For those say in their 60s or 70s here. When you were in your 30’s or 40’s did you have the feeling that the world was a fucked up place? So much has been going on since I entered adulthood in the early 2000s and I feel like it’s getting more and more intense. It’s never ending.
Is it unique? Or has it always been this way?
Like the parent said, you’re only seeing the bad cases. The ones where they say “you’re trans? Get out of my house!” So of course they’re homeless and you work with them. I’m an ally for trans folks as much as I am anyone else. I can tell you there are countless other Gen X’ers who are the same. You’re seeing one angle on it and having seen so much of that, you’re convinced it’s the entirety. People are shitty to their kids a lot, but there are lots of people who aren’t and accept their kids as they are.
yes, i am personally only seeing the bad cases. but i have access to all the statistics.
because i ran a series of homeless shelters. that’s what i did for 20 years. as a side hustle. because i’m disabled when you’re actually disabled you get paid 1/3 the market rate so you have to work 3 full time jobs to survive.
stop making shit up in your head because it makes you feel better. i did not pull numbers out of my ass. only 30% of gen x parents in the san francisco bay area are accepting to their lgbtq kids. 70% are actively hostile. we’re one of the gay capitals of the world, so how much worse is it elsewhere?
we ran the surveys. i have degrees in economics. my economics degree is shit. i hired a better econometrist than me to run the surveys for me. would you like to hear about the focus groups? would you like to be in one of the focus groups? please, what else are you going to make up?
Well then I’m sorry for being GenX, I guess I’m not an ally like I thought I was.