I may regret this thread because it's personal but I need to vent.

I guess people have this mindset that "oh you were homophobic once? unforgivable, we'll forever mock you for that" as if most people have control of that? Especially young people, like wtf do you want us to do?

We were raised with homophobic beliefs, it's not our fault. All that matters is we grew out of it.

I know people love to use homophobic young ppl at their punching bags but as someone who's been there (and didn't realize she had internalized homophobia to boot), it sucks

It sucks. We're brainwashed and indoctrinated to believe that being lgbt+ is sinful, and then when we admit "I was a homophobic teen because of my upbringing, but I have since learned better" we're MOCKED for it and it sucks. I just wish they'd understand the position we were in

I don't want to be like "oh poor religious people, pity me" but for religious lgbt+ kids who are closeted or have internalized homophobia, it's HARD. Being told "that's a sin" about everything messes with your head so much. It's messed up.

I hate that I was taught being lgbt+ was a sin as a teen. If I could get a time machine and go back and tell my younger self otherwise, I would. But I can't. I hate that I had internalized homophobia during my teens years. I wasn't a bi teen, I didn't get that experience.

I'm still in the closet btw irl. Haven't told a soul in my personal life because I'm terrified of how my parents may react. I planned to tell some friends who I know would be accepting. I wanted to tell them face-to-face this year, but covid put in a wrench in all that so far

I'm just tired of people making a copypasta out of that stupid tweet. Yet it looks funny out of context but I was spilling my guts in that thread about overcoming internalized homophobia and it sucks to see it reduced to a meme

Anyways let this be a lesson to be careful about what you say on the internet because once it's out there, it's out there, there's no correcting people or trying to fix it once it spreads far and with no context, it's just a thing now and I have to accept it I guess