Someone's sexualy is personal, so 's important to rpect their privacy. However, you might want to know if a person is gay bee you're terted datg them or want to support them as a iend. Beg open wh them n be...
Contents:
- HOW TO TELL IF SOMEONE IS GAY: 10 SUBTLE CLU THAT MAKE IT LIKELY
- HOW TO DISCREETLY FD OUT IF SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS GAY
- HOW DO I KNOW IF I AM NIAL ABOUT BEG GAY?
HOW TO TELL IF SOMEONE IS GAY: 10 SUBTLE CLU THAT MAKE IT LIKELY
You n’t ask a person who don’t propose that they are gay or not. Even if ’s jt a clue. But here are 10 ways to tell if someone is gay or not. * how to tell if someone is gay but in denial *
“The worst homophob are simply at war wh their own secret ternal nature.
Internalized homophobia n be fed as the tenncy of some lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) dividuals to regularly validate, margalize, and/or opprs their own or other LGBTQ members’ sexual orientatn, sexual inty, self-worth, dividual exprsns, and human rights.
Often, those wh gre of ternalized homophobia are nscly or unnscly socialized to believg that members of the LGBTQ muny are “abnormal”, “shameful”, “unsirable” and “unacceptable”, and should be regard wh disda (self-rejectn) and ntempt (self-loathg).
HOW TO DISCREETLY FD OUT IF SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS GAY
So, you thk you're straight, but you still feel a lot of weird guilt and anxiety when gay stuff up nversatn for no discernible reason? Or maybe the thought of beg wh someone of the same genr as you sends you to a weird panic? Could you be gay, but nial? Well, here's this handy ltle quiz ma jt for you! * how to tell if someone is gay but in denial *
It is important to emphasize that ternalized homophobia typilly occurs the ntext of a hetero-centric society that often stigmatiz, nigrat, and nmns LGBTQs.
HOW DO I KNOW IF I AM NIAL ABOUT BEG GAY?
It is also signifint to note that while some people wh ternalized homophobia are “out of the closet” and openly alg their own sexual orientatn/sexual inty issu, many others are still “ the closet” (to themselv and/or to others) and secretly stgglg. Many closet LGBTQ dividuals grew-up tradnal, nservative environments where “anti-gay bias” and “gay bashg” are the norm fay, social, tnal, relig, media, social media, and polil environments.
It is a classic example of gaslightg, where a perpetrator ( this se a hetero-centric, homophobic society) nvc the victim that she/he/they are much ls important and worthy than who they tly are. While some LGBTQ dividuals may ocsnally dabble the followg behavrs, which might not be a ser issue, someone wh strong ternalized homophobia will routely engage one or more of the pathologi (dysfunctns) below, while remag largely unaware of (or unncerned wh) the tangible and psychologil damage done to onelf and others.