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The most virulent homophobia frequently stems from fear about the perpetrator’s own sexuality. Homophobic jokes and insults create a vicious circle in which men are frequently terrified of showing any sort of sensitivity in case they are subject to ridicule. So they join in with the joking and the insults, as a way of deflecting any potential criticism away from themselves.
A clear example of the sort of bastion of “maleness” in which homophobia seems still to be the norm is football. Only one professional footballer in the UK has ever come out as being gay – Justin Fashanu, who eventually committed suicide as allegations about his private life became fair game for the tabloid media. You have to ask yourself, can there really have only been one gay professional footballer? No, of course not. But the macho world of football, with terraces packed with thousands of opposing fans, clearly isn’t a place where many people would feel comfortable in being acknowledged and accepted as a gay man.
We need to consign these homophobic attitudes to the dustbin of history. People deserve love and understanding. Does it matter who they get that from? Why should somebody’s private life lead others to hate them – what are they afraid of?

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Fear of losing face. Fear of being out of place. Fear of the unknown. Fear of being all alone. You build a flimsy wall of pretence – use ridicule as a defence. You’re proud to be “one of the men”, but scared in case you’re “one of them”. Your insecurity manifests itself in joking and laughing about “poofs” and “queers” – you mustn’t show signs of weakness in case you’re rejected by your peers. But I’m pretty sure that I know the truth – your absolute hatred is definite proof that you’re afraid. It’s nice to have someone to care – someone just to be there, and if there’s something that you ought to remember it’s that feelings aren’t controlled by gender.
If you think this doesn’t apply to you, then I think that you’re a fool. So why don’t you stop this hate? Because not one of us is totally “straight”. You’re afraid.

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from Turn Back The Tide Of Bigotry, released September 14, 2012

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