Older and younger LGBTQ+ people are both working for justice, despite differences growing up [Video]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The world changes over decades. A generation of people who spent their childhood unable to imagine marrying the people they love woke up one day years later and found out gay marriage had been legalized.

NSYNC and Brittney Spears gave way to celebrities like Ncuti Gatwa or Chappell Roan. Magazine articles and classroom gossip found new ground on social media. The times change, and the attitudes and perspectives of people in the LGBTQ+ community change with them.

But, both older and younger people in the LGBTQ+ community said they seek justice.

“I think that everything is kind of tied together, with where we are in the world. Climate justice is a huge part of it, economic justice — it’s all intertwined together. So, …