Does everyone secretly despise LGBTs although many openly claim to accept and love it, including LGBT members and allies? Are there really people who see LGBT as of equal worth as heterosexuals?

Everyone is a big group of people, and a secret discrimination on that scale would be somewhat hard to manage! But I digress, What you're talking about has a name-- "Internalized (homo/bi/trans)phobia." Internalized phobias are obtained through exposure to outward, or external, phobia and discrimination expressed at the person. When subject to a large group of people who are outspokenly despising you, it's hard not to adopt those thoughts and think "They might be onto something." Understanding that to be socially acceptable and not-heterosexual is a relatively new thing for many people. There are many in this community who are still in quite a bit of pain due to or even still enduring homophobia/transphobia in their lives. Sometimes, simply needing to cope, they express this pain outwards or hold it against themselves. There are, however, many people who don't feel this way, most of which have taken efforts to work with their internalized homophobia/transphobia. I highly recommend that anyone who feels this way to seek out other LGBT people in a support group, speak to a LGBT-knowledgeable therapist/counselor, and/or connect to a listener who is familiar with what internalized transphobia/homophobia is and how to work to grow from it.

oh sweetheart! i know this feeling and trust me, i know where it stems from. there’s this pit in your heart where you have all these doubts about everything. about these people around you, their love for you, your feelings, your love, everything starts to feel like a mess. i’ve had this feeling too, you know, this era where i thought no one really loved me because i was bisexual. but trust me, there are people out there who will love you and cherish you for who you are. because the fact i like boys and girls doesn’t change my value in a community. and people know that i am just as capable, just the same. there are so many out there who will love you just the same, you just need a little faith and love

I do!! I love y’all!! YALL DESERVE AS MUCH LOVE AND APPRECIATION AS EVERYONE ELSE! WE ARE ALL HUMANS!!!! WE SHOULD LOVE EACH OTHER AND BUILD EACH OTHER UP!! 😀

Of course, LGBT people are of equal worth as heterosexuals, why wouldn't they be? what difference does it make if I love men, women, non-binary folk or a combination of those? what difference does it make if I feel sexual or romantic attraction or not? what difference does it make if I feel my gender fits the body I was born in or don't? That doesn't mean I deserve less food or sleep or care and love as the people who check the "normal" reply to these questions. I am a gay asexual non-binary polyamorous person (so I'm basically anything but "normal" here) but I am worth just as much as my straight allosexual cisgender monogamous sister and I don't see why I shouldn't be.

No, not everyone secretly despise LGBTs. Word "everyone" is a very extreme Word. If there is just 1 person out of more than 7 billion people on the world who doesn't secretly despise LGBT, the statement that everyone secretly despise LGBT is false. There might be people who see LGBT as of equal worth as heterosexuals. People are very different and you can't generalize these sentences to everyone. Saying that everyone secretly despise LGBT would be overgeneralization which is one of thinking fallacies as people are so different that you can't generalize these things to everyone. There are people who don't despise LGBT.

There are people all over the world who love and accept LGBT people for who they are. Many of these people feel this way because they have LGBT friends or family members. One of the most important things that helps break down homophobia is knowing someone who is LGBT. That is one of the reasons why it is so important to come out, provided you can do so in a safe way. Because everyone is presumed to be straight at a young age, it can be difficult to grapple with the fact that you are different, but at the end of the day we are all people who deserve to be loved and there is plenty of love to give to our LGBT brothers and sisters.

I think despite sexual preference everyone should be accepted. There will always be someone who disagrees with that. However, you can't look at the people who hate on your personal preference. You need to focus on the people who will always be by your side and understand what you're going through. whether those people are allies or are also a part of the LGBTQ+ community. Some people are probably lying but many people lie. The real supporters will always come out in the times that matter. It may be hard to accept the un-accepting but we have to understand that they have their own way of thinking and its a dumb way to think, but its their opinion.

Of course not... I think that once people learned that LGBTs aren't doing harm to society they stopped caring as much. Almost everyone that says they love LGBT people actually means it. Yes we accept you and love you no matter who you love, it really doesn't make a difference to me, as you're not doing anything wrong if you are LGBT. I don't know this for sure, but this sounds like some serious manipulation, as this type of argument is common for homophobes... That we're all 'faking support'. But it's not an accurate perspective on reality. We love you!!!

I do feel that those part of the LGBTQ+ community it equally to cis and heterosexual people. We are all entitled to our own options. However, saying someone is worth less because of their sexuality or gender is similar to saying someone is worth less because they have brown hair. Imagine a world where everyone with brown hair was given less rights and discrimination against because of this. Or if you were cursed at for having ADHD because not everyone has ADHD. Furthermore, what gives a person value? What makes them equal? Is it what they can contribute? Is someone who is bisexual unable to contribute to the community because they find men and women attractive?

Of course! I believe that everyone, no matter their gender or sexuality, is worth the same amount of love and support. LGBT people (including myself) are misunderstood by some people, that’s all. No matter what, we are valid, and I love that about us. When someone doesn’t understand something, it is hard for them to see it as equally important. But if they genuinely try to understand and support an LGBT member, they are trying to make that member of greater worth in their mind. That alone is enough to show that yes, we are of equal worth, and no one gender or sexuality is greater than another.