How to prevent and fight homophobia 30 Articles

by Brian Smith

How to prevent and fight homophobia We ought to be very cautious as we consider this topic. We have to begin any fight by identifying the enemy. The enemy, in this case, is not any group of people, but the prejudi...read more

by Can Tran

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. Bo...read more

by Mark Butler

How to prevent and fight homophobia. Preventing and fighting homophobia is difficult at best but through education, prosecution and establishing an environment throughout society that allows us to disapprove of homosexu...read more

by Cynthia Harlan

Fighting ignorance and prejudice of any kind is an uphill battle. People do not easily let go of ideas that have been firmly implanted in their minds. Fear is the motivator behind all prejudice. People are afraid of hom...read more

by Will Kester

I hate homophobia (as we tend to use the word, recently), as I hate all forms of intolerance and discrimination (in this contextual form). That said, I try not to hate those who are homophobic, or discriminate against ga...read more

by Sammie Banks

Through our brief history of human existence groups, either by race, culture, ethnicity or beliefs, have been chastised in our society. Among the many groups that are now being targeted, homosexuality has coveted a leadin...read more

by Asaria Setemyr

As nice as it would be to snap our fingers and have the problem of homophobia disappear, it simply won't happen. Generations after the African slaves were declared free in the United States, racism still plays a part in A...read more

by Ginger Kazay

How to prevent and fight homophobia? Why should we prevent and fight homophobia? These two questions actually go hand in hand. I will address why first. Many religions and societies have teachings against homosexuals...read more

by S. Mills

To prevent and fight homophobia, one must first define the term. Is it really a phobia, which is a connotation of fear? No, but it seems to be a catchall phrase that all too often is inclusive of those who simply disagre...read more

by Jason Nicholas Ritchie

The answer to this dilemma, is in fact quite simple. Yet we live within the confines of a conditioned society. A society that is controlled by Religion and Governments. One feeds the other and the media takes over in the r...read more

by Idyllwilde

Homophobia is the politically correct term for the belief that homosexuality is a sin. It is comparable to calling those who believe murder is a sin 'fear of murderers', which is something utterly different. There are p...read more

by feathermaye

Quite simply, in the fight against homophobia, it is the responsibility of the tolerant to take up the battle by arming themselves with their most valuable weapons: their children. Just as hate is bred into young minds, s...read more

by Richie Caldicott

If there's one word I loathe, it is "homophobia" and the reason for that, is it is a word that is vastly ill-used. A homophobic would be somebody with an irrational fear of homosexuals (hence "phobia") and I would have ...read more

by Johnette Loefgren

Americans pride themselves on being politically correct.Everybody is scared to death about offending somebody else.The only way to prevent that is by eliminating the prejudices in the first place.Then we wouldn't have t...read more

by Laura Leigh Fields

Homophobia is best defined as the fear of gay people. There is a whole world of dummies out there that fall into this category. If you touch someone that is gay, you are not going to catch it. The biggest reason for ho...read more

by Alan Fernald

Homophobic! The shrieks fill the airwaves as gay rights advocates brand all who oppose their views. In most cases, those voicing the accusation are wrong, but it is possible that a small segment of our population is inde...read more

by C S Slockbower

A phobia is an irrational, uncontrollable fear of something. I've never met anyone with an irrational, uncontrollable fear of gay people. Maybe they're out there somewhere, holding secret meetings, establishing twelve-step...read more

by Carol Levy

To those who say there is no such thing as homophobia; as one writer puts it "So how do we prevent and fight homophobia? I suppose first we have to locate these mythical homophobics. Perhaps they're frolicking somewhere...read more

by Katie Savinger

A phobia is a fear. There are approximately four ways that people tend to manage their phobias that I know of - five, if you count the fact that people tend to turn phobias into idols as a way of keeping track of what they...read more

by Jenny Corvette

George W. Bush is the most homophobic man in America. If he wasn't the most homophobic man in America, he wouldn't want to ban gays and lesbians from that sacred institution we all know and love... and I don't mean Star...read more