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George Weinberg is an American Psychologist with a doctorate in clinical psychology and degrees in English and mathematics. Weinberg used the word "homophobia" to clarify that people who are prejudice against homosexuals are suffering from a psychological malady, or an irrational state of mind. Though being heterosexual himself, Weinberg became a successful leader in the struggle to remove homosexuality as a diagnostic category in the professional therapeutic handbook. One can call him an activist for the rights of homosexuals.
Homophobia stems from individual social and systematic prejudice. Like all attitudes and behaviours based on predudice and hatred, such as sexism mysogyny and racism, homophobia has no real foundation. It comes from one's and society's inability to cope with the differences of others, which can be seen as a threat to individuals then eventually to society in general.
