Original sentence: " Five key differences are listed as distinguishing homophobia, as often used, from a true phobia.Haaga says that contemporary usage includes "a wide range of negative emotions, attitudes and behaviours toward homosexual people," which are characteristics that are not consistent with accepted definitions of phobias, that of "an intense, illogical, or abnormal fear of a specified thing.However, when taken literally, homophobia may be a problematic term
Edited sentence: "  Five key differences are listed as distinguishing homophobia, as often used,  from a true phobia.Haaga notes that contemporary usage includes "a wide range of negative emotions, attitudes and behaviours toward homosexual people"  which characteristics are not consistent with accepted definitions of phobias, that of  "an intense, illogical, or abnormal fear of a specified thing.However,  when taken literally, homophobia is a problematic term