When i was in jr high, we had a tv in the class with a morning show on channel 1. Anderson cooper was one of the main actors/journalist. Really the school was prepping kids so they would be mk-ultrad to watch CNN.
The funny thing was, all the kids would laugh and comment how Gay anderson was, Kids would call him a faggot. Everybody would laugh. Ultimately he had this overly-serious demeanor to issues that didnt seem that relevant to 7th and 8th grade kids.
I cant imagine all the projection he got with the kids yelling at his image at the tv calling him a faggot.
Did me and my generation make him gay?
Whatever it was it worked.