This week, the New York Times published an article called “Americans Are Turning Against Gay People,” and if you’re wondering whether the paper has completely lost touch with reality, the answer is yes.
The piece opens with some gushing about a show I’ve never even heard of — and I suspect you haven’t, either — called Heated Rivalry, featuring gay hockey players, suggesting that its success proves “acceptance of queer love continues to grow.” The authors, Tessa Charlesworth and Eli Finkel, lament that this is not the case. “We wish we could share that optimism,” they write, before citing research showing that acceptance of gay people peaked around 2020 and has “sharply reversed” since then.
