Researcher finds that people who are easily disgusted are more likely to be anti-gay

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6. But would that apply to racism? transphobia? anti-Semitism?

I think many think the way you do because of a few prominent examples and two shitty, very small studies. I know sometimes I still think that way and catch myself. Of course, it doesn't mean that some homophobes aren't projecting their own insecurities, however, I still believe they are the exception, not the rule. We just have to unlearn the behavior of automatically assuming homophobes are secretly queer.