If the LGBTQ+ community want to be taken seriously...

May 13, 2019 7:45:57 GMT @deblovesbeccy said:

May 11, 2019 9:09:29 GMT Toasted Cheese said:

I have seen And The Band Played On several times Rachel. It got a cinema release where I was living. Excellent film!

There have always been gay hang outs, bars etc, but it is only perceived as secretive if you don't know where they are. Once you do, it is no longer a secret. People wouldn't have been actively seeking them out, unless they wanted too. Just as people don't actively seek out any other type of hang out or bar, which may pander to certain demographics, unless by chance or they have an intention too.

Exactly but as a Lesbian I would say it is nowhere near as secretive as it used to be and young homosexual males and females have it a lot easier finding partners of the same sex than we did when I was younger. I mostly only dated guys when I was a teenager 'cause it was so much easier and I had a lot of guys that wanted to be with me but if people had been as open about their sexuality as they are now back then I wouldn't have dated men cause I was never attracted to them and always wanted to be with a woman but the only Lesbians and Bisexual women I knew were a lot older than me at the time and most of them were already in relationships. I know far more Lesbians and Bisexual now than I did before and one of my friends came out later and I found out one of my co-workers is having an affair with her boyfriend's Mum.

My Wifey and I went to a Lesbian bar last year 'cause one of our friends was meeting somebody there and didn't want to go alone and I was surprised by the large number of women that were there and I got hit on multiple times and my Wifey was very jealous  and it is usually her that gets hit on the most when we go out but it is by men and I get hit on by more women now than I ever have and a woman who lives in the street behind us flirting with me when I was taking our dogs for a walk one day and while I would never cheat on my Wifey 'cause I have loved her for as long as I can remember and we have been through hell together I like being hit on by women and it is different than being hit on by guys.

Technology and online hook up dating sites have made things easier as well. Google can find people and places for you. I agree, it was more hidden, but it would have also depended on where one lived too. A larger city would have had more haunts. People are slowly getting more educated and having to learn that homosexuality is just as much a part of life and society, as heterosexuality. If people want to see it as un-natural or deviant, that is their s<>t to deal with and ignorance.

Nice how you have people hitting on you and you don't mind this. You and Bec must have a lot of allure....