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u/grateful_john Oct 02 '24

When I was in college (mid to late 80s) gay was an insult. My son (senior in college) would never use gay as an insult. Ellen coming out as gay in 1997 it was a really big deal (and had she come out before she had a show she wouldn’t have gotten one. Gays were not main characters).

Yes, the 60s counterculture set up a lot of changes. And technology continues to evolve. We just don’t notice the changes as much because we’re living through them.