Outside of social media, though, he said that things are a lot different. “We were both surprised, and encouraged, by how many people in our lives changed their traditional views on gender and identity,” Dwyane went on. “When we were clear with our loved ones that, in the same way we’re not going to be friends with people who assault their children or use racist language, we were not going to accept any discrimination or abuse toward the LGBTQ+ community, it really wasn’t that difficult for them. We didn’t lose anybody. We gained a lot more educated, curious people who started their own inner dialogue.”
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