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I'm a Gen Xer. There wasn't a single gay or trans person in any of the schools I went to all the way through high school. That I knew of. I sometimes wonder who was and either kept it hidden or didn't even know themselves because it wasn't considered ~~an option~~ a possibility.
Option? More like reality, no? I don't think sexuality and identity are options, do you?
Yeah, "option" isn't the best word here - "possibility" might be better.
[not the person you replied to]No worries. Especially with some is the less well-known identities, if you don't know it exists you can't know it's an option to identify with it.
For me, being asexual was a possibility and identifying as asexual was an option, neither of which I was aware of in high school.
What I'm trying to say is words are hard.