It is also significant to note that while some people with internalized homophobia are “out of the closet” and openly dealing their own sexual orientation/sexual identity issues, many others are still “in the closet” (to themselves and/or to others) and secretly struggling. It is important to emphasize that internalized homophobia typically occurs in the context of a hetero-centric society that often stigmatizes, denigrates, and condemns LGBTQs. Often, those with degrees of internalized homophobia are consciously or unconsciously socialized into believing that members of the LGBTQ community are “abnormal”, “shameful”, “undesirable” and “unacceptable”, and should be regarded with disdain (self-rejection) and contempt ( self-loathing).
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