>>>>But notice that you're not talking about gay accountants or lawyers or doctors or ..., and you're not talking about women at all. 40 or 50 years ago, for most people, if they knew or knew of someone who was gay, that person was in the arts because in the arts, it was safe to be gay and out (well, at least for some--can't help but think about Rock Hudson, who had to hide his sexuality to be a movie star). And, of course, it's only in the last few years, that you can be gay and serve in the US military.
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>>>What do you mean "it was safe to be gay?"
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>>I mean that in those fields, being gay didn't automatically keep you from working. Being found out to be gay didn't get you fired.
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>I've been in the business world a long time and I've never seen anyone fired or otherwise demeaned for being gay.
>One of our best managers in one of my jobs was a gay black man.
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>Ditto in the military.
>All the nonsense about gays being mistreated is hogwash.
>We had lots of gay guys in our units overseas and in the states. They tended to hang out together.
>I never saw anyone mistreated for being gay.
>Some of the women officers were built and talked like Hulk Hogan.
>If you didn't know that they were gay you were on another planet.
Forgot to answer this part:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2015/10/30/anti_gay_harassment_missouri_man_cannot_sue_for_sexual_orientation_discrimination.htmlhttp://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/5-people-who-were-fired-for-being-gay-and-the-29-states-where-that-is-still-legal/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/07/us/gay-veterans-push-for-honorable-discharges-they-were-denied.html?_r=0Tamar
