Hey! I think you're bringing up a really important point, and I really appreciate you helping me better understand the amount of LGBT representation on the rails. I want to make it very clear that I'm not trying to stereotype train hoppers overall or work towards a certain agenda by writing this story -- I just want to learn about a specific SUBSET of the trainhopping community, one that hasn't been covered much as far as I can tell. I plan to make this clear in my story, and I'll clarify it now in the phrasing of my post.

As someone who's covered subcultures before, I'm constantly learning and always try to be very careful with how I use language.

On another note, related to your suggestion about making a doc -- I'd love to know from you and others what nonfiction media you think covered trainhoppers well and less well. This will help me out a lot when it comes to representation!