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The [[neologism]] was invented by George Weinberg, a gay activist and psychologist, who explained it in 1972 as "the dread of being in close quarters with homosexuals."<ref>Plummer, David, ''One of the Boys: Masculinity, Homophobia, and Modern Manhood'', [http://books.google.com/books?id=xHGz4f_2_7IC&pg=PA3&ots=U8ktZZgnAk&dq=George+Weinberg+homophobia&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=d7hjCcZ1uuBlgdLyRjUJwEn51uA#PPA3,M1 pp. 3-4]: "'Homophobia was introduced into the clinical literature by George Weinberg in 1972, in ''Society and the Healthy Homosexual.'' At that time, he refered to it as 'the dread of being in close quarters with homosexuals.'"</ref> The term entered mainstream currency initially through pornographic publications.
The [[neologism]] was invented by George Weinberg, a gay activist and psychologist, who explained it in 1972 as "the dread of being in close quarters with homosexuals."<ref>Plummer, David, ''One of the Boys: Masculinity, Homophobia, and Modern Manhood'', [http://books.google.com/books?id=xHGz4f_2_7IC&pg=PA3&ots=U8ktZZgnAk&dq=George+Weinberg+homophobia&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=d7hjCcZ1uuBlgdLyRjUJwEn51uA#PPA3,M1 pp. 3-4]: "'Homophobia was introduced into the clinical literature by George Weinberg in 1972, in ''Society and the Healthy Homosexual.'' At that time, he refered to it as 'the dread of being in close quarters with homosexuals.'"</ref> The term entered mainstream currency initially through pornographic publications.
The word comes from combining the Greek prefix ''homo-'', meaning "same", and suffix ''-phobia'', meaning "fear of". In early usage by homosexual activists, the term described heterosexual fears that others might think they were homosexual.<ref>http://www.narth.com/docs/creates.html</ref> The term has not been wholey accepted within the psycholgical theraputic community.
The word comes from combining the Greek prefix ''homo-'', meaning "same", and suffix ''-phobia'', meaning "fear of". In early usage by homosexual activists, the term described fears that others might think they were homosexual.<ref>http://www.narth.com/docs/creates.html</ref> The term has not been wholey accepted within the psycholgical theraputic community.
== Homophobia as an "Irrational Fear" ==
== Homophobia as an "Irrational Fear" ==