(07-20-2019 12:44 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  My high school, while not the only one in the country, was the largest, and the only one with more than 100 students.

My class of 1963 had 122 grads. (about 55-60 left) Baby Boom started with the class of 1965.

I never saw any reason think it was different from similarly sized high schools in Wyoming and Florida. I was sure it was different from the giant urban schools, but primarily in the areas of what was offered and how many people you knew. I knew everybody. Everybody knew me. We didn't always get along. And there were plenty of fights.

I don't think it was remarkable that Jim could get along. I got along with a lot of people. It still astounds me that you guys think this is remarkable.

One addition to the narrative. We had a guy there named Harry. At the 20th reunion he was named Veronica.

OO - you went to a similarly sized high school as me. My graduating class had just over 100 people - I was to say around 140, as we were less than 1,000 students across 6 grades (7-12). We were not the only high school for the entire county, just one that served the entire county.

And OO, why are you surprised that we are surprised that in the early 1960s, that a gay man, who was apparently out in high school, was not harassed in any way? It is great that your community was so welcoming, but come on, you know that was not the case for many, many, many gay people across the country in the early 60s. Or do you live in. A fairy tale world where the entire country was accepting of gay people in the early 1960s?