Way back in the 70's, my mom broke down and told me Dad was a "homosexual."

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5. "Gay" in the media, in the lockerooms and school was the punch line of off color jibes and jokes

So much so that it commonly represented the ultimate stigma. Oh, honey did I pay a price in bruises and blood for years after getting "outed" in 1976 in a rural town. I had to run away from home, sleep under bridges and on rooftops in the city for my life.
There were brief periods when I'd try to convince myself I could change my nature to conform, march in lockstep with the hetero's. I can see how many men made extraordinary efforts to push those attractions deeply subconscious...
Where such could deeply torture them.
It disturbs me immensely that many of the "evangelical" sort want to bring that bullying all back.