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Originally Posted by ElectricManatee
I think a lot of queer people go through times of feeling disgusting. It would probably be impossible not to absorb some of that, growing up in a homophobic culture. I'm glad you can recognize the internalized homophobia because that's key to not falling prey to those feelings. I was able to shed a lot of it with an LGBT-affirming (and gay herself) therapist, but I sometimes still struggle a bit in intimate relationships with straight women.
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I'm glad you were able to shed a lot of internalised homophobia!
That's one of my goals. I'm known among my straight friends as "loud and proud" (partly because I'm often the only LGB person they know as friend), but I really struggle with internalised homophobia.
I'm also seeing an LGBTQ-affirming counsellor who is a gay man (My regular therapist is a cis hetero woman) and I defined one of my goals to be accepting that I am bisexual. He was really understanding of LGBTQphobia, and very validating of my experiences of homophobia and biphobia (my former psychiatrist believes homophobia doesn't exist and suggested conversion therapy, and I've heard of counsellors being similar) and I'm looking forward to my second session with him.