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Every aspect of life as a gay man is unimaginably better than it was when I was born in the mid 80s. We beat the plague that was killing us by the hundreds of thousands and then won broad social and civic equality.

Michael Druker 🇨🇦@mdruker.app

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

Third-Rail (aka T_Ray_TV) 🧢

@third-rail.bsky.social

The saddest part of this story is the death of the prase "confirmed bachelor." Paul Lynde, Rock Hudson, Robert Reed, Dick Sargent, Cesar Romero, Raymond Burr, Montgomery Clift These are just a few famous cases of people who had to hide who they were for the privilege of participating. That's gone.

Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈

@maxdubler.com

As much as I love a charming gay anachronism, I do not think that the end of Hollywood actors having to stay closeted until death to have careers is very sad at all.

24/10/26, 7:51 am0 reposts1 like

Third-Rail (aka T_Ray_TV) 🧢

@third-rail.bsky.social

nono, I agree. The term had charm but clearly it was used to euphemistically provide cover for something deemed as unwelcomed. Once we outgrew that general sentiment of unwelcome (which I believe was your point), the euphemism outgrew its use, though it had once applied to playboys and misogynists.