I've hung out with San Francisco gay men and women, being in the locale, of Berkeley, Oakland and SF. Asked for jobs, attended business meetings. No problem.
Some of the younger gay men had past problems, been abused in such and such small town in middle America. Many faced certain death, and soon (aids in 1980's).
Was a bit shocked, when one the local gay SF political leaders, business man, switched to Republican, when ran for office, (he was my boss, basically).
But, heck, I was into my own thing, working near the SF downtown, with famous landmarks everywhere. High-rise apartments, ocean air, and plenty of modern straight women to approach...
Thing is, these days, I feel a lot more confronted, or 'dared' to oppose this or that 'Street Mural', or elementary school 'fashion' show. No, I'm not a public activist or anything...
But some of them are.
Local paper is full of ' letters to the editor', with two sides in full FLAME word war. The sexual freedom activists far far exceed the other side, in rudeness and accusations:
"You are attacking our Mural ".
"No one is advocating puberty blockers", even to the degree of using the 'nazi' lable, in the critic's, who, by the way, never really objected to any freeway walk 'mural'.
Older gay folks would, probably, be as shocked as me, it's called a 'railroad job', and no choice, or else.
The newspaper letter FLAME wars would shock Dave Jones, even !
Embarrassing.