What is homophobia?
Homo - man
phobia – fear of
The irrational fear or dislike of or
prejudice against homosexuality or
homosexuals.
Match the words with the description
A Celibacy
7 when a person does not have sexual relationships
with other people
B Heterosexual
1 a person who is attracted to and has sexual
relationships with people of the opposite sex.
(A man with a woman OR a woman with a man)
C Homosexual
8 A person who is attracted to and has sexual
relationships with people of the same sex.
(A man with a man OR a woman with a woman)
Match the words with the description
D Gay man
5 A man who is attracted to and has sexual
relationships with men.
E Transvestite
10 A person who likes wearing the clothes of
the opposite sex.
F Lesbian
9 A woman who is attracted to and has sexual
relationships with women.
Match the words with the description
G Bisexual
3 A person who is attracted to and has sexual
relationships with both men and women.
H Monogomy
6 When a person has a sexual relationship with one
partner and does not have a sexual relationship with
anyone else.
I Affair
2 When a person who has a sexual relationship with a
partner also has a sexual relationship with someone
else.
Match the words with the description
J Transexual
3 A person who feels very strongly that they
were born with the body of one sex and the
mind of the other sex. For example, a man
may have a male body but think and feel like a
woman.
Using abusive language
• Homophobic language also refers to terms of
abuse specifically directed at gay people. This
includes words such as ‘queer’, ‘poof’, ‘fag’,
‘faggot’, ‘dyke’ and ‘lezza’.
• These abusive terms aren’t only used towards
gay students, but are often directed at those
who are thought to be gay or in some way
different, for instance sporty girls and
academic boys.
The effects of using abusive language
• ‘Last summer I was attacked on Facebook
through a series of comments and wall posts
calling me a ‘fag’. Harry, 16.
• … ‘it’s the constant stream of anti-gay remarks
that people don’t even know they make. I feel
awful all the time’. Sophie, 15.
• ‘It makes me not want to be in my lessons’ Cat
14.
• I once carved the words ‘dirty lesbian’ on my
thigh because people kept calling me that. I hated
myself. Clauia 17.
The effects of using abusive language
Being homosexual is not a
choice; being homophobic is!