Honestly, I'm here for it. The biphobic stuff I would hear from women kept me in the closet for a long time

https://xcancel.com/guywhoiswoke/status/1871313546266759389

  • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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    2 days ago

    The reply that's like "it's not homophobia, I just prefer a masculine man, and a man who is capable of attraction to another man is less masculine" is killing me.

    I'm sorry, how is "same sex attraction makes you less of a man" not homophobia? Or I guess the real question is how can someone who isn't openly bigoted, who recognizes that homophobia is a thing to distance oneself from, incapable of seeing that that's obviously homophobia?

    • D61 [any]
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      1 day ago

      The focus on the open fear/hatred part of homophobia and ignoring that having a subtle and persistent discomfort at the thought of two men being physically intimate is also included in that term as a shield for their homophobia goes a long way.