Maybe because all the queer kids and socialists were extremely closeted.
i went to school in south florida and almost our entire baseball team was gay
at first it was like one of those homophobic jokes like, “if you are into sports play football and if you are gay play baseball” kinda thing youd say in the late 90s but in reality our baseball team was actually legit like 80% gay. they would all hang together and kiss and lay in each others laps and stroke their hair in the halls and in hindsight i was kind of envious because most straight kids werent enjoying this kind of intimacy on a daily basis so to the gay baseball kids who went to northeast high in oakland park i wanna say i hope yall are living your most fabulous life now