“I think that a lot of parents and a lot of community members who haven’t considered the issue tend to overcomplicate it, and it really doesn’t take that much time to say, ‘This historical figure identified as gay ... or didn’t conform to gender norms,’” Zemke said. “I think people are afraid of answering the questions that come up as a result of that. ... I think they’re afraid of tackling that complexity and don’t want to explain that this person didn’t have what they would consider to be a normal, heterosexual life, and they have to give airtime to that.”