Chris McCarthy & Mike Dillon.
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Chris McCarthy and Mike Dillon Mike Dillon may refer to: - Mike Dillon (NASCAR) - a driver on the NASCAR circuit
- Mike Dillon (musician) - percussionist/vibraphonist, member of Critters Buggin and Les Claypool's Fancy Band
used a simple and daring strategy to battle homophobia homophobia Psychology An irrationally negative attitude toward those with homosexual orientation, or toward becoming homosexual. See Closet, Gay-bashing, Heterosexism. Cf Gay, Homosexual, Phobia. in their New Jersey high schools: They spoke up. And now through their group Gay Youth Against Discrimination, they're encouraging other high schoolers in the state to do the same. By the time McCarthy came out during his senior year, he was fed up with the abuse he'd endured. His solution--to alert his school principal to the harassment and ask for help in making it stop--worked. Within a month McCarthy scarcely heard a slur in his school. "I am very proud to say that I made a big difference in a very large school system and a lot of students' lives," he says. Now McCarthy and Dillon travel to schools throughout the state to persuade more school officials to ban homophobic ho·mo·pho·bi·a
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1. Fear of or contempt for lesbians and gay men.
2. Behavior based on such a feeling.
[homo(sexual) + -phobia. language and actions in their hallways.
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