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Yeah it was great if you weren't gay.
by ThrowawayTestr 8mo ago
Yeah it was great if you weren't gay.
- oconnor663 8mo agoInfant mortality was also 1.5x higher in the US than it is today. (Depending on who we mean by "we", this difference can be much larger.) Cystic fibrosis was a death sentence. "Late 90's" barely includes the development of effective AIDS treatment, though certainly not the rollout. (Maybe part of what you were getting at above, besides gay marriage.) Etc etc.
- ThrowawayTestr 8mo agoMainly the AIDS stuff
- burnt-resistor 8mo agoThere was also rampant bullying of millions who weren't white, rich, straight, a celebrity, and/or neurotypical in 80's-90's America. That was also the era when Epstein, Trump, and pals allegedly raped "models" (12-17-yo's) with impunity. Similarly, society enabled Bill Cosby, Harvey Weinstein, Jimmy Savile, and ...