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WhiskeyGrinder

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19. This.

Reply to Bucky (Reply #5)

Sun Feb 20, 2022, 06:43 PM

Feb 2022

I wonder if the cis normative weight of cultural identity hasn't left many other adults of his (and my) generation comfortably ensconced in an identity they just didn't ever bother to question.

My n is less than 10, but this is definitely a thing.

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The number of LGBTQ-identifying adults is soaring [View all] brooklynite Feb 2022 OP

Ermm... 1 in 5 is 20% ! ananda Feb 2022 #1

For Gen Z it IS 20%. Scrivener7 Feb 2022 #2

the number for the older generations is skewed by several factors dsc Feb 2022 #3

I had a good friend who didn't realize he was gay until age 58 Bucky Feb 2022 #5

This. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #19

Yay!!!! LakeArenal Feb 2022 #4

Don't let the evilgelicals know about that.... paleotn Feb 2022 #6

People are more comfortable being their authentic selves IronLionZion Feb 2022 #7

I read somewhere that homosexuality has increased tavernier Feb 2022 #8

No , many lgbt have kids. It's more about society being more accepting JI7 Feb 2022 #9

Comparative psychology has studied the incidence of homosexuality summer_in_TX Feb 2022 #12

interesting ... Locrian Feb 2022 #15

Or a population "relief valve." summer_in_TX Feb 2022 #34

No. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #22

If so, then Mother Nature is more genius than we give her credit for Hugh_Lebowski Feb 2022 #27

Look up Calhoun's Mouse Studies NickB79 Feb 2022 #31

You mean opposite of those female frogs spontaneously turning male? Bucky Feb 2022 #32

I found this very interesting... Johnyawl Feb 2022 #10

Perhaps there's just more truth-telling now, with fewer repercussions? FakeNoose Feb 2022 #11

I first started thinking about our food supply in connection with autism. Lonestarblue Feb 2022 #13

Just stop with this Alex Jonestown concocted BS! Crowman2009 Feb 2022 #18

So much garbage science in this post. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #20

Human sexuality is flexible Farmer-Rick Feb 2022 #14

Among Gen Z, it has all the hallmarks of a social contagion. Ron Obvious Feb 2022 #16

What the fuck is this shit right here. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #21

A dissenting voice of reason Ron Obvious Feb 2022 #26

It's a concept rooted in the politicization of science, not reason. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #29

I think it's the same reason there are more openly left-handed people now Withywindle Feb 2022 #17

My grandpa had it beaten out of him. moriah Feb 2022 #23

I was transgendered in the 70's I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2022 #25

It's a very complicated subject Sympthsical Feb 2022 #24

I understand fearing to attempt it. moriah Feb 2022 #28

I had a somewhat similar experience not too long ago Sympthsical Feb 2022 #30

Unfortunately, I woke up with a really bad case of The Gay. nvme Feb 2022 #33