Word: homophobia
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...attention to other issues, including those relating to peer sexual harassment, a College non-discrimination clause that protects gay people, and student-faculty contact. Perhaps Mr. Patullo (who was director of Harvard's Center for Behavioral Sciences) would like to contribute to those endeavors rather that seeking justifications for homophobia and sexism. Jake Stevens...
...Homophobia is a very real problem among many people. Most individuals are homophobic due to their socialization. When exposed to homosexuality and bisexuality in real, healthy and loving relationships their perspective changes. As they begin to realize that people they care about are gay, their perspective changes. With time and patience, people confront their own fears and prejudices and become at least tolerant, if not accepting...
...most lively part of the day was a forum discussion of the question of homophobia, in which participants traded ideas on how to make society better accept gays...
True, visibility is education--because so much of homophobia is based on ignorance. Therefore, we will continue to paper the yard with our pink posters, to sponsor gay and friends tables in the dining halls; we will continue to make our presence strongly felt. However, nothing works to change bigoted and ignorant attitudes as effectively as personal contact with proud, self-affirmed lesbians and gay men. This pride can only come from a strong, supportive gay community...
...gays from pursuing an undesirable lifestyle. The GSA's demand that Pattullo apologize and that the University investigate his academic practices threw wide open the debate over the origins of homosexuality and in the absence of conclusive scientific answers, that debate drifts inevitably back to regions that smack of homophobia...