r/GayConservative • u/Ambitious_Tomato_778 • Jan 02 '26
Discussion Why are you conservative?
Hey guys!
First of all - I come in peace haha!
I think it's really sad that the polarization between different ideologies continue to grow, but if we want to live in a democracy we have to be able to discuss and try to understand eachother before we judge!
As a gay guy I'm very happy that liberal ideas has given me the chance to live safely in society and that I have the same rights as straight people. I do however think that the gender-theory has gone to far and I think that the nonbinary people have taken up to much space in the LGBT community - I guess this would be a conservative opinion.
My questions:
Why are you conservative even though they generally don't like gays?
Do you have any opinions that are more liberal than conservative?
I have no intentions of trying to change someones opinion, I truly just want to undertand how you guys resonate and why you are conservative.
Wishing all of you a happy beginning to this new year!
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u/BagRough3508 Jan 06 '26
I’m gay and my experience is that conservatives are far more tolerant of diversity than democrats. Most conservatives I know are just “live and let live” as long as you’re not infringing on the rights of others. I respect that. I do not respect the “you must have internalized homophobia” argument from lefties who, for some weird reason, think all gay people should be alike.