Queering the Binaries

Question 1

Homophobia

Answer 1

The fear of being percieved as gay or the fear of those who are gay - functions as a form of gendered control

Question 2

Heterosexual Privilage

Answer 2

Unearned, taken for granted privaleges for being heterosexual in our society, often unaware

Question 3

Heterosexism

Answer 3

Cultural homophobia refers to societal values and “norms” that privialege heterosexuality over all other forms of gender expression and sexual orientation

Question 4

Instituional Homophobia

Answer 4

The ways the governements, organizations, some religions, buisenesses and other insitiutions discriminate against people on the basis of their sexuality or gender identity