Originally Posted by PTbyJason
I do wonder if there are a higher percentage of homosexuals today then there were, say 70 years ago.


Quote Originally Posted by Carlos_E
I doubt it. The numbers are probably the same. It may seem higher now because people are more willing to come out. 70 years ago it wasn't as safe for people to do so. (Lose your job & family being physically assaulted and such.)

Yah, makes sense.
Before WWI, most folks taken to court for such things were tried for "Crimes Against Nature" or "The Crime that Dares Not be Named." Nobody spoke of what exactly went on, it was all handled with euphemisms. People went to jail for long times for this stuff, too, and once word of their crime circled around the jail, they likely didn't live too long.
-Tock