Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture?
by bglazer on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @11:33PM
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Yes, I agree that corporate businesses and the entertainment industry have broadly adopted acceptance of LGBTQ people. My point is that what counts as mainstream culture is still different in Florida and California. America is not a perfect homogenate.
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Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture?
by indoclay on Thursday February 02, 2023 @09:22AM
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That is by design and I consider it a feature rather than a bug. We have options to live at a local or state level closer to our own values rather than being forced to conform at a national level.
Our national institutions are very accepting of LGBTQ as well as the federal government. Looking at LGBTQ equality by state, https://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps the majority of the country, 29 states are fair or pro LGBTQ vs 21 that have negative policy or low equality.
Additionally, 71% of people support same-sexy marriages https://news.gallup.com/poll/393197/same-sex-marriage-suppor...
Is it still counterculture when it is accepted and embraced by the overwhelming majority of citizens, education and cultural institutions, and protected by laws in the majority of the country?