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Yes, we did lose a generational cohort. There is a reason that the quilt is so large[1]. [1] https://www.npr.org/2012/06/27/155868611/pieces-of-aids-quilt-bla

Yes, we did lose a generational cohort. There is a reason that the quilt is so large[1]. [1] https://www.npr.org/2012/06/27/155868611/pieces-of-aids-quilt-blanket-nations-capital https://www.npr.org/2012/06/27/155868611/pieces-of-aids-quil...

aipatselarom 2y ago
100k out of 200 million (US)? Out of 5 billion (worldwide)? The flu makes us lose five "generational cohorts" every year, then.
- t-writescode 2y ago
  Intersectionality. 100k out of *how many out homosexual individuals during that era in the area being studied*? And it's not just raw numbers, either. It's how many lives / families were impacted in this unique way. To add, it's also 100k that were almost entirely in a single demographic that was explicitly and implicitly being harmed by those in power during that era.
  - t-writescode 2y ago
    I want to add more. The whole “30 is gay death” expression, I bet, especially since it’s not really a thing anymore, was greatly influenced by there being very few gay people over 30. Because the rest were dead.
  - moralestapia 2y ago
    >Intersectionality. Nah, just elementary school Math. It was around 1%, a considerable morbidity but still very far from losing "a complete generational cohort".
    - giraffe_lady 2y ago
      Hey btw I absolutely did mean "a generational cohort of lgbtq people" not the broader total population. Which would make no sense, so I assumed no one would interpret my meaning that way. Thanks for calling me a bigot and then starting a fight with these other people about it though.
      - moralestapia 2y ago
        A multiplication and a division is starting a fight nowadays? >a generational cohort of lgbtq people That's where the 1% figure comes from. If you look at the whole population it is more like 0.0001%. Sorry if Math hurt your feelings. Btw, bigot means a person who is obstinately or unreasonably attached to a belief or an opinion, which seems relevant.
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aipatselarom 2y ago

100k out of 200 million (US)? Out of 5 billion (worldwide)? The flu makes us lose five "generational cohorts" every year, then.

t-writescode 2y ago
Intersectionality. 100k out of *how many out homosexual individuals during that era in the area being studied*? And it's not just raw numbers, either. It's how many lives / families were impacted in this unique way. To add, it's also 100k that were almost entirely in a single demographic that was explicitly and implicitly being harmed by those in power during that era.
- t-writescode 2y ago
  I want to add more. The whole “30 is gay death” expression, I bet, especially since it’s not really a thing anymore, was greatly influenced by there being very few gay people over 30. Because the rest were dead.
- moralestapia 2y ago
  >Intersectionality. Nah, just elementary school Math. It was around 1%, a considerable morbidity but still very far from losing "a complete generational cohort".
  - giraffe_lady 2y ago
    Hey btw I absolutely did mean "a generational cohort of lgbtq people" not the broader total population. Which would make no sense, so I assumed no one would interpret my meaning that way. Thanks for calling me a bigot and then starting a fight with these other people about it though.
    - moralestapia 2y ago
      A multiplication and a division is starting a fight nowadays? >a generational cohort of lgbtq people That's where the 1% figure comes from. If you look at the whole population it is more like 0.0001%. Sorry if Math hurt your feelings. Btw, bigot means a person who is obstinately or unreasonably attached to a belief or an opinion, which seems relevant.
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