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Nearly 30% of Gen Z adults identify as LGBTQ, national survey finds (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 9 months ago by alyaza to c/lgbtq_plus

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[–] MagicPterodactyl@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Luckily I've found this is also a lot less common when talking to younger queer people. A lot of older gays have become unwilling to accept anything outside of what being queer meant when they were younger.

[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Intuitively that makes sense to me (let's be fair ... ageing sucks), especially for members of an oppressed minority.

[–] MagicPterodactyl@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

Definitely. It's hard to blame older queer folks for having some trouble empathizing with younger parts of their community that have generally had a much easier time expressing their sexually and are now shaping the community in ways they do not understand. Of course I'll never excuse bigotry, but I do think most of older gays reservations about the way their community is changing come from a place of fear not malice.