Liberal homophobia is the acceptance ofhomosexuality as long as it remains hidden.[1][2][3] It is a type ofhomophobia in which, despite acceptance ofsexual diversity, prejudices and stereotypes that marginalize or underestimateLGBTQ people are perpetuated.[4]
Liberal homophobia is a practice that is based on understandingrelationships andsexuality asprivate issues and, therefore, acceptingindividual freedom over them as long as they do not emerge in thepublic sphere.[5][6] However, members of theLGBTQ movement maintain thatsexual orientation is an inherently public issue becausestraight people are not constrained to hide their relationships in public as gay people are.[6]
Liberal homophobia is expressed in many areas where homosexuality is made public, such as theLGBT pride parades, awareness campaigns in schools, at work, beingout of the closet, or havinggender non-conforming mannerisms or dress, without taking into account thediscrimination that LGBTQIA+ people face.[6]
Authors such as Alberto Mira and Daniel Borrillo consider that this is a type of homophobia that is characterized by the "yes, but...". Homosexuality is tolerated, provided it is silenced andheterocentric normality is accepted. Any transgression of that norm is rejected as victimist, ghettoed, activist or proselytizer.[1][2][7] In the words of Mira:
— Alberto Mira,De Sodoma a Chueca[2]
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