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-phobic also means "repelled by" or "lacks an affinity to". There's numerous compounds (often used as a barrier layer on things) that are designed to be hydro-phobic, oleo-phobic, ice-phobic, omni-phobic...

One could argue that mechanical/chemical functions are involved in your examples, which is not the case on the definition I was referring to. Either way, -phobia is not a good representation of the emotion I feel when confronted with gay imagery.