Gregory M. Herek
Professor, Person
1954 –
Who is Gregory M. Herek?
Gregory M. Herek, Ph.D. is a researcher, author, and professor of psychology at the University of California at Davis. He has conducted extensive research on prejudice against sexual minorities, and coined the term sexual prejudice as a replacement for homophobia to describe this phenomenon. Herek argued that using the term homophobia incorrectly assumes that negative responses to lesbian, gay, and bisexual people are founded in pathological, irrational fear, whereas psychological research indicates they are more accurately regarded as a form of prejudice. Herek is an openly and prominent gay psychologist.
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