Psychiatry and Psychology

Homophobia

Differential treatment or unequal access to opportunities or services based on perceived homosexual preference or orientation.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Differential treatment or unequal access to opportunities or services based on perceived homosexual preference or orientation.

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Anti-Gay Bias
  • Anti-Homosexual Bias
  • Anti Gay Bias
  • Anti Homosexual Bias
  • Anti-Gay Bia
  • Anti-Homosexual Bia
  • Bia, Anti-Gay
  • Bia, Anti-Homosexual
  • Bias, Anti-Gay
  • Bias, Anti-Homosexual
  • Homophobias

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2013

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Previous Indexing

  • Homosexuality (1966-2012)
  • Stereotyping (1966-2012)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. F01.145.813w.550w.374w
  2. F01.145.813w.629w.562w
  3. F01.829w.595w.374w

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NLM Classification

WM 620.5.H6

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Homophobia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D063509. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D063509
  2. Homophobia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophobia
  3. Homophobia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33487