Just wanted to say, as a guy in my mid-20’s, cheers to all the 30-40+ y/o LGBTQIA+ folks here—I know we roll our eyes at the performative rainbows on everything now, but you folks made this possible for the rest of us—you fought for acceptance, for our rights, and you made it through the struggle so people my age don’t have the same weight to carry, so we don’t have to be as afraid.
We have a long way to go, and I’ll carry the torch too, but I really think y’all deserve more gratitude. Happy 🏳️‍🌈

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This is not to forget we still have a lot of work to do, from gender identity to civil rights in other nations to the dang US census. That’s up to us now :)

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Um... We didn't do much. Real praise goes to the 60+ crowd, everyone since then has just been riding the wave

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Still, the 40+ crowd did a lot more and suffered through a lot more than folks my age. High school was rough for me, in a mere 5 years, marriage was legalized. There’s been gigantic pride parades for as long as I can remember.

If I thought my teenage years were rough, can’t imagine what it was like 20, 30, 40 years prior.

So, my thanks go out to everyone 30+ :)

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Thank you for saying this. It’s been a long journey.

I won’t lie - I’m occasionally jealous of the folks a couple of decades younger, but hearing this reminds me that things happen for a reason.

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