The so-called homophobia (Homophobia) is the fear of homosexuality that leads to many abnormal behaviors. Such as attacking homosexuals and having obstacles in contact with same-sex friends. The occurrence of homophobia can be roughly divided into two situations:

1. People who are gay but cannot accept the fact that they are gay, or even suppress it and start to fear gay people.

2. I am heterosexual, but due to prejudice and misunderstanding against homosexuality, I am deeply afraid that the existence of homosexuality will destroy the stability of the traditional patriarchal system, resulting in a strong sense of rejection.

3. Because of the lack of understanding of AIDS, people are afraid of being infected by homosexuals. What needs to be reiterated is that homosexuality ≠ AIDS. AIDS is an infectious disease that everyone can be infected with. In recent years, the number of heterosexuals infected with AIDS has exceeded that of homosexuals. The only difference between homosexuals and ordinary people is that they like to fall in love with people of the same gender as themselves.

Although the term comes from psychology, homophobia is not a term for a mental illness. Unlike agoraphobia and some other phobias, clinical homophobia does not exist, although the phenomenon is still studied by the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Association. New psychiatric research links a deep hatred of homosexuality to a psychological state that suppresses homosexuality.

It is believed that homophobia can seriously interfere with normal or appropriate sexual activities, especially interpersonal relationships with people of the same and opposite sex. People with homophobia (especially young people) may be constitutively heterosexual, may have had few homosexual sexual experiences, have been homosexuals for a period of time, or even be homosexuals. The emergence of this kind of psychology is mainly related to the condemnation of homosexuality by traditional social culture, especially related to the individual's misunderstanding of homosexuality and psychological quality. This negative attitude makes some people feel deeply insecure and extremely afraid of homosexuality. If they have had some homosexual experiences, they may have obvious feelings of guilt that can even cause anxiety and depression.