There's been a lot of interesting discussion on this forum and elsewhere surrounding whether minorities can be -phobic against their own, or another, minority. Most notably about race, so I wanted to switch it up and get your thoughts: can gay people be homophobic?
Personally, I think they can. Maybe they were raised to believe gays = bad, so they hate gays and either deny their own homosexuality or spend their life trying to change it.
gay people who say "feminine/flamboyant gays give gay people a bad name" are homophobic
black people who think dark-skinned black people are less attractive are racist
women who say things like "I'm only friends with guys, girls are too catty and dramatic!" are misogynistic
Most definitely. Especially when their internalized homophobia and self-loathing perpetuates and strengthens the oppression endured by the LGBT community from society.