ABSTRACT
The term homophobia, first used by Weinberg (1972), refers not only to the fear of homosexuals and homosexuality but also to all negative attitudes and prejudices against gay people. Internalized homophobia is the gay person's repudiation of thoughts, feelings, desires, and sexual behaviors involving same-sex partners. It regularly results in shame, guilt, anger, and tendencies toward self-punishment (Friedman, 1991; Malyon, 1982).
