@mayaisloading I think it's even crueller than that. They hope that there exists gay people, especially kids, who won't even *realise* that they're gay (or even that gayness is a thing) if only they can be kept from the truth for long enough. They actively *prefer* that people live their whole lives in shame, misery, loneliness and confusion than to ever get to know who they really are.

@dotcolm @mayaisloading This isn't a secret either- there's an entire conservative theology that essentially argues that yes, queerness is innate, but it's a "challenge from God" (i.e.: classified the same way they classify disabilities or the loss of a loved one)