stilesisbiles:

sorrynotsorrybi:

lurkinggoblin:

sorrynotsorrybi:

To me this is super encouraging, because it means more people are a) aware of the options, b) understanding themselves, and c) feeling safe/comfortable expressing their identity. <3

All true.

Though…i would remind everyone that we lost a LOT of us in the 70s-80s-90s. To things like AIDs. So at least part of the difference in numbers is that the older members of our community didn’t all survive.

Great points, we should remember the huge numbers we lost to AIDS. My point was less a competition between generations and more about the absolute numbers of the millennial generation being so high.

I also think there are a lot of LGBTQ+ people in previous generations still living that are closeted as there’s more queerphobia/transphobia among those demographics, which the AIDS crisis definitely factors into. So much stigma was put on LGBTQ people, including within the community with bi people and trans women often being used as scapegoats. This is still going on today, and has definitely affected millennials as well. 

Though, I’ve seen a lot of middle aged and elderly people come out lately, and I hope that leads to more acceptance in all generations.