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Funny, this describes the immigrant experience pretty well too. First generations struggle to fit in and are forced to build strong communities, but after one o
by lostdog 5y ago
Funny, this describes the immigrant experience pretty well too. First generations struggle to fit in and are forced to build strong communities, but after one or two generations, they are comfortable and accepted in the mainstream culture (sometimes).
I had never thought of LGBT as immigrants to their own country.
- Gortal278 5y agoIt's maybe best thought the other way. Immigrants are minorities.
- dillondoyle 5y agoTotally! I think it's more than struggle to fit in though, just like immigrants it was (is in some places) active discrimination and exclusion. It's funny the amount of people who identify as Irish or Italian that just a few generations later treat the new ostracized communities with discrimination just like their ancestors were.