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A gay person who wants to keep their te sexual orientatn. A homosexual who will make a big show of datg the oppose sex to hi their gayns.
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Jt the closet homosexual mug. A special breed of Homo, often nsired extremist their behavr and rpons to people who believe they are gay. There are many Closet Homosexuals the world who, through acceptance and rpect by their peers, end up g out of the closet; however, the Airtight Closet Homosexual tends to ny the fact that they are gay 100% of the time every time they are spected as such.
U4got: omg SUCH an airtight closet id13 July 18, 2011Get the Airtight Closet Homosexual mug. To be a gay, lbian, bi or queer person who his their te sexual orientatn om the public and those around them. A reprsed homosexual or bi-sexual who may or may not 'e out of the closet' and disclose their sexualy.
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Clil experience wh gay patients reveals hidg and revealg behavrs to be psychologilly plex. Homosexual IntiIn the velopmental histori of gay men and women, perds of difficulty acknowledgg their homosexualy, eher to themselv or to others, are often reported. Children who grow up to be gay rarely receive fay support alg wh antihomosexual prejudic.
On the ntrary, begng childhood--and distguishg them om racial and ethnic mori--gay people are often subjected to the antihomosexual attus of their own fai and muni (Drcher et al., 2004). Antihomosexual attus clu homophobia (Weberg, 1972), heterosexism (Herek, 1984), moral nmnatns of homosexualy (Drcher, 1998) and antigay vlence (Herek and Berrill, 1992). Hidg activi learned childhood often persist to young adulthood, middle age and even sencence, leadg many gay people to nceal important aspects of themselv.
Closeted dividuals equently nnot acknowledge to themselv, let alone to others, their homoerotic feelgs, attractns and fantasi.