Gay rights. Women's rights. Minority rights. There are people alive today who went to segregated schools and, if they had a vagina, couldn't open a checking account.

These things are being actively scrubbed from history by people who desperately want to go back to those "good old days". Sadly, it is working much better than it should.

A lot of younger people don't realize how far we've come on gay rights in a very short period.

A while ago I heard recordings of white house press conferences from the Reagan administration when a reporter started asking about AIDS for the first time.

I was just a kid during the Reagan administration, and not the kind of kid that listened to white house press conferences, so I had no recollection of this.

It was shocking to me how casually they joked and laughed about gay people dying and how they made fun of the reporter for asking the question. It was also shocking that it wasn't just Reagan's press secretary but also the other reporters joining in and laughing.

I found a link to it for another post recently:

When Aids Was Funny

Isn't it obvious? Something that nobody will deny in a couple decades, for which future generations will curse us?

I'm in my early 30's and I remember the opposition to gay marriage when I was a kid in the 2000's, it was strong and very visible. This was in a Southern California beach town, not exactly a bastion of conservatism. Hell, Obama was opposed to gay marriage when he first ran for president. Things changed very quickly as we entered the 2010's.

those aren't encouraging numbers tbh.

half of the population hating you is a big deal. half of a state hating you, even montana, is a big deal.

a lot of that approval may have to do with cancel culture as well. people may be hesitant to share their real viewpoints even in supposedly safe environments.

if you're a man, go out in public wearing pink sneakers and tell me you don't feel the gaze of other humans.