The Effects Of Internalized Homophobia

Many religious organizations in the United States and many religions of the world scrutinize more on the gays as compared to the other LGBTs. Many research studies conducted among the LGBTs in the black community have found that the black gay males are not affirmed and would lead to internalized homophobia with high levels of depression symptoms and less prevalence to psychological good health. Most of the American religious groups have been in the forefront in condemning homosexuality as sinful and even preventing the victims of the same- sex unions in acquiring a spiritual leadership in the denominations. More than a third of the Americans belong to the three religious denominations and through their rules on homosexuality, the relationship

The aspects of the homosexuality are learned from the making the society to be in the normal circumstances. This will make the internalized homophobia brings about insidious stresses among the affected individuals (Barnes et al., 2012). The effecting of the internalized homophobia brings about the aspects of devaluation of the homosexuality more than the other LGBs in a black community. The issue of overcoming the internalized homophobia brings links to a number of negative outcomes like depression and suicidal ideation that may lead negative impact on the black homosexuals. The experiences of black gay males are very unique on the development of unique characterization, which has been found the sexual matters, race and gender. Many researchers show that the black homosexuals are the main focus in the black communities living in the West Coast of the United States. This will neglect the black experiences in the areas, which are high politically, socially, and religiously conservative followers in the southern regions of

A large number of the black males have seen the development of homosexual behaviors as a threat their macho powers (Winder, 2015). Many argues that men are powerful in their masculinity and if one is a gay will automatically lower his male aspect and become a lesser man. In contrary, homosexuality should not be case of masculinity in the black communities but one’s sexual preference is what constitutes to a total human being. The aspect of sexual stereotyping and sexual rigidity plays a vital role in the growth of fear of homosexuality in the black communities. This fear is far much as compared to perception of the other LGBTs in the community (Patrick,