Whats the attitude towards homosexuality like in your town?

johndeereboy

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How accepting of gay and bi men is the town where you live? Im from the south and its not accepting at all so looking for a place to move and feel comfortable.
 

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Portland Oregon is the land of hippie communes and weed. . LOL. . The environment here is pretty progressive. Gays and Lesbians here can kiss and show affection in public. The populace here are pretty accepting of a non-traditional lifestyle, (this is the home of portlandia, after all.). Portland has always been a little Weird or odd. Although we do on occasion have an episode of a hate crime, all in all. . Portland is a pretty Gay friendly town. . and maybe sometime in the future there will be legislation here for gay marriage.
 

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I live in a somewhat conservative suburb N. Of Denver. I've seen other gays, but never kissing or hand holding. Luckily I have the privilege of working in The people's republic of Boulder CO where most everyone is liberal. I see gays & lesbians holding hands & no one even notices. I'd live in Boulder or San Francisco (my favorite city in the country) if I could afford it.
 

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Gay folks are everywhere and yet they will always be few and far between. Certain neighborhoods in every big city are the exception to this rule. No problems being gay here in the Minneapolis/St Paul area. I love living here. Of course, everything you've heard about our weather is true for seven months out of the year... I take it you haven't been to New Orleans or Key West.
 

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Well, I live in Western North Carolina. There are places where gay men and lesbians can be themselves...and certain places where "Okay, you better not even have an OBAMA bumper sticker, a HRC equality icon, or a rainbow flag on your car." I live in a very gay-friendly and African-American friendly area.




 

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I'm in a small town surrounded by clusters of smaller towns. Not the best attitudes, but this is hickish racist central.

I've seen a vehicle here with a family sticker that has the little people cut outs and it has two guys together beside it that are inside a crossed out circle. I've also seen "worded" bumper stickers that are homophobic and some anti version of the hrc sticker. Anti obama stuff is pretty common as well. On cars and tool sheds and what not here.

If people get the idea that you're gay here they will harass you in public. Generally they back down or it's best to ignore them. It's not something I tolerate though.

That's gay and fag are still said here commonly. "kill them" etc.

I've not seen guys in my town or surrounding ones holding hands or kissing. I've done these things myself and been threatened, harassed, and/or attacked myself.

Guys here are also very unwilling to mention their sexuality to the police around here though I've not had more than one experience with that.
 
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Focus on the Family is based here in my current city of residence. I think that pretty much speaks for itself as to the attitude towards the LGBT community here.

I can't wait to move back to Seattle.
 

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I live in a medium sized city north of Sacramento, California. The surrounding area is fairly conservative, but more in the land rights sense, and the town itself is pretty liberal. Having moved from west central Florida, I have to say I love living in California. It's completely different here. My husband and I have been married for over five years. People are nonchalant about it. My employer has taken special trouble to help newly married same sex couples sort out their tax and insurance situations. Currently there is not a single republican elected to statewide office. I can breathe here.
 

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I am in Chattanooga, TN, recently ranked as the most devout city and within the most devout state in the nation. Currently there is a recall drive over a vote that allowed city benefits for same sex couples. It is awful trying to educate people here with their backward Bible notions and being herded by church leaders obsessing over an obscure Bible verse surrounded by dozens of others long ignored because they were found to be outdated or wrong. Meanwhile their churches dominate a landscape that leads the nation in prescription drug consumption, opioid consumption, meth, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and tobacco use. Clealy they have no idea what really rots the soul of a community.
 

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I live in central Florida, we have men and women, men and men, women and women, it's a free for all around here.

I grew up in FTL and Orlando. Every year when I go back to visit (at least once a year) I am reminded how much I miss the sexually relaxed environments...and then get laid a ton til it's time to come back to the land of married and closeted DL guys.