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If you were NOT LGBTQ, how LGBTQ phobic will u b?

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by SonicBoom, Aug 2, 2015.

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If you were NOT LGBTQ, how LGBTQ phobic will u b?

  1. Very phobic

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  2. Mostly phobic

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  3. Somewhat phobic

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  4. Not at all phobic

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  1. SonicBoom

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    If you were NOT LGBTQ, how LGBTQ phobic will u b?

    My honest answer would be in somewhere in between somewhat and mostly.

    How about you?
     
  2. The Wallflower

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    o_o What?

    I wouldn't really know. Probably would've been swept away by society's (and my family's) influence, and be anti-LGBTQ

    I'm really thankful I like boys. C:

    It has made me see the truth.
     
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  3. CodeForLife

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    I've never been one to be against the ideas of LGBTQ equality. Conceptually, it has always made sense to me, even when I thought I was straight. (&&&)

    However, even still today, something just seems off to me when I see LGBTQ folks together in person. This is likely just due to my internal perception of what I was brought up to see as normal. I am definitely more accepting these days, but mentally, when I see a straight couple in person vs when I see a gay couple in person, something just seems different. Maybe I'm just surprised or mesmerized about how they have enough self-confidence and bravery to put themselves out there despite other people's beliefs. Today, I would have the courage to walk and talk with gay folks, but I don't think I could do any PDA with a partner yet without being really embarrassed.
     
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    Being LGBT influenced a lot about how I feel. I probably would have been a homophobic Christian had I not been gay.
     
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    I don't think I would be super homophobic, but I was raised in a conservative Christian household, and I started to realize that my beliefs were wrong when I realize I was gay.
     
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    I think the problem for me would be ignorance. Admittedly, I still am a bit ignorant when it comes to the LGBTQ+ community since I'm more or less new to this :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:...
     
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    even before I realized I was gay I didn't have a problem with LGBT at all and my family is very accepting so not very LGBT phobic
     
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    I discovered the LGBT community probably 2-3 years ago and was an active supporter, although I thought I was straight. I never even considered that I could possibly be part of it until a few months ago when one of my friends told me she was confused about her sexuality, which made me question my own. So the answer is I would be a super active ally and 100% supportive.
     
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    Even before i discovered i wasn't straight, i wasn't homophobic.
     
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    Not at all.

    As much as I hate myself at times for it, it's been a more personal thing than general. Long before I even made the discovery myself, I've been an open person when it comes to this kinda thing.

    I wasn't ever one to buy into peer pressure when it came to this kinda thing. Though my lgbt-phobic ass fam never got a chance to meet him and he occasionally got shit for it, I was friends with a very fem guy(openly gay at that) in HS and didn't have a care in the world what anyone thought of it....and this was obviously before I made my own discovery.

    I definitely feel that first one as well, and can relate to the second.
     
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    I always thought hating homosexuals was a dumb thing. Even though I was raised in a homophobic home. So good chances are, I wouldn't care? I was for a time a bit hateful towards trans* people, though that was likely me just being defensive. So I'd imagine if I was cis and had no reason to be defensive I wouldn't care about that either.

    Everyone has a right to their own lives. That's always been an ideology of mine.
     
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    I'm pretty sure that if I were straight I'd be very supportive of LGBTQ people. :slight_smile:
     
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    When I was more religious and conservative, I was so homophobic. Now, I feel like I wouldn't be completely homophobic but because I'm not in the community and I don't understand what everyone has to go through, I would have a lot of misconceptions and microaggressions.
     
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    Homophobia hurts me so badly......

    Unfortunately I have to admit , if I were a straight man, I would also be homophobic.

    :bang:
     
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    I would be an ally. Even before I acknowledged that I was not straight, I never had a problem with LGBT+ people, unlike many people at school.
     
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    Before I questioned my gender identity or found out I was bisexual, I was very supportive of the LGBT community.
     
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    I've been wondering the same thing too. I honestly have no idea, but I would think that I would be somewhat homophobic. From a young age and before I realized I was gay, I thought it was strange how 2 people of the same sex could fall in love. I was also told by many people that it was "wrong". So, of course I grew up thinking that LGBT people and gay couples were "odd".

    Then, after I grew up a bit, matured, got more educated, and figured out my own sexuality, I realized that I was wrong. I'm actually kind of thankful that I am gay because it's making me realize that everything I was taught was complete bulls***. I appreciate the diversity in people. If I weren't gay, I would probably have the same mindset as I did before and be somewhat judgmental on LGBT people. I'd hate to admit, but I'd probably even be against marriage equality because I was around some very narrow-minded people.
     
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    I was extremely bothered by homophobia and discrimination in all forms before I even realized I was not straight, so yeah I doubt I would be homophobic.
     
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    When I was 8 I had 2 gay neighbors and weren't bothered by them at all.
     
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    When you're as uninterested in society as I am then you don't really discriminate.