be socialised into thinking that being non-heterosexual is somehow “mad”, “bad”, “wrong” or “immoral” This can lead to feelings of self-disgust and self-hatred These feelings can lead to “internalised homophobia” also known as “internalised oppression”
Fear and Loathing: Unpacking Homophobia - RMEQ But science has shown that the two are, indeed, different in a several fundamental ways It is important to understand these differences in order to address their effects rationally It is an immensely complex topic that I cannot do full justice to here, but I will try to pull out the most relevant findings so far, so bear with me
10 Signs of Internalized Homophobia and Gaslighting Defending, justifying, and excusing individual acts of homophobia in family, friendships, school, at the workplace, or in other social or institutional scenarios (learned helplessness)
Homophobia - Attitudes, Prejudice, Discrimination | Britannica Research in the early 21st century found that in western Europe and North America young people had begun to rapidly disassociate themselves from homophobia, so weakening homohysteria that youths there were more capable of expressing a range of gendered behaviours regardless of their sexuality
Internalized Homophobia and Gay Shame - Reality’s Last Stand By contrast, internalized homophobia implies that a pervasive societal attitude called “homophobia” (a misleading word itself because no irrational fear is involved) gets absorbed and adopted within the individual psyche