James Finn
Oct 28, 2024

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Great story! Probably would be a better story without the implicit age stereotypes.

I'm a Boomer. That's what the calendar says. When I was a member of Act Up and Queer Nation, almost everybody else in those group was older than me. They were Boomers too.

The people who protested and eventually were able to stop the Vietnam War? Boomers, almost to a woman and man.

And what about all those heroes at Stonewall, out in the streets physically fighting the cops for queer equality?

Many of them were from the "greatest generation," but many more were Boomers.

Some of the most committed progressive activists in our times have been Boomers.

Something to think about.

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James Finn
James Finn

Written by James Finn

James Finn is an LGBTQ columnist, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, an alumnus of Act Up NY, and an agented but unpublished novelist.

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