My theory about gay people and couples being more socially accepted is that because they are seen much more commonly, heterosexuals and homophobics have come to realize that they're not that bad after all. Everyone knows what a gay; queer; pufter; faggot looks like. Us CD's on the other hand are quite exotic in comparison. You think about it, a non-CDing person sees a rare Ferrari on the road they see as much of it as they can - they see a person walking down the street who they have confirmed is a crossdresser they do the same. We're fascinating to other people.