Ask Women on Yik Yak | Why is homophobia so normal in the south? A lot of my girl friends ask why I don’t open up to them but they are so homophobic, always calling guys slurs making fun of gays. I love them but I get so uncomfortable cause I can’t tell them about the real me!

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Why is homophobia so normal in the south? A lot of my girl friends ask why I don’t open up to them but they are so homophobic, always calling guys slurs making fun of gays. I love them but I get so uncomfortable cause I can’t tell them about the real me!

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Anonymous 18h

A lot of negative behavior is more normal in the south.

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Anonymous 21h

Christianity and the social climate it creates

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Anonymous 17h

I still get called slurs in the streets in seattle its everywhere tbh

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Anonymous 18h

Yeah only the south lol

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Anonymous 15h

Cause religious people are evil

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Anonymous 17h

Cuz the vitamin D from the southern sun keeps us from losing braincells

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Anonymous 21h

Move to California

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Anonymous

#2 15h

It's Evangelical American Christianity. Jesus would not be okay with hateful behavior.

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Anonymous

#7 15h

Well it's really religious fundamentalism in its entirety but OP was asking about the south so it's Christianity. Plenty of Baptists down there too

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Anonymous

#4 14h

Nah, im in michigan and people are still homophobic asf here. Theres a reason im in the closet lmao

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Anonymous

#6 13h

Can’t lose what you never had

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Anonymous

#10 12h

Nah, just natural law

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