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Categorism focused on targeting the category of homosexuals, usually including bisexuals. (In Swedish: homofobi)
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Categorism [[foci of categorism|focused]] on targeting the category of homosexuals, usually including other non-heterosexuals such as bisexuals and pansexuals. (In Swedish: homofobi)
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This is a [[foci of categorism|focus of categorism]].
 
  
 
==Examples of facets expressed through this focus==
 
==Examples of facets expressed through this focus==
  
 
* ''[[Biased Balance]]'': Not standing up for the right for gay people to have their relationships in peace as well as the right for religious people to worship in peace, but instead standing up for a balance between the right for gay people to have their relationships in peace versus the “right” for religious people to persecute gay people.
 
* ''[[Biased Balance]]'': Not standing up for the right for gay people to have their relationships in peace as well as the right for religious people to worship in peace, but instead standing up for a balance between the right for gay people to have their relationships in peace versus the “right” for religious people to persecute gay people.
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* ''[[Categorist Slurs]]'': Using words like "gay" and "faggot" as generic insults or as describing some bad way of being silly and pathetic.
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* ''[[Dehumanization]]'': Talking about gay people as if they were animals in heat.

Revision as of 01:37, 22 January 2015

Categorism focused on targeting the category of homosexuals, usually including other non-heterosexuals such as bisexuals and pansexuals. (In Swedish: homofobi)


Examples of facets expressed through this focus

  • Biased Balance: Not standing up for the right for gay people to have their relationships in peace as well as the right for religious people to worship in peace, but instead standing up for a balance between the right for gay people to have their relationships in peace versus the “right” for religious people to persecute gay people.
  • Categorist Slurs: Using words like "gay" and "faggot" as generic insults or as describing some bad way of being silly and pathetic.
  • Dehumanization: Talking about gay people as if they were animals in heat.