Yes, it's been many years since I was young. And way back then, plus where I grew up, people were prejudiced about just about anything & everything. I myself grew up hiding the fact that I had a serious struggle with gender identity dysphoria (although I didn't even understand what it was all about at the time.) Even today, so many years later, I still find myself falling back onto those old prejudices from time-to-time. It's really difficult to get this stuff out of your head completely when you've grown up with it.