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Internalized homophobia sucks.
This is very hard for me to admit but I have internalized homophobia. I'm a cis gay man and it has always been hard to accept my sexuality but after five years of misery, I finally came in terms with it. I love myself but there are times I think "What if I am actually a sinner?" "I should be with a woman not with a man, this is wrong" "Pedophilia is a mental disorder but so was homosexuality. Am I in the wrong here?". It is so scary, am I a bad person? I just want to love. What if I'm living my life wrong? Is marrying a woman and having kids the right way to live? I'm so sorry for this rant but I cant think of anywhere else to post this. I have seen a lot of queer people in here and I would like your pov.
Tl;dr - Is being gay actually okay or is it just a mental disorder?
I mean, the religion that's known the world over for to this day having pedophile problems among its adherents probably shouldn't be looked to for any sort of moral authority on any matter about anything ever. So I don't really see how whether or not you're considered a "sinner" is remotely important in regards to the validity of who you are as a p...... reply
