There have been actual examples this year of outspoken anti-LGBT figures exhibiting behavior that seems to contradict their political ideology. Never mind the long-running jokes and memes about Mike Pence covering up some secret homosexual identity. Photo Illustration by The Daily BeastĢ017 has been a banner year for the armchair psychological theory that anti-gay public figures are secretly gay themselves.
But while the notion feeds many jokes, it also obscures very real homophobia. There is some research suggesting a link between being closeted and being anti-gay.
