The U.S. Supreme Court's recent lg legalizg marriage between same-sex upl all 50 stat follows on the heels of natnal polls showg rapid cultural chang attus toward lbian and gay people. A new study nfirms this, showg that not only are Amerins' nsc and unnsc bias agast lbian women and gay men creasg across all mographic groups, but the trend also appears to be acceleratg. The onle study of more than 500,000 people showed that women, as well as whe, Hispanic, liberal and younger people, showed the greatt rctns bias." id="metasummary
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- GAY ‘SERIAL KILLER’ FILMED HIMSELF AND ANOTHER MAN ‘DG RAPG UNNSC MAN ON NEW YEAR’S EVE’
- STUDY: IMPLIC BIAS AGAST LBIANS, GAYS DECREASG ACROSS DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS
- AM I GAY ENOUGH?
- IMPLIC BIAS AGAST LBIANS, GAYS CREASG ACROSS MOGRAPHIC GROUPS, STUDY SHOWS
GAY ‘SERIAL KILLER’ FILMED HIMSELF AND ANOTHER MAN ‘DG RAPG UNNSC MAN ON NEW YEAR’S EVE’
As I’ve grown to unrstand om my iends, fellow LGBTQ muny members, lleagu, and clicians, ternalized homophobia is what happens when we take the bias, prejudic, and hatred towards gay folks rerced by society (aka societal homophobia) and turn the bias ward back on ourselv.
STUDY: IMPLIC BIAS AGAST LBIANS, GAYS DECREASG ACROSS DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS
I should also acknowledge there is bate wh the psychologil and scientific muny as to the extent that this impacts gay and lbian dividuals and if we should e the term "ternalized homophobia" or stead nstct and redirect our attentn stead towards "more salient issu of cultural and stutnalized heterosexism.
AM I GAY ENOUGH?
I also want to acknowledge that while this post is focg on ternalized homophobia, much of n also apply to ternalized transphobia, which has siar roots societal norms around what is normative society, but wh regards to genr. Psychology Today blogger Joe Kort wr about this, notg that many therapists, while affirmg of their LGBTQIA clients, may not be aware of "the sid role that ternalized homophobia plays many of the people’s liv.
IMPLIC BIAS AGAST LBIANS, GAYS CREASG ACROSS MOGRAPHIC GROUPS, STUDY SHOWS
So even if you don’t thk you are homophobic or transphobic any way, there are likely to be some unnsc bias unr the surface—jt as a product of livg a society where beg heterosexual and cisgenr is portrayed as the norm. The assumptn that gay or bisexual people are promiscuo or have many sexual partners: Some queer people may choose to have many sexual partners, some may be monogamo, and some may be on the asexual spectm or simply not have an active sex life—so, the array is pretty much the same as wh heterosexual people.
The stereotype that gay men are “feme” or that lbians are “mascule”: Certaly there are parts of gay male culture that embrace tradnally feme quali and pastim, and parts of lbian culture that embrace tradnally male quali and pastim—but when ed as a generalizatn, this is a stereotype bee don’t apply to all gay men jt bee they are gay or all lbian women jt bee they are lbians.