Sorry I'm posting so much.
Anywayz, is there a lot of Homophobia in your school? If so, how do you handle it? In my school, there is a GOOD amount of homophobia except most people don't even KNOW they're being homophobic. There's this one girl in my English class who I overheard saying ..."Yeah, if you're gay, you'll get HIV or AIDs. Being gay is a sin. Being gay is gross." She might as well should have just said "I hate gay people." People like that make me mad but at the same time make me want to cry. It's not like I CHOSE to be a lesbian. I want to be able to get married, have my rights be protected, not have to pay extra taxes, not be discriminated against and not be afraid to kiss my girlfriend in public if I feel like it.
Well, thanks for listening.

Homophobia is very present at my school. My school has 350 students and I'm the most diverse in my school because I'm the only Asian within a 5 year radius. That's how small-town we are. But there is no gay-straight alliance because we don't have enough "out" homosexuals to form an alliance. "Fag" "dyke" and "homo" is just thrown around to talk about someone one doesn't like. It's annoying. I've tried stopping it, but it usually doesn't help.

In my current events class last year, my very liberal teacher brought up Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Then some kid said "I'm joining the marines and there better not be any fags. They'll get shot by their own side." I'm like "You're an asshole. He's fighting for the same reason you are, for his nation, for his home. Leave your homophobia out of what is supposed to be your nationalism." And my teacher was like "Look, ya got Amanda revved up." Then some other kid said "Gays shouldn't even be on sports teams. I don't want them lookin' at me in the locker room!" That set me off completely, I got a bad rep in that class for arguing so much, but I'm glad I did. I said flat out, "Oh please, don't flatter yourself. Just because you think you're hot doesn't mean a gay guy will check you out. Lower your ego and maybe you'll see how idiotic you are." My teacher was dying laughing because he just let us argue and everything that kid said, I'd shoot down. After that day, no one said homophobic comments in front of me, but a lot of them thought I was gay after. I didn't bother to argue, they can think what they want.

All my friends say it's not wrong, but it makes them very uncomfortable. They make fun of it on certain levels, but try not to. It's just that they're not used to it, it's not a common thing to them since they were raised by small-town families with an amount of small-mindedness. But after my Current Events outburst, and I had joked that a lot of people think I'm gay, they would laugh, but one of my friends said "If you were though, I wouldn't have a problem with it." I think they would just require time. I think that's a lot of people's cases. My father is quite homophobic and his brother is gay. My dad said it's "Not normal" and I argued with him, but I told my brother about how stupid dad is for thinking that. My brother told me that if me or him or my other brother were gay, my dad would eventually get over it. He says my dad's love for us surpasses the unfamiliarity and discomfort of sexual orientation, and I like to see the hope that maybe that's just the case for some people.

I believe homosexuality is another individuality that makes this world so unique... how can you say homosexuals are wrong.. or that they are 'messed up'.. is it our right to discriminate against them.. its not my right i know that.. it would be like saying black people are messed up or that catholics have something wrong with them. Discriminating agaist the gay society will not get us anywhere.. why not embrace our cultural diversity, and live with the fact that we can't put an end to homosexuality.

yeah, i agree w/ speakout3. i've lost all respect and dignity for people who feel that gay people are lesser people. joking around like that is NOT cool! and using the word gay as lame gets kind of annoying too lol. but, well, i don't have a lot of problems w/ homophobia in my school but then again i go to school in CA and even better Oakland lol. so, it's pretty easy for me...but, i know how you feel because i still have to be careful out here and it's not easy.

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I really have no respect for people who joke like that. we had people join day of silence just because they didn't want to have to talk in class.....that's just lame.

It's somewhat present in my school. We had Ally week for our GSA club and alot of people signed up. But most of the guys that signed up kinda did it for the fun of it. They thought it was some joke. I told them they need to get over themselves.

Homophobia is very present in my school. Sometimes I feel like one of the few who actually speaks out when I hear someone saying "you're such a faggot." Which is hard because I then get ridiculed. I have been called a lesbian my whole life even though I'm totally straight. Untill recently I had stopped dealing with the homophobes in my school. But I think it's time for a change don't you? We have the right to feel safe in our schools don't we? Then why don't the teachers do anything? The tolerance has been spread like wildfir though. We have a couple openly gay couples but the main one graduated. anyway, that's just my two cents.

I come from a small farming town in North Carolina.

I think that answers the question, "Is homophobia present in your school?"

Yes. I hear comments all the time. "That's gay," is incredibly common and I have even caught myself using it simply out of hearing it constantly.

However, it seems that being gay is starting to be more accepted. There is a handful of "out" kids. Boys in band are now very comfortable around each other (hugging, etc.). Though homophobia is still VERY present, it seems to have come down from "ridiculously high" to "pretty darn high" which is a step in the right direction, I say.

Well, I go to a small Christian school on Long Island, so yeah, there's a lot of that going around. Even though I am Christian, I'm almost 100% positive that I'm the only non-homophobic person there. Ignorant fools. I want to leave badly, but there aren't any good schools in my area. I hate it there. Really.

Homphobia is for idiots. May everyone in my school die.

There is without a doubt a lot of homophobia in my school. I could be sitting on one of my girlfriends(just friends) lap and people would walk by us saying stupid things. There is a guy named eddie that goes to my school and he is on the dance team. (very very good by the way) One day when i was waiting after school to be picked up i saw him walk pass me and a bunch of other people and they were making fun of him calling him a faget and all that. I just wanted to stand up for him. At least he is completelty open with his sexuality. Me on the other hand is peaking out of the door. All my friends know that I am bi. I would come out to everybody but I have 4 cousins going to my school and I don't want them to know that I am bi. Unfortunalty the one that was calling eddie a faget was one of my cousins.

My school is ridicously homophobic. My math class is especially bad, or at least that's more apparent as my teacher gets pi$$ed when people start going off about how much they hate gays and such, and then I'll generally tell them off, get screamed at, and the class explodes. It wouldn't be as bad, but every time I try to make a point, a couple people will freak out and start shouting "Why the hell are you talking to us? Shut up!" This is like an automatic reaction from people.

The basic connotation of a homophobe is someone that hates, is afraid of, or is otherwise generally discriminatory to homosexuals.

I listened to a conversation two members of my school's show band were having. One of these guys was gay (we'll call him Bob) and the straight guy we'll call Joe.

Joe: **** are so dumb, they're going straight to hell where they belong.

Bob: Are you a homophobe, Joe?

Joe: No, I'm not afraid of anyone. A phobia is a fear.

Bob: Oh, so then you just HATE them?

I would just like to point out that the term "homophobia" is tossed around alot when people oppose gay marriage etc. The definition below is incomplete in that it leaves out the part of "phobia" that is irrational. Homophobia would be the IRRATIONAL fear of homosexuals, much like Arachnaphobia is an irrational fear of spiders. To be against gay marriage because you are religiously, socially, or morally opposed does not make you a homophobe. If, on the other hand, you find yourself getting nervous when a homosexual is around or you have no reason yet you oppose homosexuality, THAT would make you a homophobe.

Why are some of these threads suddenly being erased of past posts?

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SmarterChild: Definition provided by The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Other important copyright information here.

homophobia:

Noun
1. Fear of or contempt for lesbians and gay men. 2. Behavior based on such a feeling.
Etymology
homo(sexual) + -phobia.
Other forms
ho'mo·phobe' n.ho'mo·pho'bic adj.

Was that directed at me? Did I say something? Oh, I am not very ethical sometimes, sorry...

I'm trying, I'm trying!

Many people need to understand what the scientific evidence actually is before they form opinions on gay people and why they are gay.

If gay people had the mind of a man or a woman, whichever is the opposite sex for the individual, they would not be a homosexual. Instead, they would be a transgendered person.

yes I know that! duh...i was just saying that because thats what some kids used to think at my school...until other kids finally told them they were wrong...so imagine what other teens could be thinking...if someone could think up that...

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Some people try to get all scientific about the matter, saying that the only reason people are gay is because of they have the mind of a man or women.

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I just felt the need to make sure you were aware that "gay people have the brains of the other gender" is neither scientific nor true.