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Which part of my explanation didn't you grasp? When someone's fear or loathing of a certain thing or certain type of person causes them to behave irrationally and in a way which is ultimately harmful to themselves, it is called a phobia. There are many kinds of phobias, and homophobia is one of them. Also arachnophobia, agorophobia, claustrophobia, and my personal favorite, hoplophobia -- you know, the folks who run screaming out the room making complete fools of themselves at the sight of gun, because despite a complete lack of evidence, they believe guns are apt to go off unexpectedly, and who refuse to have a gun in their home or carry a gun, no matter how dangerous a neighborhood they live or work in, because they believe, again despite a complete lack of evidence, that it can only be used successfully against themselves and not against an assailant. There are people who behave equally irrationally and self-destructively around gay people; they suffer from homophobia. They are not to be confused with people who simply don't like to be around gay people, or with people whose religious beliefs lead them to view homosexuality as immoral; or with people who believe that the social order conferred by traditional order is of such paramount importance that homosexual relationships must be condemned -- these groups are not apt to impulsively respond to the realization that someone standing next to them is gay, by slugging the person, and getting themselves locked up in prison for assault and battery, where they will likely involuntarily experience that thing which terrifies them the most. Get the difference now?