Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Peer review/List of anti-LGBT people

List of anti-LGBT people
I'm a student of gender & sexuality history. I was frustrated that it was easy to find specific people who have identified as homosexual/LGBT on Wikipedia, but that only paints one side of the picture. I started developing this list as a beginning resource for people to trace the currents that have defamed, undermined, and demonized gay/homosexual/queer culture from a broad historical perspective. The list seems like it will grow too long to be contained within the page on Homophobia.

Another writer noted that the title of the list can seem anachronistic since the term LGBT didn't exist for most of history, and might also not be accurate since people on the list may not have specifically identified themselves as anti-gay/homosexual/queer even though they enacted or promoted prejudices against gay people/homosexuals/queers. That writer suggested a title something like "Historical figures who have persecuted homosexuals". That seems to work for me, although the extent of what constitutes "persecution" might be open to interpretation. While St. Augustine describing homosexuality as a dreadful sin, for instance, doesn't seem like outright persecution, it certainly was influential in setting up a longstanding system of persecution. Maybe "List of Prominent Figures in the History of Homophobia"? I'd like more input from others, so I'm requesting this peer review to help with a more accurate title. Markwiki (talk) 02:14, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I think it would need to be a lot more specific, establishing clear inclusion criteria, and probably in more than one article. I would propose at least two "List of advocates of the criminalization of homosexuality" and "List of opponents to gay marriage". Not A Superhero (talk) 21:10, 17 December 2011 (UTC)