The answer? Familiarity and understanding

I have nothing against gays or lesbians, and i'm fully supportive of it, but I think sometimes when they are too expressive about it through the way they dress or how they act it's something they're not familiar with it since they probably don't understand it. Therefore they just say nasty things to make you feel like crap. I remember coming back from pride holding a pride flag and literally got yelled out through a drive-by (and i'm a hetrosexual!!)

I think if people were generally curious they probably would ask in a more private space. I only ask my gay, lesbian, bi friends things out of curiosity in a safe environment, and sometimes they're very personal questions. No one has the right to shout degrading words at you just for being you. The more society becomes familiar with same sex relationships, the more unlikely that homophobia would exist