that you only meant in America, but yes, gays have suffered oeprpssion, segregation and legal issues against their sexuality. In the 1500s if you had sex that wasn't for reproduction, you were put to death it was called the Buggery Act. The Holocaust came up with the pink triangle to identify gays. The early 1950s had videos comparing homosexuality to pedophilia, people were urged to fire homosexuals. Electrical shock therapy have been used to reassign sexuality of gays. South Africa has a new rape culture they use to help lesbians to realize they really should be with men. I think it's kind of unfair to point fingers and say, Your group hasn't been as repressed as my group has. They've both suffered, not equally, but there shouldn't be a scale for that thing. It's fucked either way..I agree with the faggot term, it did come from a term meaning a bundle of sticks and an old woman, but words do change and saying it now I dunno. To each their own, I guess. Thanks for the writing, peace.