Many in today’s gay communities hold the hopeful idea that the Supreme Court decision on gay marriage—and a concurrent shift of social perceptions in a handful of small American enclaves—will end developmental trauma for young gay people. This is simply not true, and to know that, one need only look at the torturous history of African-Americans following Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, 150 years ago. For gay lives, the granting of legal rights and authentic acceptance are two different issues in a society steeped in phobic aversion to real diversity. Current legal
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