We’ve got to learn and practice how to detach homosexuality from mannerisms. It’s okay to be attracted to a person with a certain personality caliber. But it’s not okay to plant the seed of inferiority into someone’s mind when you solicit “masculinity or else” in your Grindr advertisement. Or even when associating with peers, to denounce any behavior outside of hyper-masculinity speaks to your resentment toward your own sexuality. It’s a branch of hate on the tree of insecurity.
And why is it that (most) gays only want to date and sleep with gays who don’t “act” gay? Guys tend to gravitate toward the gay who can pass for straight. But we’re not [straight]. And to want to classify yourself in their world but live in ours is just another branch on that tree.
Internalized homophobia is real.
-kp
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