Antedating of "Homophobia"

[Wilson Gray]

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 7:59 PM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
> the word was used to refer to heterosexual men's fear that others might think they are gay

A phobia against being thought to be a homo?! Was that meant to be
taken seriously?!

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