I saw a conversation here where someone thought homophobia wasn't that bad in the 90s.
I had someone else say they didn't remember any anti-Japanese racism in Australia in the 90s. I being on the receiving end of it would remember it pretty strongly, but to forget it entirely?
Just really poor memory
(History? I guess this is history subbear. Given how much people seem to misinterpret events happening now, what does that say about writing of events at the tim?)
Right? Gay was used as a pejorative very commonly during those years. It still was extremely taboo during those years to be anywhere on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum.
It still is in many circles, along with the f slur