Post by Hypatia KoshThanks for the feedback, Gamin. I'm glad you appreciate what I was
going for.
It may help that I know some of your personal background now, but
yes, I think I "got" it.
Post by Hypatia KoshI tend to see history as cyclic. The best I can tell (and I admit I
only know a little) is that there are powerful forces which come into
play during some situations--like wartime, for example--which can
drastically affect the status of gays in society. (The same can be
said for women, or ethnic minority groups, and so on.)
Hmm, I hadn't thought of that aspect--specific situations
affecting changes in the way things like sexual orientation are
viewed. I can definitely see the cyclic part.
Post by Hypatia KoshI'd prefer to think that it wouldn't be so, but I could see Earth
society getting reactionary on social issues if they had some fear
that they were being "polluted" with "alien values", or if there were
just enough people who thought that humans needed to breed like crazy
(and thought gays were in the way--as if gays never have children and
never rear children; nonsense, of course).
I've read enough fic written by people who obviously didn't buy
GR's idea of humans being "completely free of prejudice" that I find
this plausible. (Also makes for great story drama if you don't overdo
it.) I wonder if population is an issue in the 23rd century--no
mention anywhere of any type of birth control being necessary, so
apparently either it's completely okay socially and morally to go
around having sex with people and producing children right and left
with no regard for ramifications or consequences (don't start me), or
else that WWIII and Eugenics Wars that was mentioned really depleted
their population. (Just wondering...)
Gamin