Specific challeng and program mols for retakers of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr dividuals wh ser mental illns.
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* counseling with lgbt clients *
But many have a gapg hole their knowledge: The sid role that ternalized homophobia plays many of the people’s liv. More extremely, they may even be subjected to the horrors of “gay-nversn" therapy. When same-sex attractn is supprsed, homophobia, biphobia, or transphobia often bee ternalized, leadg to lifelong feelgs of self-loathg and shame.
There are many clu to ternalized homophobia that a therapist more wily ted about LGBTQ issu n pick up. A gay client is seekg, perhaps onle or bars, “straight-actg” iends and partners. In other words, his assumptn is that “straight-actg” means more mascule, ls likely to be seen as gay than if the person was more effemate.
” This gay male has ternalized the belief that mascule men are straight and feme men are gay. There is nothg wrong wh preferrg someone who is overtly mascule, but llg “straight-actg” rather than “mascule actg” is a form of ternalized homophobia. Younger lennial gay men are creasgly sayg they are lookg for “alpha men, ” which is more acceptable.