No, for reals!
When my parents were young homosexuality wasn’t even legal in most of the country. When I was in high school it was still considered extremely edgy and controversial to include a gay character in a sitcom. Even the most socially progressive politicians weren’t willing to fight to legalize same-sex marriage until a handful of years ago, and already it’s treated like No Big Deal in most of the country.
There are obviously still plenty of bigots out there but we’ve seen a real sea change in public attitudes toward LGBTQ people in the last generation. Even using the WORD “bigot” to refer to people who would deny equal rights is a new concept, because opposing equal rights used to be the norm rather than the exception.
