Irony is a mystery to you, isn't it?
The Nazi concentration camps contained homosexuals as well as Jews, Romany, Communists and other undesireables. Their heads were shaved and numbers were tattooed on their arms. It's a statement. They are already being treated differently; they don't have to "be" different.
Tattoos in the generic sense are prevalent among women about 10 years younger than I am (51), and younger. It's not a boy thing anymore.
