But the idea of the institutional closet, of societal conspiracy to turn away from sexual difference and also all the personal and professional consequences that could result from being “outed” by others and exposed, is not even part of the mental construct. Texas in 2003, and they have no concept, it is unfathomable to them, what the idea of the closet means besides a personal context for them when they were closeted until they came out at age 11 or 12. There are younger generations of LGBT-plus kids, when I go to gay-straight alliances in high schools or even junior high schools, who were born after decriminalization, meaning after Lawrence v. I wonder if you did that because this book is going to be read by a younger generation that has no grasp, really, of what hurdles and overt discrimination people used to face?Ī: Yes, there’s a lot of that. Q: I was struck by how you went into such detail sketching out what life was like for LGBTQ society at the time, not just in New Orleans but across the country.
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