The Myth of the Vlent, Self-Hatg Gay Homophobe -- Science of Us

Contents:

• NSW POLICE LOSE URT BID TO EXCLU STT JOHNSON KILLG OM GAY HATE QUIRY
• 10 MOST WILDLY ANTI-GAY PREACHERS AMERI
• ARE HOMOPHOBIC PEOPLE REALLY GAY AND NOT ACCEPTG IT?
• ARE HOMOPHOB REALLY GAY?
• SURPRISE, SURPRISE: GAY REPUBLINS REALLY ARE SELF-LOATHG, STUDY FDS
• THE MYTH OF THE VLENT, SELF-HATG GAY HOMOPHOBE
• VIO OF 'ANTI-GROOMER' PROTT OUTSI GAY BAR SPARKS OUTRAGE
• 18 ANTI-GAY GROUPS AND THEIR PROPAGANDA

NSW POLICE LOSE URT BID TO EXCLU STT JOHNSON KILLG OM GAY HATE QUIRY

Cred: Getty ImagHomophob should nsir a ltle self-reflectn, suggts a new study fdg those dividuals who are most hostile toward gays and hold strong anti-gay views may themselv have same-sex sir, albe unrver on.

10 MOST WILDLY ANTI-GAY PREACHERS AMERI

Those participants who reported their heterosexualy spe havg hidn same-sex sir were also the most likely to show hostily toward gay dividuals, cludg self-reported anti-gay attus, endorsement of anti-gay polici and discrimatn such as supportg harsher punishments for homosexuals. For example, I eely e “queer” spe s history as a slur, and I love llg myself and other gay men “homos, ” even though some nsir this word a slur also ( my fense, “homo” is more basely factual than any other term: I am, after all, a homosexual). A bid by New South Wal police to exclu a high-profile killg om a gay hate quiry has been ath of US mathematician Stt Johnson is one of dozens of s unr the spotlight at a special missn of quiry to spected gay hate crim Sydney between 1970 and 27-year-old died after he was punched at a gay beat on Sydney’s northern beach.

In the latt velopment, Stt Phillip Whe plead guilty to throwg the punch that ultimately ed Johnson to fall to his month, jtice Robert Beech-Jon dismissed “what appears to be an absurd suggtn [by police] that Dr Johnson killed himself” when sentencg Whe to ne years past newsletter promotnafter newsletter promotnNSW police had argued Johnson’s ath was outsi the current quiry’s terms of reference on the basis the matter was not unsolved, the man rponsible for his ath intified as gay and a sentencg judge did not fd the ath to be motivated by gay the quiry’s missner, jtice John Sackar, on Tuday led s terms of reference were much wir and answers to qutns such as how and why Johnson died were still not urt did not make a fdg beyond reasonable doubt that Whe was motivated by gay hate, but did not le out the possibily, he is due to hand down his fal report next month. Louie Gigl beg removed om givg the benedictn at the Ingural addrs over his past anti-gay ments serv to remd everyone that gay bashg is still a favore past-time certa evangelil Christian to anti-gay pastors specifilly, there are those wh feelgs of hate and those wh somethg so far off the wall that you wonr if supernatural mon posssn is to blame.

ARE HOMOPHOBIC PEOPLE REALLY GAY AND NOT ACCEPTG IT?

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ARE HOMOPHOB REALLY GAY?

The lear of the famo Wtboro Baptist Church regularly pickets ary funerals, polil ralli, and gay pri gathergs to spread the msage that the bloodshed Iraq and Afghanistan is God’s punishment for toleratg gays. No stranger to ntroversy, the host of the 700 Club has done some outrageo thgs on his show like enuragg a father to seek anti-gay nversn therapy for his gay son, as well as pare gay marriage wh polygamy, btialy, and pedophilia. A seri of studi recently published the prtig Journal of Personaly and Social Psychology found higher levels of homophobia dividuals wh unacknowledged attractns to the same sex, particularly when they grew up wh thorarian parents who also held homophobic attus.

In the Universy of Rochter's prs release, Netta Weste, the study's lead thor, said, "Individuals who intify as straight but psychologil tts show a strong attractn to the same sex may be threatened by gays and lbians bee homosexuals remd them of siar tennci wh themselv.

Acrdg to the team of rearchers, this study is the first to document the role that both parentg and sexual orientatn play the formatn of anti-gay attus, cludg self-reported homophobic attus, discrimatory bias, implic hostily towards gays, and endorsement of anti-gay polici. This ngence between implic and explic measur of sexual orientatn predicted a variety of homophobic behavrs, cludg self-reported anti-gay attus, implic hostily towards gays, endorsement of anti-gay polici, and discrimatory bias such as the assignment of harsher punishments for homosexuals. Dpe recent gas gay civil rights, cludg the recent US Supreme Court lgs on marriage, the overturng of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, ” as well as the legalizatn of same-sex marriage many foreign untri, homophobia is alive and well both here and abroad.

SURPRISE, SURPRISE: GAY REPUBLINS REALLY ARE SELF-LOATHG, STUDY FDS

Recently Print Vladmir Put signed an anti-propoganda law that rulted the recent arrts of several gay Dutch tourists and may give police the right to arrrt anyone who portrays homosexuay posively cludg LGBT teachers and parents (). In a 1993 study, levels of homophobia were asssed among 64 men along wh their sexual aroal (measured by creas penile circumference) rponse to erotic vios of heterosexual, same-sex female, and same-sex male enunters.

Ee Griffh, a recently ceased welterweight and middleweight champn, pummeled an opponent to ath after he had lled him an anti-gay slur, Griffh ntug to punch him the head well after he had clearly won the fight.

Add this anecdote to several others cludg that of right wg polician Larry Craig, who pled guilty to lewd behavr toward other men an airport bathroom but who also champned anti-gay legislatn durg his polil reer, and Ted Haggard, lear of the famoly anti-gay Natnal Associatn of the Evangelils, who rigned after was disvered he was engagg male prostut.

THE MYTH OF THE VLENT, SELF-HATG GAY HOMOPHOBE

Mart of his ultimate tent as well as an admissn of the anti-Christian and anti-Christ tent unrlyg the LGBT cultural movement: To -opt the msage of the Gospel, to throne J Christ the hearts and mds of Christians, and to stall homosexualy and transgenrism His place.

VIO OF 'ANTI-GROOMER' PROTT OUTSI GAY BAR SPARKS OUTRAGE

Homophob should nsir a ltle self-reflectn, suggts a new study fdg those dividuals who are most hostile toward gays and hold strong anti-gay views may themselv have same-sex sir, albe unrver prejudice of homophobia may also stem om thorarian parents, particularly those wh homophobic views as well, the rearchers add. "Ryan utned, however, that this lk is only one source of anti-gay homosexualyIn four studi, the rearchers looked at the discrepanci between what people say about their sexual orientatn and their implic sexual orientatn based on a reactn-time tt. " [5 Ways to Foster Self-Compassn Your Child]Those participants who reported their heterosexualy spe havg hidn same-sex sir were also the most likely to show hostily toward gay dividuals, cludg self-reported anti-gay attus, endorsement of anti-gay polici and discrimatn such as supportg harsher punishments for rearch may help to expla the unrpngs of anti-gay bullyg and hate crim, the rearchers note.

18 ANTI-GAY GROUPS AND THEIR PROPAGANDA

Lashg out may ultimately be an ditor of the person's own ternal nflict wh sexual ner nflict n be seen some high-profile s which anti-gay public figur are ught engagg same-sex acts, the rearchers say. In 2012, the Chigo-based Civil Rights Agenda issued a statement claimg that Chick-fil-A had promised to “no longer give to anti-gay anizatns, such as Foc on the Fay and the Natnal Organizatn for marriage.