He began again: “It’s the classic dilemma. It’s, like, we want equality. We want acceptance. We want affirmation. But at the same time, as someone who is very involved in the community, and wants affinity, and is working at [community organization], it’s disheartening to see. We’re losing part of that because there’s not as much to fight for. There’s that complacency”—the postgay era, according to some scholars.13
