Or the fact that police frequently raided gay bars in an effort to incarcerate LGBT individuals on trumped-up charges?

Maybe it was living in constant fear due to the Cold War?

Such as bomb drills in school?

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Maybe it was the lack of medical knowledge and fear associated with newly discovered diseases?

Such as polio outbreaks or the AIDS epidemic?

Such as being forced to act within gender stereotypes?

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Or even feeling pressured to marry and have children?

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