clipped from: rationalwiki.com Heterophobia is a neologism constructed by certain conservative websites[1] to delegitimize the gay rights movement's campaign for equal treatment and an end to anti-gay bigotry.
The term implies that, rather than reacting to anti-gay rhetoric, homosexuals and gay rights advocates are in fact speaking out against heterosexuality and heterosexuals. This phraseology attempts to equate the fight against bigotry with bigotry itself. (However, since in the Greek heterophobia can be translated as "fear of difference", it is somewhat ironic that the anti-gay position should in fact be called heterophobic.)
