That's what I cling to. I think the vast vast vast majority of low level homophobes change when they meet a gay person and suddenly "whoa, this person is not an alien from the planet zog! WHO KNEW?!

I cling to this hope that, step by step, as people realise gay folks aren't some alien other - that we're their friends and neighbours and colleagues and siblings and children - then people will open their eyes to how ridiculous homophobia is