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[edit] 'Homophobia' as an inherently loaded buzzword
Why doesn't wikipedia identify that the word "homophobia" is inherently politicized from the start, and is inextricably taking "phobia" to paint political opponents in a way unrelated to their social beliefs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.255.243.127 (talk) 18:15, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Homophobia
This term is a misnomer. It implies people who don't like gays are "scared" of them the "protest too much defense" that homosexuals use to call into question someone who doesn't like their lifestyle choices must be hiding something.
So does that mean someone who doesn't like blacks is "Afrophobic" or someone who is against Koreans is "Asiophobic" or someone who just plain hates eskimos is "Inuteophobic"?
No, it's bigotry. It's not "hiding in the closet" or a phobia. It's hatered, I don't see too many of the people who hate gays being "scared" of them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seattlehawk94 (talk • contribs) 00:38, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Removed
This was in the section on internalized homophobia:
The theory attributing higher incidences of depression, alcoholism and other self-destructive tendencies among homosexual individuals to internalized homophobia has been put into question by groups such as NARTH, that oppose the American Psychiatric Association's 1973 decision to remove homosexuality from the DSM. Studies of gay people in societies such as Sweden, New Zealand and the Netherlands found similar incidences of such behavior.[1][2]
I removed it for several reasons. Both of the citations lead to resources that claim psychiatric disorders are more prevalent in those who engage in same-sex behavior. This is already a well known fact. It is also accepted by most reliable medical and scientific organizations that gay and bisexual people suffer from more psychological distress BECAUSE they have to struggle daily with discrimination and, for those with religious upbringings, indoctrinated shame and fear of eternal punishment. Nowhere in these resources does it suggest that homosexuality ITSELF is a disorder per se - but that is exactly what discredited organizations such as NARTH routinely claim. NARTH and other right wing organizations are also known to take objective studies out of context, and to twist them to fit their anti-gay agenda. Which, by pairing these two together, is also what this section of the article achieved. It also lent a credibility to NARTH that is totally unwarranted (please see wiki policies on giving appropriate weight to arguments).
There might be a way to mention NARTH's dissent, but not like this.VatoFirme (talk) 19:06, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] New Image
I just put a newe imgage into the article. I found ist on the Gemand Wikipedia in the corresponding article at Homophobie of Believers. --92.226.135.222 (talk) 09:43, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
