Homophobia

New research suggests that sexual minorities are particularly vulnerable to dependency on these drugs.

• By Tom Jacobs

The World Psychiatric Association has come out against conversion therapy—a long discredited and widely condemned practice that won't go away.

• By Kate Wheeling

The lingering stereotype of homosexuals as promiscuous.

• By Tom Jacobs

The Supreme Court’s endorsement of gay marriage has forced homophobia to come out of the closet.

• By Ted Scheinman

Crimes targeting black and transgender Americans persist, but they are under-reported and under-recorded.

• By Lauren Kirchner

As anti-gay prejudice becomes less socially acceptable, homophobia joins racism and sexism in the ranks of biases veiled behind supposed ambivalence.

• By Bettina Chang

The complicated pleasures of Nicholas Wrathall's hagiographic new documentary.

• By Ted Scheinman