1. This article explains how homophobia doesn’t just hurt the LGBT community, but that it also hurts the heterosexuals as well. It explains the different kinds of homophobia that can be experienced and talks about the repercussions of homophobia. Specifically, this article lists ways in which everyone is negatively affected by the four kinds of homophobia. The author illustrates the social construction of homophobia as a social problem that needs to get fixed. He believes that in the end homophobia hurts every single person in society, so we all need to work on stopping it. That we all have an opportunity to work together to overcome this oppression against homophobia. 2. Homophobia works on the following four interrelated levels: Personal, interpersonal, institutional, and cultural. Personal homophobia refers to the view that people perceive them as either an unfortunate person who can’t control their sexual desires because there is …show more content…
This could include not allowing them to join or giving them the same benefits and rights that straight people receive. Lastly, cultural homophobia is when society has behavior codes that enable oppression. This could be done by stereotyping or by making it seem unacceptable to talk about it and encouraging people to deny what is occurring. 3. Homophobia locks all people into rigid gender-based roles that inhibit creativity and self-expression. I feel as if this is a significant limitation because not everybody enjoys doing the same things just because their gender expects it. It limits people on doing what they truly enjoy and are possibly gifted at. People end up doing what is expected of them so that they aren’t labeled as homophobic and don’t get ridiculed because of it. Therefore they aren’t expressing themselves in the manner that they want and end up sacrificing some of their