Thank fuck I live in a more secular country, so there weren't these open attacks by conservative and religious people on LGBT+ folk. A couple of my school mates from the 80s and 90s came out at different moments over the years, one of them works for gay suborganization of the Social Democratic Party here in Germany. I always look forward to his birthday parties, because the people who attend are truly open minded people whose company I enjoy very much. The breath of fresh air you were mentioning.