Second Class Citizens - The Gay Rights Movement

[CherylNYC]

Originally Posted by *Anya*

So tremendously sad. I came out in 1978 and it is hard to fathom how far we still have yet to go.

We are truly one of the last remaining minorities in which it is still socially acceptable to discriminate and even more than that, encouraged to do so.

Thank you for posting this.

I agree that we're the last remaining minority that suffers from legally enforced discrimination, but there are others for whom pervasive, daily discrimination is socially accepted and encouraged. People of size are often mocked, shamed and bullied, just as we are.