Short answers, pulled from the story.
George Weinberg, a psychologist based in New York City, spoke the word homophobia for the first time during a speech in the 1960s. This coinage appeared in print on the 23rd of May 1969 inside an article published by Screw magazine.
Seven countries currently carry the death penalty for homosexual activity including Sudan Yemen Mauritania and Brunei. Nigeria and Somalia impose capital punishment only within certain regions of their territories while Afghanistan under Taliban rule applies the death penalty to anyone convicted of homosexual acts.
A 2018 study calculated worldwide economic costs at one hundred nineteen point one billion dollars. Asia accounted for eighty-eight point two nine billion dollars while Latin America and the Caribbean lost eight point zero four billion and the Middle East and North Africa region suffered sixteen point nine two billion dollars in economic damage.
The International Day Against Homophobia was first celebrated the 17th of May 2005 across more than forty countries. Four largest Latin American nations including Argentina Brazil Mexico and Colombia developed mass media campaigns against homophobia starting in 2002.
Wainwright Churchill coined homoerotophobia as a possible precursor term documented in Homosexual Behavior Among Males in 1967. Hudson and Ricketts introduced homonegativity in a 1980 paper to avoid presumptions about motivation while John Boswell suggested homosexophobia as an alternative in 1980.