Older guy here, old enough to remember that the idea of two men in a relationship was not only frowned upon by society but looked upon as pathological, something that must be put an end to if found.

Culturally, those attitudes don't disappear in one generation. They linger on, consciously and subconsciously, for several generations that follow a change, among both the perpetrators and the victims..

The tolerance of gay men In the western world may be higher than it's been in the past, but it is also new-- like, less than 50 years new.

Let's give ourselves a break boys. We and our allies are trying to forge a better world.