Why The Workers Found It Easier To Be Gay In The '70s Than Today
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- MIDWTERN STEELWORKERS SAY IT WAS EASIER TO BE GAY IN THE 1970S THAN TODAY, AUTHOR ANNE BALAY CLAIMS
- GAY STEEL WORKERS OF AMERI
MIDWTERN STEELWORKERS SAY IT WAS EASIER TO BE GAY IN THE 1970S THAN TODAY, AUTHOR ANNE BALAY CLAIMS
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The USW stands behd our Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer/Qutng, Asexual/Non-Bary, Pansexual, pl (LGBTQ+) members. In her new book, Steel Closets: Voic of Gay, Lbian and Transgenr Steelworkers, thor and scholar Anne Balay tak a no-holds-barred look at the liv of ral Midwterners who found themselv forced to live the closet.
Although social acceptance of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) issu is on the upswg ternatnally, Balay was surprised to fd that the oppose was, fact, te among Midwtern l workers.
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"In the '70s, was easier to be gay the ls than is now, " Balay said. "[Back then], gay and lbian people were jt sort of isolated were jt sort of 'that person over there who has this, you know, awkward personaly tra, ' but uld be ignored.
" She then add, "When gay people got a polil clout and started to be a social threat to tradnal ways of life, then people the ls started to e down harr.