How to Use homophobia in a Sentence

homophobia

noun

• There’s not a ton of homophobia around them — was that true to their world?
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 14 Oct. 2022
• There’s so much fear in the air and so much homophobia and anti-Semitism.
  — Christopher Wallenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2018
• Some academics argue this is due to the homophobia of the time.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 5 Feb. 2020
• Right-wingers have used Clark not only to race-bait but to stir homophobia.
  — Karen Attiah, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
• So much homophobia and moral outrage in such a short phrase.
  — Vanessa Barbara, The New York Review of Books, 2 Feb. 2023
• The homophobia Yamilet and her brother Cesar grow up around seeps its way in.
  — Eva Recinos, ELLE, 2 June 2022
• In the past two months, hate speech, sexism and homophobia has been amplified in the country.
  — Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Essence, 18 Nov. 2019
• As such, some have said the lyrics smack of transmisogyny, while others read it as homophobia due to the line about lisps.
  — Mikelle Street, Teen Vogue, 13 Aug. 2018
• Given the homophobia of the past — and present, in some areas — the two hid their relationship.
  — Ariana Brockington, refinery29.com, 29 Apr. 2020
• One of the reasons Cunanan was able to make his way across the country and pick off these victims, many of whom were gay, was because of homophobia at the time.
  — Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Nov. 2017
• One of the reasons Cunanan was able to make his way across the country and pick off these victims, many of whom were gay, was because of homophobia at the time.
  — Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Aug. 2017
• One of the main goals of the hiring was to confront the homophobia that persisted in MLB clubhouses.
  — Rustin Dodd, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
• Born in El Paso, the openly gay wrestler fought to earn a place in Ciudad Juarez’s lucha scene at a time plagued with rampant homophobia.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
• And in the anti-Blackness work, there’s homophobia present.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 28 Aug. 2023
• The film deftly explores the scars left by bullies and homophobia and the highs and the lows of a man who saw beauty in everyone, but couldn't find it in himself.
  — Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• Some of it could be warped to promote homophobia and intolerance of people who don’t toe the line.
  — Regina Lynn, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2007
• The exclusion of Destenay from the caption led some critics to accuse the White House of homophobia.
  — John Paul Brammer, NBC News, 30 May 2017
• The homophobia that plagues too many churches was quick to surface in cultural pews as well.
  — Rev. Jacqui Lewis, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Apr. 2021
• The last to go was homophobia, after being in a workplace where easily 10-20% of the workers were gay.
  — Avi Selk, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2018
• Or a study of the effects of homophobia in Middle America, circa the 1970s.
  — Brendan Kiley, The Seattle Times, 19 July 2017
• The reality is that, much like everywhere in the world, there’s still a lot of transphobia there and there’s still a lot of homophobia.
  — National Geographic, 15 May 2017
• In Germany, the far-right has been accused of stirring homophobia in recent years.
  — Rick Noack, chicagotribune.com, 14 Aug. 2019
• The movie follows a group of straight people who shed their homophobia after an angry travel agent books them on a cruise for gay men.
  — Patrick Cooley, cleveland.com, 24 May 2017
• One of the most horrifying aspects of the dystopia portrayed in The Handmaid's Tale is the rampant homophobia that's enforced in Gilead.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Sep. 2022
• Historically, there has been a lot of homophobia in the hip-hop world.
  — William Earl, Variety, 1 Sep. 2021
• Today is the first day of Pride, which means someone out there just started planning a straight Pride event to placate their homophobia.
  — Lz Granderson, ABC News, 1 June 2021
• Jen’s homophobia toward Brooks, and of course, there are receipts.
  — Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2021
• Not for the faint-hearted, the eye-opening portrayal of homophobia in Hozier's video almost hits too close to home.
  — Paris Close, Billboard, 13 Sep. 2017
• Couch came out as a freshman in college; Sky faces much more blatant homophobia being out in high school.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2021
• Internalized homophobia casts a long shadow, and acceptance, much like queerness itself, is a spectrum.
  — Abigail Covington, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024