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?

Oh no i love people that are in the LGBT community it just a sexuality there is nothing wrong with it and it should never bother anyone and it stupid if anyone feels like they are a lesser person because they feel like they are a different sexuality or they like the same gender they are normal people.

I do not think that "everyone" despises the LGBT community. I do agree that some people say "I love the LGBT community!" But really don't. A lot of people (including myself) LOVE the LGBT community and see them as equals to heterosexuals, because we all are the same on this planet.

I wonder if a better question is "Are there people out there that live in kindness? Are there people who accept themselves and aren't threatened by another's individuality." Despising some one often grows out of fear. Fear that they will have something we don't like the feeling of being special. It can be fear of loosing something they have such as a relationship or status with friends. Many more complex emotions have their roots in fear. Patience and compassion are the opposing forces of fear. Fear or despite cannot exist in a mind that is focused on patience or compassion. This isn't just warm and fuzzy psychobabble. There is hard science that demonstrates that the parts of the brain that are active when we feel fear or hatred go dim when the subject focuses on the best interest of others. It takes time and practice. In fact compassion and patience is a daily practice. It's one that I work toward everyday. I hope this helps and I wish you peace. ~J

There are many people that are telling the truth when saying they accept the LGBT community. I'm not part of the LGBT community myself, but I have defended it multiple times, and know many others who are the same. About 99% of the time, if people are claiming to openly accept it, they probably do!

Hmmm... you seem to be rather unsure about people's genuine attitudes towards the LGBT community. I assure you, there are many of us (including myself) who LOVE and thoroughly ACCEPT our LGBT brothers and sisters as equals! Maybe there will be people like that, who are LGBT-friendly for the kicks. You know, who can resist a rainbow clad Pride party? Yet, no one can truly despise the LGBTQIA!

I truly think that there are a lot of people that see LGBT-identifying people as equal. I'd imagine that some areas are worse than others, but where I live my wife and I (both female) feel very safe and expected, and nobody really blinks an eye when we say we are married. The world has a long way to go, but we've definitely made so much progress.

I'd say no, if you're talking about insecurity within the community (such as being uncomfortable with being gay/etc) then you are misunderstanding the feeling of being left out. There are many people who believe LGBT people are of equal worth as heterosexuals - you're not defined as a person by who you sleep with, you're defined based on your character values!

There are people, lots of them, that truly believe that Love is Love, without any doubt :) LGBTQ+ folks are valid, whole and deserving of love

The vast majority of society support LGBTQ+ people, and there are only a very small handful of people who take issue. Usually these people's opinions are very closed and not open to discussion, so it's best to usually leave them be. As I said, LGBTQ+ people are seen as equal which is absolutely right, as there's nothing wrong with being LGBTQ+ whatsoever.

There really, truly are people who see LBGTQ+ people as having equal worth as heterosexuals. I promise. I'm a LBGTQ+ person. I love me. I know I have equal worth as a heterosexual person. I know many LBGTQ+ people. I love them. I know they have equal worth as heterosexual people. I know allies. I even know a few people who DO secretly despise LBGTQ+ people. They're all of equal value. People are people. And people have equal worth as other people.