I try very hard not to post political or controversial viewpoints online. I have my opinions, you have yours. We are all entitled to them.

This past weekend there was another horrifying story in the news. A shooting at an LGBT nightclub. Innocent people enjoying a night out with friends and partners were killed. This is both sad and horrifying.

But it has me thinking of literary definition of suffixes.

Homophobia is the fear of people who are gay. Mass murder is not due to fear, it is due to anger and rage. The suffix -phobia does not even come close.

So I looked up a better suffix. -odiumic, the dislike of something. Someone who dislikes someone, or a group of someones, who are gay is homodiumic.

It’s a difficult word to say. I am hoping to not have to use it often.

Homoan. Not sure if this is correct, but -an is the support of something.

Be kind. We’re all human, we’re all people.

References: MacMillan Dictionary
English Stack Exchange