Do you find that the people in your life (family, friends, co-workers) are accepting of gays, lesbians and transfolks?

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Unfortunately many of my rather conservative relatives don’t look favorably on what they might call “flamers.” Most of them are religious and from a time when gays, lesbians, and transgenders weren’t socially accepted. My friends and co-workers, though, are of a much more liberal mindset because they’re younger and therefore more influenced by the open-mindedness that seems to characterize our generation. Overall, I would say that people are very accepting and don’t really give it much thought – they just accept and that’s it.

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