So much foc has been on wng rights that we’ve missed the sufferg of those still stgglg wh gay shame, wr Matthew Todd, a former edor of Attu magaze
Contents:
- I LIKE GUYS BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE GAY. HOW DO I STOP BEG GAY?
- SELF-HATRED AND THE STGGL OF BEG GAY
- SELF-LOATHG AMONG GAY PEOPLE IS NOTHG NEW. WE’RE OVERWHELMED BY
I LIKE GUYS BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE GAY. HOW DO I STOP BEG GAY?
When I realized I was gay, all of that hatred that I showed to others turned on myself. I hate gay people, I am gay — th, I need to not be gay. * i hate myself for being gay *
I like guys but I don’t want to be gay.
How do I stop beg gay? You don’t need to be certa you are gay before talkg to someone or attendg an LGBTQ+ meetg. I am a gay male.
I have been out nearly 7 years now (age 16, sophomore year of HS).
SELF-HATRED AND THE STGGL OF BEG GAY
That week I told my iends and fay I was gay. It is very homogeneo/ hetero-normative and beg a tholic stutn is not the easit environment for queer stunts. I hate myself for beg gay.
I n’t lie to myself anymore about how I feel, I’m a shame to my muny and my iend group, I hate beg gay, I wish I wasn’t, I don’t f , and I wish I did. No amount of therapy has helped my ternalized homophobia, I feel like I’m a failure to my fay for beg gay. Suici is my only optn, I’m never gog to be happy wh myself, I’m always gog to be ashamed around my iends for my ternalized homophobia, and no therapy will help.
A sentence I’ve said to myself every day of my life sce then has been somethg like “I hate beg gay” or “I hate my suatn life.
SELF-LOATHG AMONG GAY PEOPLE IS NOTHG NEW. WE’RE OVERWHELMED BY
It is a legimate ncern sce suici rat are three tim higher among gay men than other people groups, and suicidaly is somethg I did stggle wh as a teen. Ever sce I was young, I was tght that one of the biggt threats to the church and society was the gay agenda.
We heard regular warngs om the pulp about the gays.