"Why would older LGBTs stay in the closet as the stigma plummets?"
I mean this is really easy to answer? Objectively it's still much higher cost for older gen to come out.
"Being part of Gen X, I confidently assert that we were far less intolerant than earlier generations."
Bizarre! I am a millennial, and even I grew up hearing plenty of F slurs and remember even in my college years gay was commonly used as a synonym for bad.
"Why would older LGBTs stay in the closet as the stigma plummets?"
I mean this is really easy to answer? Objectively it's still much higher cost for older gen to come out.
"Being part of Gen X, I confidently assert that we were far less intolerant than earlier generations."
Bizarre! I am a millennial, and even I grew up hearing plenty of F slurs and remember even in my college years gay was commonly used as a synonym for bad.
I also thought that that is very easy to answer. Shame and stigma aren't lost overnight because teenagers are now more open to something.