a preconceived opinion or attitude that is not based on reason, particularly towards a group of people – opinions and attitudes that are usually unfavourable (but not always), and as such as discriminatory.

An example of prejudice is to believe that a gay man is, by his very nature, immoral simply because he is gay; or that a transgender individual is mentally ill. Such attitudes become detrimental when they start to influence attitudes in society and its institutions – such as in employment, when job offers may be restricted from such individuals because of these preconceived ideas.

Queer people have faced prejudice in society and continue to do so, and such attitudes manifest into homophobia, lesbophobia, biphobia, transphobia, acephobia, interphobia, etc; that have been detrimental to the health and well-being of Queer people.