So bare with me, after last nights thread it had me thinking about my father because he’s always been very homophobic growing up. The weird thing is he doesn’t really talk about it, almost like he’s afraid to speak about it. He never gives a reason why he thinks that.

So it got me thinking, my dads around 60, so back when they were in school I could only imagine how mean kids most have been to children who were gay. I would also think that anyone who stood up for them or spoke to defend them was bullied and possibly beaten as well.

Do you think that our parents generation and those before them grew up homophonic and unaccepting out of fear from when they were in school and as adults? My dad has always been somewhat of of people pleaser because he was very small in school and always picked on which is why this would make sense to me. I would love to hear your opinions or hear why you think they are that way.

And if anyone agrees with this do you also think there’s still a very real bully problem towards those in the LGBT in school today? (I was homeschooled k-12 so I’m sorry if this is a naive question, I have never been to public school so I have no experience with this.)

It’s amazing the difference between our generation and the rest, we seem like much more of an accepting generation while others aren’t, and even so we still have many in our generation who aren’t.