Reply #18: growing up in the 70's-80's,

[AlbertCat]

there were no gay role models that would reach a teen's world

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C'mon!




Of course they weren't billed as gay. But ...like I said... c'mon!


And all their songs sound the same.


You shoulda tried the 50-60's for growing up alone. Hell, gay people didn't even "exist" then! (You were straight with a problem) By the late 70's it was almost alright to be gay! Almost. Then AIDS set things back hugely, and the rise of conservatism and the Religious Right tried to put it all back in the bottle but they couldn't. And, like you, I was thinking the other night how amazing it is that a high school student can be openly gay these days and not be sent to the Psychiatrist!

Uber-straight and guilty religious nuts still hate to see us happy (as this little film shows us) in any way, though. (or anyone happy really)