I belive this is due to the opinions which vary from person to person. In my experience I believe homophobia to be a cause of insecurity and fear of difference.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_are_people_homophobic
What is homophobia? What causes people to be homophobic? What types of prejudice do gay and lesbian people face, and what can be done about it? ... A homophobic climate forces gay and lesbian people to decide whether to declare their sexual orientation, and face the possible discrimination from their family and society,
www.avert.org/homophobia.htm www.avert.org/homophobia.htm
"Phobia" means an illogical/irrational fear of something/someone. Of what are homophobic people afraid? ... Feelings of guilt or shame for having a forbidden attraction for people of the same gender? ... 2. Why are people homophobic? What causes homophobia?;
www.wiu.edu/UCOSO/homphdis.htm
Homophobia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Homophobia (from Greek homós : one and the same; phóbos : fear, phobia) is defined as an "irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals", or individuals ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophobia
If black people are 'homophobic', then good for them. Homosexuality is abnormal. All of you know that you wouldn't be here if you parents had been homosexual. If black people understand this then it's time that whites learn from them.
www.politicsdaily.com/2009/08/14/are-black-people-reall... www.politicsdaily.com/2009/08/14/are-black-people-really-homophobic/
4. Primary-school pupils are too young to understand. Surely we should not mention gay people? ... Homophobic language is used in primary schools without the pupils necessarily realising what it is that they are saying. Primary schools should respond to homophobic bullying in an age-appropriate way whilst demonstrating that...
www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/behaviour/tacklingbul... www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/behaviour/tacklingbullying/homophobicbullying/faqs/Primary-school_pupils/
For example if I downgraded this current question it wouldn't be because I fear homosexuals, it would be because I think that the premise of your question "homophobic people downgrade glbt questions," is a faulty premise.
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WASHINGTON -- Psychoanalytic theory holds that homophobia -- the fear, anxiety, anger, discomfort and aversion that some ostensibly heterosexual people hold for gay individuals -- ... Similarly, while 24% of the nonhomophobic men showed definite tumescence while watching the homosexual video, 54% of the homophobic men did.
www.philosophy-religion.org/handouts/homophobia.htm www.philosophy-religion.org/handouts/homophobia.htm
And if Black people are so homophobic as was scurrilously charged in California based on a flawed exit poll in Los Angeles County, explain why Prop 8 was defeated in Alameda County, which has a 13% Black population?
www.racialicious.com/2009/04/07/black-people-more-homop... www.racialicious.com/2009/04/07/black-people-more-homophobic-youre-kidding-right/