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		Skiiing on April 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Heresy Are you talking from a US/European perspective? Being gay was entirely open and mainstream in the 90s/2000s. Although I'm not sure what that has to do with heresy which was the topic of the essay.

softwaredoug on April 11, 2022 [–]

Gay marriage was only legalized in the US in 2015.

Barack Obama couldn't openly support gay marriage in 2012 or 2008 due to political repercussions.

Matthew Shepard was killed in 1998 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard)

In my 90s high school slurs like f*g, etc were commonplace. It cropped up in popular media like Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (where now its bleeped)

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