Re: Arizona lawmakers pass controversial anti-gay bill
Pretty much everyone that uses it. If it is not a phobia the term has no purpose being used against anyone.
LOL....since few if anyone HERE is a clinical psychologist, the CONTEXT of the use precludes it is not being used as medical term.
But go ahead and play grammar cop if you like....
It is a great distraction.
PS:
Terms for prejudice
A number of terms with the suffix -phobia are used non-clinically. Such terms are primarily understood as negative attitudes towards certain categories of people or other things, used in an analogy with the medical usage of the term. Usually these kinds of "phobias" are described as fear, dislike, disapproval, prejudice, hatred, discrimination, or hostility towards the object of the "phobia". Often this attitude is based on prejudices and is a particular case of most xenophobia.
Below are some examples:
Biphobia - Negative attitudes and feelings towards bisexuality and bisexual people as a social group or as individuals.
Homophobia - Negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who are identified or perceived as being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT).
Islamophobia - Negative attitudes and feelings towards Islam or Muslims, particularly radical Muslims
Transphobia - Negative attitudes and feelings towards transsexualism and transsexual or transgender people, based on the expression of their internal gender identity.
Xenophobia – fear or dislike of strangers or the unknown, sometimes used to describe nationalistic political beliefs and movements.
