
Homophobia is an aversion to or hatred of gay, lesbian or homosexual people, or their lifestyle or culture, or generally of people with a different sexual orientation, including bi-sexual and transgender people.

| 1. | an act or instance of discriminating. |
| 2. | treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit: racial and religious intolerance and discrimination. |

| 3. | the power of making fine distinctions; discriminating judgment: She chose the colors with great discrimination. |
| 4. | Archaic. something that serves to differentiate. |