Reply #55: And so,

[Bluenorthwest]

let me say again that my experience is more common than you seem to think. Among people who are active in any way, that is. The shop and gossip crowd I do not speak for, among gay folk, women, or those who are both. I know many women, straight and gay, who really are not engaged in any political way. I know many gay people, both men and women, who are also not engaged. But those who are tend to see the 'two' issues as one issue. I hope that makes for some encouragement. All any of us can do as individuals is to embrace and support each other all the way to a new and equality based world.
Any victory for women's rights, that is a victory for me, as a man, and particularly as a gay man. And any victory for GLBT folks is also a victory for all women. For all humans. For all of us.