. . . "Several mainstream newspapers are pushing back. (Newspapers and other media are under no orders to follow AP guidelines.) ???Baltimore Sun??? copy editor John E. McIntyre wrote in his op-ed ???Sorry, AP, can???t go along on ???homophobia?????? that the AP ruling is ???reasoned, principled, and wrong-headed.??? McIntyre points to the 40-year usage of the word ???homophobia??? and makes a practical" .