General Discussion

I'm old school in that sense. Using phobia as only "fear" gave it clarity, learnability, and communicative strength, and makes it much easier to talk and write, in my humble opinion

I personally avoid terms like "homophobia, " although I realize perfectly well that it's probably too late to quibble about that departure from the language structure that I grew up with (which would literally make the term mean something like fear of sameness). If I'm talking about someone who is anti-gay, I use "anti-gay." If they're afraid of gays, I might actually say something like "gay-phobic."