The most virulent and commonplace expressions of homophobia are directed towards homosexual males. Discussed in Pharr, Gagnon and Simon, and in John Hart and Diane Richardson's The Theory and Practice of Homosexuality. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, Ltd. 1981.

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