Is there a word?

[Wynbish]

Posted: 8/1/12 at 7:23pm

I was talking to an acquaintance today about how the First Amendment should not be used to justify the hate behind Chik-Fil-A. I brought up how just in the 1960's, interracial couples were not allowed to legally marry, but if a restaurant tried to say that today, they would probably across-the-board be considered racist.

That got me thinking: prejudice of a race is racism; prejudice of a sex is sexism, and so on. Is there a word for just for prejudice and hatred toward gay individuals?

"Bigot" covers a lot of prejudicial thinking. I don't necessarily like "homophobic" for everything, since not every example of this hatred comes from a fearful place.

I apologize if there is a word and I'm ignorant to it. Growing up a Christian straight girl in the middle of Georgia (near where Dan Cathy grew up), life did not expose me early to the fight for gay rights.

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 8/1/12 at 8:52pm

Actually, I disagree. I think all bigotry is rooted in fear of difference.

But to answer your question, I've seen "heterosexist" used in place of "homophobic".

Here is the Urban dictionary on the word:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=heterosexist

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 8/1/12 at 8:54pm

I remember some blog (maybe it was Pam's House Blend) recommended homobigot.

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 8/1/12 at 8:57pm

I'd go for that, Phyllis, but I don't think it's clear whether a "homobigot" is a bigoted homosexual or a bigot against homosexuals.

Actually, I have the same problem with "heterosexist". At first glance it isn't clear whether the person described is heterosexual or opposed to heterosexuals.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/1/12 at 9:02pm

hetersexist is very clinical. If someone called me that I might think they thought I was having a sex change.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 8/2/12 at 7:37am

It reminds me of Eminem's "Criminal."