In NYC anti gay crime has risen by 70% this year, including 1 murder and 41 assaults. Sadly one alleged attack was by Brooklyn police, the very people who should be stamping it out. New anti gay laws in Russia have seen a big jump in attacks on gays, many by the police. Is this a backlash to the progress that has been made towards equality or are there other reasons?
Sweetie, Rome was not built in one day, but we will get to see in our lifetime how people become much more tolerant towards us. We have come a long way in a very short period of time, but there is still lots to do, many more battles to fight and win.
The only parameter that I can think of that, in a certain way, parallels what we are currently going through is how we as a world have come to rightfully accept our fellow brothers and sisters of color. We are all human, period! And how about interracial marriages? They are also quite common these days, but they weren't so 40 or 50 years ago. We as a society have fought for various things that are now common and even taken for granted, and so this also will pass and become normal in the years to come.
