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Homophobia can indeed be combatted and prevented. But not prevented completely. There are two main enemies one would have to fight in order to combat homophobia. One is ignorance and the other is your own prejudice. Both adversaries are as equally strong. If you still have your own prejudices, it'll only hinder what needs to be done in order to fight homophobia. Lot of the ignorance and prejudices are instilled by organize religion because they claim to state that homosexuality is wrong in various faiths.

For anybody who is religious, you could still feel that homosexuality is a sin. But it doesn't mean you have to hate people for liking someone else of the same gender. It's like you're okay with it but you don't approve, that's basically it. There's no need to cause hate and inflict pain on a person because s/he is gay. That's how homophobia spreads. For people that claim that being gay is a sin, think about the other things that are sinful such as drinking, pre-marital sex, killing, etc. Killing is definitely a universal sin various faiths and should carry more weight than being gay. Yet with homophobia, it feels that the "sin" of being gay carries more weight than killing. Keep in mind that we "sin" everyday and go on with our lives. Nothing special about being gay.

The first step is understanding. I have gay friends they're just like me. We have the same interests and all that but only difference between us is just sexual preferences. They just want to be treated like everybody else, humans. So take the time to understand how it feels to be in the shoes of someone who is gay. It's easy to judge what we do not know nor understand. Understand that people whom are gay are no different than us. We have the same color skin, we bleed red, etc. Sexual preference is only one difference and one difference alone. No reason to be homophobic. When a person says s/he is gay it doesn't mean that person is going to come onto you. Only a jerk would do that.

Asides from religious faiths, another reason for the spread of homophobia are certain TV shows that tend to portray gays in a not so savory light. Most of my gay friends aren't fans of shows like Queer Eye for the Straight guy. To them, the show portrayed gays as very feminine and "colorful." "Colorfulness" tends to turn a lot of people off. Not all gay people are feminine and colorful. My friend Greg who happens to be gay and living in Southern California has a problem with hooking up because most of the guys in his

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