Okay, guys. This has been an interesting and provocative discussion so far, please, let's not ruin it by resorting to name calling. Chip, you bring up some interesting points but before you go around calling older people "fossils" you might want to remember a little adage that goes "those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it". The young people in our community have a lot to learn from those who have been around and since gay history is not heavily documented, nor is it taught in schools, we do ourselves a disservice by not taking the time to listen to the people who have been around and experienced things such as the Stonewall Riots, the pre-Aids sexual heydays and the time when you could have been thrown in jail for simply holding hands with another guy in public.

I'm not picking on you, Chip. I just don't want this excellent conversation to devolve into hurt feelings and emotions when there is a lot to be learned from both sides.