A Reddit user with the handle u/txholdup turned 72 years old recently, and he spent his birthday fielding questions from younger users in an “Ask Me Anything” thread about his experience being an out queer man since 1970.“Today is my birthday,” he wrote. “I’m 72 and have been out for 50 years.
When I came out, gay sex was called ‘crimes against nature’ in court filings. A lot has changed in 50 years and then again, a lot has not.”Below, check out some of the questions other Redditors asked, along with the birthday boy’s responses. (And you can read the full AMA here.)Q: When did you first realize that you like men, and who was the first person you came out to?A: I realized that I was different when I was 6 [to] 8.