Meanings
comparative more homonegative · superlative most homonegative
- Holding or expressing negative attitudes toward homosexuality.
Others suggest replacing homophobic with "homonegative" to reflect disapproval – not fear and hatred – of homosexuality and as a more accurate reflection of society as a whole.
2009, What to call someone who hates gays?, Toronto Star1 more example
In many Eastern European countries homosexuals face blatant persecution, as the recent criminalization of homosexuality and repeated homonegative riots in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine demonstrate.
2015 August 7, “Relationships between Religion and Two Forms of Homonegativity in Europe—A Multilevel Analysis of Effects of Believing, Belonging and Religious Practice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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