This inquiry explores whether homophobic labels and category-neutral terms are divergently evaluated as a function of levels of coming-out. After reporting their coming-out status, participants were exposed to either homophobic or category labels and reported their semantic associations, level of internalized homophobia, and body perceptions. Results display that labels were more positively assessed as participants’ coming-out raised. High–coming-out individuals reported higher internalized homophobia and body concerns in the homophobic rather than category labels condition. Low–coming-out individuals showed the reverse pattern.