It is amazing the progress that has been made since I was a kid. My school was fairly progressive in health class mentioning that there are homosexuals and that is just the way they are. No moral judgement.

But it was still the big insult.

Now many junior high / middle schools / high schools have "gay straight alliance" clubs - and there are kids who are out and open in school - something that never happened when I was growing up.

There is still progress needed - but it is a lot better now that it was - and maybe the people growing up are not as afraid to admit to themselves and others they are into it.

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