Why a Homophobe Displays a Rainbow Flag

They’re lying to themselves and others

Daniel Quasar’s Progress Pride Flag, 2018 (Source: Northwestern University)

Recently I was intrigued (in an unpleasant way) by an anti-LGBTQ social media account that alternately endorses and opposes the rainbow flag symbol. The person behind the account is real and known to me, and they are acting as an anonymous online troll.