Homophob Likely To Be Closet Gays, Study Fds

Contents:

• CLOSETED GAY MEN – WHY ARE THEY STILL THERE?
• HOMOPHOB LIKELY TO BE CLOSET GAYS, STUDY FDS
• ARE HOMOPHOB REALLY GAY?

CLOSETED GAY MEN – WHY ARE THEY STILL THERE?

I was jt readg this post on r/atheism, which brgs up the faiar accatn: policians and preachers who are anti-gay are really jt closeted gays themselv. Sure, you might not agree wh what some anti-gay person is sayg, but to say to them "You're gay, therefore you're wrong" is que the oppose of tolerance. Cred: Getty ImagHomophob should nsir a ltle self-reflectn, suggts a new study fdg those dividuals who are most hostile toward gays and hold strong anti-gay views may themselv have same-sex sir, albe unrver on.

The rearch, published the April 2012 issue of the Journal of Personaly and Social Psychology, reveals the nuanc of prejudic like homophobia, which n ultimately have dire nsequenc.

"Sometim people are threatened by gays and lbians bee they are fearg their own impuls, a sense they 'doth prott too much, '" Ryan told LiveScience. " To gge homophobia a hoehold, stunts rpond to ems such as, "It would be upsettg for my mom to fd out she was alone wh a lbian" or "My dad avoids gay men whenever possible.

HOMOPHOB LIKELY TO BE CLOSET GAYS, STUDY FDS

Participants dited their own level of homophobia, both overt and implic; word-pletn tasks, stunts wrote down the first three words that me to md when prompted wh some of the words' letters. "In a predomately heterosexual society, 'know thyself' n be a challenge for many gay dividuals, " lead thor Netta Weste, a lecturer at the Universy of Essex the Uned Kgdom, said a statement.

Those participants who reported their heterosexualy spe havg hidn same-sex sir were also the most likely to show hostily toward gay dividuals, cludg self-reported anti-gay attus, endorsement of anti-gay polici and discrimatn such as supportg harsher punishments for homosexuals. People nial about their own sexual orientatn, perhaps a nial fostered by thorarian and homophobic parents, may feel a threat om other gay and lbian dividuals.

ARE HOMOPHOB REALLY GAY?

And 2010, proment anti-gay activist and -founr of nservative Fay Rearch Council Gee Rekers was reportedly spotted 2010 wh a male rt rented om Acrdg to news reports, the rt nfirmed Rekers is gay. It might be hard to image now, wh gay officers marchg pri paras and big-cy squads havg dited LGBT liaisons, but The Advote wrote 1973 that gay people had e to thk of police "as their natural enemi.