homophobe

plural homophobes

1. One who is prejudiced against homosexual people, or LGBTQ people in general; one who exhibits homophobia.

   That one can love another of the same gender, that is what the homophobe really cannot stand.

   1997, Stephen Fry, Moab Is My Washpot: An Autobiography, London: Hutchinson, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL

   3 more examples

   If you're against gay marriage, just be honest, put a scarlet 'H' on your shirt, and say, "I am a homophobe!"

   2001 April 23, Henry Rollins, Talk Is Cheap, Volume I, published 3 January 2003

   To me, Ennis stands for the conservative side of America. He's the biggest homophobe in the whole movie — culturally and psychologically — but by the time he admits his feelings, it's too late.

   2006, Robert Ordona, quoting Ang Lee, “"Brokeback Mountain" — as gay as it gets: An interview with Ang Lee”, in Gay.com, archived from the original on 19 May 2006

   Narrators demonstrated resistance coping techniques through direct confrontation with aggressors, such as racists, sexists, homophobes, elitists, and misogynoirists.

   2022 December 6, LeAnna T. Luney, “Like our foremothers survived: Self-education, direct confrontation, and humor as resistance coping in Black womxn and femme college student being”, in Frontiers in Education, volume 7, →DOI, page 10

   Synonyms: anti-gay

plural homophobes

1. A person who fears sameness.
2. A person who fears men.