Public opn about gay rights has shifted enormoly the Uned Stat over the past few s. What are some of the factors that have led to this historic change attus?
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- GAY HELL: THE MICHIGAN TOWN RENAMED TO TROLL DONALD TMP
- WELE TO GAY HELL, MICHIGAN, WHERE ONLY PRI FLAGS ARE ALLOWED TO FLY
- HIDN BRA: AMERI'S CHANGG ATTUS TOWARD GAY PEOPLE
- YOUTUBER BUYS U.S. TOWN AND RENAM GAY HELL
GAY HELL: THE MICHIGAN TOWN RENAMED TO TROLL DONALD TMP
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Whether we’re talkg about Hell (178 years) or Gay Hell (one day) Hell, I thk – that’s what says at the top of the page. Populatn: about was formerly lled Hell, but now ’s lled Gay Hell?
He bought Hell and changed the name to Gay reason? “I have renamed my town to Gay Hell, MI. There’s also a qutn mark over whether technilly he owns r, ’s Gay Hell now.
Daniel purchased Hell, Michigan, for Pri Month and ed the opportuny to rename the town Gay Hell. Gay Hell, which is about 20 northwt of Ann Arbor, has been on sale for years.
WELE TO GAY HELL, MICHIGAN, WHERE ONLY PRI FLAGS ARE ALLOWED TO FLY
YouTube star Elijah Daniel has bought the town of Hell and renamed Gay Hell, only allowg Pri flags to fly prott at Print Donald Tmp's admistratn's refal to allow U.S. embassi to hoist the flag for LGBT+ Pri month. * gay american hell *
He also grew up “very relig” and was told a lot if you’re gay you go to Hell, Daniel said. So Daniel figured that Gay Hell would be perfect a ral, relig area.
I jt thought turng to Gay Hell would be funny, ” Daniel said of his cisn to rename the town. He says he hop to do an annual ftival to wele more people to Gay Hell. Public opn about gay rights has shifted enormoly the Uned Stat over the past few s.
HIDN BRA: AMERI'S CHANGG ATTUS TOWARD GAY PEOPLE
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We have a eper look this morng at one of the most profound shifts public attus ever rerd - 's the public view of people who are gay and much of this natn's history, of urse, the vast majory of people disapproved of homosexualy so strongly that anyone who me out was guaranteed to face difficulty and even risked danger. SHANKAR VEDANTAM, BYLINE: In 2003, when William Cox was 18, he me out to his parents as gay.
MICHAEL ROSENFELD: There's more and more rapid change attus towards gay rights the past 30 years the Uned Stat than there ever has been rerd attus the Uned Stat on any issue. We see a 33 percent drop anti-gay bias. Rosenfeld says one factor is that gay people are far more visible today than they were before.
YOUTUBER BUYS U.S. TOWN AND RENAM GAY HELL
ROSENFELD: It's the perd when gay and lbian people e out of the closet that straight Amerins' attus about gay rights really start to shift. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)VEDANTAM: A surge of people me out durg the '80s and '90s rponse to a health crisis that was claimg the liv of tens of thoands of WOLFSON: AIDS broke the silence about who gay people are. VEDANTAM: This is gay rights activist Evan Wolfson.
I mean, I jt - San, I'm gay. WOLFSON: If we uld claim the language of marriage, a vobulary of shared valu - love, mment, fay, cln, digny, rpect - that would help non-gay people better unrstand who gay people really are and allow to share equally not only marriage, but everythg. WOLFSON: The vast majory of judg who are gog to le on the qutn, the vast majory of legislators who have to take actn, the vast majory of voters are, of urse, not gay.
ROSENFELD: Attus towards every kd of gay rights has creased a siar way - not que as fast, but a siar way to marriage equaly. And then, what ltle data we have on trans rights also suggts that there's been a sharp crease appreciatn for the rights of trans I thk one of the thgs that has been shown by the Marriage Equaly Movement is that if you're a gay or lbian, you have more rights than you ed to have.