Not religious, but I think for people who are, it helps inflate their own egos if they feel like they at least *tried* to help those “poor dumb gays” see the error of their ways and protect them from hell

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Because they are jealous to see happiness since their lives are insufferable. If they don't get to have it, then nobody can.

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“it’s against my religion” YOURRRR religion. nobody’s asking you to kiss bitches, Carol.

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because they are closeted and are jealous of everyone who is out and proud of their sexuality

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Because we show them that there is more than one way to live and it threatens the status quo and the control that religion/government has over people

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my roommate would always try to debate me on this. she doesn’t know im gay, and she would rant for hours about how gay people are bad and trans people are only trans because of trauma and blah blah blah. I have said to her “so you’re homophobic” or “you’re transphobic” and honestly her obsession with discussing why it’s “not right” was disgusting. why do they care so much?? I told my mom (im not out to her yet but she’s very supportive of the lgbtq community) and my mom said it’s a bit perverted

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Yea like why do you care what’s in my pants so bad? #creep i honestly feel like it’s bc they’re scared that they might like us seen too many interactions when ppl were treating trans ppl like human beings until they said they were trans then it’s like “oh, I don’t like you guys”

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When there’s other people to hate they don’t have to hate themselves and take accountability for being a piece of shit

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Probably helps that I'm from Cali/an open minded area but other than my OWN family, I've never encountered any kind of hate at all. And thankfully they've all apologized for the way they treated me in the past. It's unfortunate that the hate is so vast and expressed though.

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It gives why are you so obsessed with me

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Not justifying it whatsoever. But a lot of people grow up rooted in things being a certain way, so seeing that change can translate to either them having always been wrong or their world turning upside down, or just you insisting on something fundamentally untrue. Like saying the sky isn’t blue or something

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I find a lot of people who are homophobic or transphobic simply have never been around the LGBTQ+ community and it’s more a fear of the unknown than the people themselves. Either they were raised in a small town religious community or they surround themselves with other anti-LGBTQ+ individuals, or both, and it leads to a lack of exposure - and therefore a lack of understanding and acceptance. That’s just one of many reasons I think

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Some people get jealous of people living in their authenticity, especially when they see the obstacles the community has endured and still choose to show up as their authentic self. Some get taught it’s wrong. Some are deeply insecure and feel “if I can’t show up as my true self why do they get to”, and project “they think they’re better than me”; Maybe when they showed up as their true self they were ridiculed and/or shamed. I feel those are the main reasons if not all imo

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