Homosexuality was removed from the list of mental illnesses in the United States in 1983.
Homosexuality was once thought to be a disease. Therefore, various methods have been adopted in different societies to cure it.
But most scientists now agree that no matter what kind of sexual orientation a person may have, he or she will be attracted to someone of the same sex or to the opposite sex or both sexes.
One thing most scientists now generally agree on is that it is not possible to cure diseases that are not.
Homosexuality was removed from the list of mental illnesses in the United States in 1983.
The World Health Organization did that in 1990. But lately, attention is being paid to 'homophobia' or hatred and hostility towards homosexuals are now trying to figure out why some people are homophobic, hate homosexuality or feel uncomfortable with it
Attempts are being made to understand homophobia emotionally, culturally and religiously
Is this unreasonable fear?
The word 'phobia' comes from the Greek. Which means unreasonable fear of something.
The term 'homophobia' was first coined in 1980 by the American psychologist George Weinberg.
He wrote in his book Society and the Healthy Homosexual, "I will not consider any patient healthy until he can overcome his hatred of homosexuals."
Emanuel A, a professor of endocrinology and medical sexology in Rome, Italy, did not know.
He described reverse homophobia as a mental illness.
He sparked widespread controversy in 2015 when his research was published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
In an interview with the BBC, he described homophobics as "weak-minded personalities."
He mentions in his research that homophobia is related to psychocytosis.
Psychocyticism is associated with anger and aggression. He considers homophobia to be related to subconscious insecurity
The World Health Organization removed homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses in 1990.
Levels of homophobia
Professor Janini has tried to measure the level of homophobia in his research.
That's why he surveyed 551 Italian university students.
Then he made a comparison with other types of mental illness.
According to him, the more homophobia or homosexuality in a person, the higher the level of psychocytosis.
He thinks homophobia is a psychological issue that can be cured through therapy.
The power of culture
But the mentality of the person is built by the environment around him.
In another study, I tried to see how society and culture played a role in the spread of excessive masculinity or misogyny.
He tried to see if there was a homophobic relationship with
Psychologists have called for the lifting of a ban on homosexual therapy in Brazil.
In 2016, his team conducted research on 1,048 students from three countries who are followers of different religions.
The three countries are Italy, the predominantly Catholic country, Albania, the Muslim-majority country, and Ukraine, where Orthodox Christians predominate.
"The most striking thing here is that religion itself is not related to hatred of homosexuals. Originally, orthodox religious beliefs played a major role in creating the level of homophobia," says Janini.
Homosexuality is a sin in Orthodox Christianity. But liberals say the church does not approve of homophobia.
The role of language
Tierran Brady works for the rights of the LGBT people in Ireland.
"There is no doubt that the language often used by church leaders creates fear and resentment towards the LGBT community," he says.
Research shows that religious leaders' attitudes toward sexual minorities can create negative attitudes.
Brady is trying to campaign for the Catholic Church in Ireland.
According to him, "We are not born homophobic. Hate towards sexual minorities is a learned subject. We hold it from somewhere."
He says, "The church is, of course, the only medium through which this hatred is born. There are many other sources as well, such as sports, politics, society."
However, he feels that global attitudes towards the LGBT population are changing. But this does not mean that the aggressive language towards them will change overnight.
The result of conventional thinking
Patrick R. Grazanka is a psychology teacher at the University of Tennessee in the United States.
His research suggests that homophobia is linked to conventional thinking.
In 2016, he worked on 845 U.S. college students for his research.
They were asked about four different beliefs or ideas.
Homosexuality is a sin in Orthodox Christianity. But liberals say the church does not approve of homophobia.
They are, respectively, that a sexual minority acquires its sexuality by birth.
Everyone in a particular sexual group, such as gay men or women, is the same.
A person is only part of a sexual group.
The fourth is that when you get acquainted with one of the members of a sexual group, everyone becomes like them.
The first is that most students support the idea that a sexual minority acquires its sexuality by birth.
Not all types of students who have a homosexual or heterosexual relationship feel that way.
But those who expressed the most negative views of the LGBT group believed in three other things quite orthodoxly, the study found.
However, researchers believe that more and more people in the LGBT community are talking more openly about their sexuality.