hear me out: what if we stop being entertained when homophobes are “caught being gay” and instead ask what social pressures made them feel that way about themselves and others that share their identity https://twitter.com/nehathemartian/status/1333868875352469504

I know people like this enact a lot of violence on others and I also think framing this as “homophobes are secretly gay, LMAO” is harmful to the LGBTQ+ community by washing away the internalized conflict around sexuality that we are taught and implying that homophobia = gay

Essentially, you’re making the punchline “the person is gay.” It doesn’t matter how horrible they are, or whether or not they’re actually gay, that’s the punchline here.