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Originally Posted by someone123
I'm not sure this is a good way to look at it though. Usually the accusation is that one is behind the times and out of touch with contemporary progressive thinking. LGBT social groups lately tend to be very progressive if not on the fringe. Sometimes they are really out there.
There also tends to be more intergenerational mixing in gay communities. Basically whoever is legal bar age. It's not the most common scenario but it's not unusual for a 50 year old to talk to a 22 year old in a gay bar.
The progressive stuff is usually in the universities first. It's not the little kids formulating new ideas; teachers transmit them to kids (and education departments of universities tend to be very progressive now). Maybe there's a bit more synthesis in the 18-25 year old post-secondary environment.
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You make some good points. Still (and this will sound weird coming from me), my guess is that a lot of gays over, say, 30 and also 40 and 50 aren't going to gay bars as much as people think. Though perhaps moreso than hetero people of the same age. (I think you yourself may have denounced the stereotype at one point.)
In any event, I do think we're mostly on the same page, in that people's views and observations are too often dismissed based on assumed life experiences, entourage, etc.
Though I have never dismissed his opinion due to anything, MartinMtl for example is I believe a married gay man with at least 2 kids.
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