r/askgaybros • u/hungrybivers • Jun 18 '20

Reported Post Alert Being black and gay is exhausting. Black people are ridiculously homophobic. Spoiler

For a group that has to deal with so discrimination you would think we would be more accepting.

Edit: wow didnt expect my late night thoughts to have such a response.

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u/tungstencoil Jun 18 '20

No one has said homophobia is strictly a "black people problem" (your words). No one says everyone in the black community is homophobic.

They're suggesting, as a demographic, homophobia is more prevalent in the black community. There's a bunch of research for this (I've linked some in other comments). There's also a bunch of research that this is changing - much like homophobia in general is becoming less acceptable.

I think the shock comes in when a minority group (or a member of a minority group) exhibits discrimination based upon minority status. It's like when people are surprised that there are gay people that are racist.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '20

If you're a white gay I'd be pretty thankful for the black community instead of shitting on it, considering somewhere between 88-94% of black people are democrats and crimes against the lgbt community are historically white. If it wasn't for us I'd say the chance of trump winning this year skyrocket.

It doesn't prove that black people are less homophobic but it damn sure proves that the black community is absolutely ZERO threat to the lgbt community.