Being Proud of Who You Are: Overcoming Internalised Homophobia and Learning to Love Yourself 🌈

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[@waffle6925]

today is my birthday and i turn 25 years. until now i still struggle mentally and emotionally when people gossip and make fun of me being gay. maybe i dont love or accept myself enough or maybe there is past trauma that i need to heal? also i badly need gay friendship to help me and its hard to find and form where im from.
thanks for everthing you do guys it means a lot to me and to a lot of people like us in this journey

[@jethrojackson2524]

I am a proud gay dude. 50-year-old. South African. We are not quite there. I still get " just fuck off out of my life" body blockades and eyes glinting with gossip.

[@Moosedog9]

Hey guys I love your format, especially your honesty. You make a great couple. Thanks for creating such an interesting platform that speaks to young and old alike in the broad spectrum of the "Gay Life"🤪😜😛

[@carltwidle9046]

I love the honesty here. I identify with alot that gets said. Acceptance of yourself is important. It can take along time. Part of why i didn't feel good about myself is because of all the negativity i heard about us gays. How was i to feel positive about myself. And that hatred exists today in people. Now that im older i can look back on the past and see how far I've come. I've made changes in my life in order to feel better in myself. My wellbeing and welfare comes first.

[@fritzrathmann7318]

Keegan, was it internalized homophobia or self-preservation. I'd be scared to death to wear my gayness on my arm in the area of the country I live in. It could cost me my life and that has nothing to do with how I feel about myself.

[@beverlydust5381]

Joel,I didn't like the fact that you generalized about the Christian community and said they were not excepting .That may have been your experience, but that is not everyone's experience. You can claim your experience, but to generalize it hurts the Christians who are excepting.

[@DS_P8]

It's great that you're accepting, but the christian church (like most religions) has done immeasurable damage to gay men throughout History. It's not about you personally, it's about institutions of religious belief that have systematically erased gay lives and gay accomplishments. Choosing to overlook the horrors committed by the christian church is willful ignorance, once you understand the depths of criminality that have occurred throughout Church History, you might rethink your support for such institutions.