Aside from the Freudian interpretation which someone else succinctly addressed above, such an accusation also includes the likes of someone sharing a heartfelt photo or moment with their pictured loved ones. That garnered the exact complaint of "shoving GAY down the throat" of a colleague in the 1990's after I shared vacation photos. That difference of my pictured partner being another male in the photos, scenic backdrops, our fur baby, none of them even pictured an embrace or other "public display of affection" to be misconstrued. It was only because I had a homophobic boss at the time who eventually succeeded in harassing me out the door that such a complaint even registered a serious "call to the bosses office". Funny part was, when I mentioned this was exactly what every member of our department did, just a voluntary photo album available to browse in our shared space, compared to many others who shared far more racy swimwear and kissing, affectionate photos by the cruise ship pool and so on didn't even make a blip on anyone's radar because they were straight couples.
I'm contracted at a place where I'm certain I'd hear some complaint of the same ilk. Yes, that backwards a rural area I'll be glad to leave in my rear view mirror soon.
Gee, it's so easy to trigger the RWNJ's.
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