Perhaps germane to your BLOG, asking at its core how we as a community expect others to accept us when we can’t accept our own? ROA could serve as a clear model for how change action occurs. Unfortunately, education alone is not completely effective in change of opinions that are ingrained over the courses of decades. How do you educate someone to understand that since the day you were born, you knew you were attracted to the same gender? Or even more difficult to educate and comprehend; being born one gender feeling like you should be the other, attracted to the gender you were born into? ROA conventions are not necessarily a mirror of the entire population of reserve officers; but those that can afford to attend, i.e. older retired officers. Some truly wonderful dedicated patriotic officers. That said, with the passage of time (the true remedy mixed with exposure and education) the organization’s cultural demographic will change.

The LGB community has made numerous strides in the last few years. Prejudice will always exist, even within our own L, G, B, and T communities alone and as a collective.
Perhaps the T will be a little behind as time passes. As our generations age and time passes, our attitudes will also become more accepting of a new norm.