[Ascot]

Originally Posted by Esme nha Maire

I think the greater the progress of various feminist threads in society, and the more LGBT people that are visibly about, the less odd and more normal we seem. We go from being those weirdos who exist only for the titillation of others (in some folks minds) to 'Oh, that's my friend, she's cool, good lass, her and her wife' s kid is in the same class as my youngest' - and then whoever the speaker is talking to gets the message that the person being spoken of is OK, acceptable in society, because someone they trust accepts them. So long as we are 'other' we can be mentally labelled as not-people, but when we are 'just people' like everybody else, it's harder for the bigots to gain traction against us. Which will never stop them trying, of course, but lets not make things easy for them, eh?

Do what you can for the cause, but stay safe!

Yes, exactly. That's what I was getting at. Well said, Esme.