How do you feel about blatent homophobis?
Even in the 21st century there are gay people who are still afraid to hold hands in public because of fear of homophobic attacks.
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4meAndyou · F
My older brother is gay, and in the 1990's he lived with a very flamboyant partner. I came to visit them, and they allowed me to sleep in one of their rooms, where I accidentally discovered a baseball bat and other weapons hidden near the bed.
When I mentioned it to them, they told me that they had been broken into, bricks thrown through their windows, and other hate crimes. They actually were NOT safe...at all...and that was only 30 years ago.
We are not far from that sort of savagery, and caution is always a good thing.
The worst homophobes are those who feel their own masculinity is threatened in some way by the existence of gay people. I have known two men...the 3rd ex and a current friend of mine...who are so threatened that they can't even watch The Birdcage on television, but the 3rd ex really LOVED prison movies...so that tells you something right there.
When I mentioned it to them, they told me that they had been broken into, bricks thrown through their windows, and other hate crimes. They actually were NOT safe...at all...and that was only 30 years ago.
We are not far from that sort of savagery, and caution is always a good thing.
The worst homophobes are those who feel their own masculinity is threatened in some way by the existence of gay people. I have known two men...the 3rd ex and a current friend of mine...who are so threatened that they can't even watch The Birdcage on television, but the 3rd ex really LOVED prison movies...so that tells you something right there.