idk about this. there's a new wave of transphobia that's spread as far as progressive dem circles (cf the Young Turks) and the right has gotten so rabid about it that they're conducting a genocide across much of the country. I'm not using that term lightly - the goal of this slate of legislation is to remove trans people's ability to exist in public spaces and to kill us by outlawing access to lifesaving medical care.

I do admit outright homophobia and toxic masculinity in my local school district seems significantly decreased since the time I was a student in it. There's still bullying and dumb shit from Tateheads and the like, but they tend to be ostracized instead of held in awe by the rest of the students now.

People have been talking like this since the advent of civil society. As people age, the poorer ones often die and the class interests of the wealthier ones change and they become an all-to-appropriate replacement for the generation that died off.

They're more visible now, and that also means a light is being shone on their activities.

So it looks like there are more, when in reality things are being dealt with.