A fork of Rural Dictionary
Wishing you were “normal” and straight when you are feeling gay.
Jack: I heard Sara has Internalized homophobia, I don’t get why she hates gay people. Tom: She doesn’t hate gay people, she just never thought she would be gay and has Internalized hate towards herself. Jack: So she’s not homophobic? Tom: No, she’s just scared.
An outward projection of homophobia as a coping mechanism for internal conflict with one’s own sexual identity.
Mike pence hates gays because he’s probably gay. #internalized homophobia
When a cis man goes to any lengths to bring up and/or defend Elon Musk, other billionaires, Joe Rogan, transphobes/homophobes, crypto-bros or any other weird incel.
Man, Ted really has some internalized homophobia to work out. He's so obsessed with Alex Jones and Donald Trump.
Gay people thinking for themselves
"He just disagrees with me because he has internalized homophobia."