Not sure if this is notable, but my .02 is that the gay mafia is at it again. Trying to demonize Southerners by saying they were secretly faggots. Don't doubt some were because of laws of probability. But this just seems like a ploy to make it seem it was more widespread than it ever has been.

https://m.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Project-uncovering-South-s-hidden-LGBTQ-history-13167542.php