Yeah I do think we’re in a interesting period right now in the US, we’re past the “reflexively suppressed because it’s unheard of” part of things and into the “a small but extremely vocal minority of hateful people are attacking us precisely because we’re more visible and accepted” part.
Obviously things can and probably will get bad before they get better, but pretty much everything that has recieved this kind of moral panic backlash has only gotten more mainstream as a result. (See: rock music, D&D, kink, socialism, witchcraft, tattoos, etc.)
Yeah I do think we’re in a interesting period right now in the US, we’re past the “reflexively suppressed because it’s unheard of” part of things and into the “a small but extremely vocal minority of hateful people are attacking us precisely because we’re more visible and accepted” part.
Obviously things can and probably will get bad before they get better, but pretty much everything that has recieved this kind of moral panic backlash has only gotten more mainstream as a result. (See: rock music, D&D, kink, socialism, witchcraft, tattoos, etc.)