Tag: Homophobia

Why I Never Use the Word Homophobia in the Classroom

Why I Never Use the Word Homophobia in the Classroom (Part Two of a Series on the Pedagogy of Creative Writing) I’m not an activist. I’m a teacher. Both require some manipulation to yield the desired results. One of those

A Young Guy’s Video about Gay Teen suicide

A Facebook friend posted this and I was really moved and wanted to pass it along too. I wrote last week about the death of 11 year old, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover who hung himself after being bullied at school week

Homophobia Associated Homosexual Arousal

This makes a lot of sense. Homophobia is the outward expression for men who are either unaware of, or in denial of their own homosexual tendencies. Straight men who do not experience homosexual arousal are inclined to do nothing towards