During A #Night Of #Hazing, I Confessed A #DarkSecret To My #PledgeBrothers. It Changed Everything..

Although #fraternities are #notorious for #homophobia, I met a #brother during #rushweek who alleviated the #doubts my #mom had placed in my head.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #HigherEducation #GreekLife #Faternities #InternalizedHomophobia #Representation #Culture

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gay-fraternity-brother-hazing-secret_n_664d2a96e4b087f368b55fa6

#Transgender 17-year-old #TayyDiorThomas #shottodeath in #Alabama.

#CarlWashingtonJr, A 20-year-old #man, who her #family says she had been #dating, has been #charged with her #murder. The victim's #family believes that Washington was #afraid their #relationship would become #known to others.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #DomesticViolence #DownLow #InternalizedHomophobia #SayHerName

https://www.advocate.com/crime/transgender-teen-tayy-thomas-killed-alabama

#Professor at #Baptist #university in #Virginia found #dead in #Florida #gay #sauna.

#Orlando #police say #causeofdeath #undetermined.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Virginia #Florida #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Hypocrisy #Homophobia #Transphobia #InternalizedHomophobia #EmptyThePews

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/03/25/professor-at-baptist-university-in-virginia-found-dead-in-florida-gay-sauna/

This #selfhating #gay #man is #spearheading #Georgia’s “#DontSayGay” #initiative

One of those to speak in favor of the legislation was #gay #attorney #JeffCleghorn. He has previously described trans people as “mentally ill sex fetishists.”

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Georgia #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #InternalizedHomophobia #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.queerty.com/this-self-hating-gay-man-is-spearheading-georgias-dont-say-gay-initiative-20240215

There is ALWAYS a deeply-rooted reason for their hatred. “Internalized Homophobia” is a sad, pervasive mental affliction, especially in the Conservative & Talibangelical communities.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/12/co-founder-of-anti-lgbtq-hate-group-admits-to-sexual-encounter-with-a-woman-in-rape-investigation/

Deep breath... I missed the #ComingOutStories yesterday but "enjoyed" reading them this evening (some of it was hard to read and I will never entirely understand the world we live in). Some of it feels familiar.

I turned 51 last year and I'm just beginning to come to terms with a lot about myself. I wrote a longish blog post about a week ago that was the culmination of realizing that I probably fall on the #Asexual spectrum.

https://prezactly.com/understanding-who-i-am-asexual-spectrum/

For those curious, there's a lot more that I unpack with more space to think/write, including an unhealthy dose of #InternalizedHomophobia that certainly didn't help anything.

I've slowly started sharing, starting with old friends, many who I'm only connected to online these days. The one thing about "waiting" this long is there's no close family left to worry might reject me.