Is your town "gay friendly"?

[Onlooker]

If you knew a gay couple, would you encourage them to move the town you live in because they would be welcome, safe, and treated with respect? Where is the town?

[In_The_Wind]

1. Yes

Kingston or New Paltz or Woodstock, NY.

[Guava Jelly]

2. I live in kansas

where i often see the bumpersticker
Kansas as bigoted as you think

[Redstone]

3. Yes. We like all kinds here.

Redstone

[Starbucks Anarchist]

4. Yes -- Los Angeles.

[supernova]

5. I think so, but you'd have to ask the people who live here

who happen to be gay.

I live in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC.

[Placebo]

6. Chicago

Host of the Gay Games 2006.

Need I say more? :D

[GirlinContempt]

7. Well, we had a gay mayor

So I think probably we're ok with the gays.

My 'town' is in Manitoba.

[Nikia]

8. I doubt it

I have heard some rather negative comments about gay people and gay marriage, including from people who I wouldn't expect it from, women too. I don't know of any openly gay people here.
I live in rural Wisconsin.

[LeftyMom]

9. Sure

I'm in Sacramento. Half the town is Bay Area expats so while the town isn't wildly liberal (by California standards anyhow) on other issues, sexuality really is a non-issue for the vast majority of people here. We also have very few fundies (or particularly religious people of any sort) here.

Just steer clear of Placer county, it's like Orange county's redneck twin and that's where the Sacramento area's fundies and other right wing assholes live.

[rug]

10. Milford, Pennsylvania

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

11. I would say so.

It does run Republican, but it's pretty socially liberal. I've been openly gay since I was 16. I've never had a single problem. The only thing that sucks is the only gay bar around here blows. Straight women seem to love it though.

I live in Rockaway, NJ.

[u4ic]

12. Yes and no

For the province (Alberta), yes, it's liberal...but there is still some opposition.

Meteghan, Nova Scotia is. Two gay Mounties are getting married: http://www.herald.ca/Front/504265.html

[sakabatou]

13. Yes

[XemaSab]

14. My new town (Santa Barbara) yes;

My old town (Redding) no.

[crispini]

15. Yes, Dallas is fine, in the right neighborhood.

Oak Lawn... ya'll could join Stonewall Dems and become a major political player... :rofl: it may sound weird but they are a force to be reckoned with in county party politics. :D

[GOPisEvil]

20. The Stonewalls are big down here too.

Oh, Steve V. (not even going to TRY to spell his name) brought your name up the other day. And not even in a bad way. :D

[Left Is Write]

16. I wouldn't think so.

[fleabert]

17. Very.

love the bay!

[Floogeldy]

18. BION, yes.

There are gay people in government, a gay social/business district, and the Gay Pride parade occurs every year with police escort and without incident.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

[LostInAnomie]

19. Oh, hell no!

Small town, Southern Indiana is no place for a homosexual to live. Oddly enough, there are a ton of openly gay people living in town.

[distantearlywarning]

21. Pittsburgh, PA.

Yes. It's pretty diverse in many ways and most people are open to all kinds of different things. I had an very openly flamboyant gay male student in my class last semester and he was one of the more popular kids in the class. Everybody liked him, and nobody ever made fun of him or ostracized him or anything. I saw him at the bus stop one day holding hands with his boyfriend waiting for the bus on a busy street (there were probably 50 people standing around or walking by), and I didn't see anyone even really noticing them, much less harrassing them or giving them nasty looks or anything. So yeah, I think I would recommend Pittsburgh as gay-friendly. They have some gay clubs here too, and I know that the local gay community does all kinds of stuff on cable access (ok, so maybe that last on is not the best recommendation ever...)

[Allenberg]

24. The younger population is

the older population is still socially conservative. Odd, for a city with a 5:1 Dem to Rep ratio.

[miss_american_pie]

49. A lot of them are Catholic dems, though

:hi:

[Burma Jones]

22. In the DC Suburbs, it's more about counties than towns

Here in Montgomery County Maryland, I would say absolutely.

[madrchsod]

23. my town isn`t friendly to anyone

if i could move i`d be gone...ya, i live in the hometown of st ronald.

[Neshanic]

25. Phoenix. Yes it actually is quite gay friendly.

[mwooldri]

26. Greensboro's gay-neutral... a few +'s and -'s.

If I had to say move anywhere, move to Brighton, Sussex, England. Definitely gay friendly there.

But Greensboro's good. A couple of the small to mid size companies I know out here are owned by openly gay people, one my wife worked for. The owner makes no bones about it, and everyone who works there is comfortable with the fact that different people have different sexualities. Definitely a place to work if you want to come 'out' openly in a very supportive environment (any which way you want). A few years ago, the owner and his SO adopted some Vietnamese twins - adorable, they were!

Mark.

[libnnc]

28. I used to work for that company

It is a very, very good place to work. The only reason I left was I lived in Winston-Salem and the commute was making me crazy. Greensboro/Winston-Salem are nice places to live if you're gay or lesbian. Charlotte too.

[libodem]

27. The boys of Boise

I'd say our town is so-so. We have some bars down town and there is a quiet community. Sort of a mind your own business and I'll be mindin' mine. :)

[Deja Q]

29. No

[Oeditpus Rex]

30. All I know is

there was a gay (lesbian) couple who owned the weekly newspaper, and AFAIK they were treated with respect.

Well, except by that city councilman they hounded a few years ago who retaliated by posting a web site linking them to lesbian porn. But in the end, I think that actually worked in their favor.

One of 'em's running for the county board of supes now, and I hope she wins.

[last_texas_dem]

31. No

I live in small-town Texas so that goes without saying. The asinine gay marriage ban passed in this county by something like 93-percent.

[Random_Australian]

32. Yup.

[bridgit]

33. ppfftt, hell yes...

http://www.faces.net/askmarge.asp just got back in from an all day 'gig' with our gay friends

[xchrom]

34. san francisco/bay area.

so yes.

and i would love to see more gay people move here.

[tjwmason]

35. Pretty neutral.

One does see a few gay couples without any raised eyebrows.

I'm sure there are neighbourhoods of the local town where one might not be made very welcome - but in most places once people realise that their property prices aren't going to collapse as a result, they wouldn't be bothered either way.

[retrospective66]

36. It appears to be

But the lesbian couple I know are like 3rd and 5th generation in my small town. I'm not altogethor sure gay 'outsiders' would be as easily accepted. I would hope so, but it's hard to say.

[tjwmason]

38. Welcome to D.U. retrospective66.

:hi:

You're right - I think that a lot of places would accept "insiders" who came out as gay, but would be somewhat wary of gay incomers.

[retrospective66]

39. Thank You tjwmason

It's nice to be here. I like the diversity of discussion and folks I see here. Thanks for the welcome!

[Catfight]

37. Tampa Florida, hell no, they might as well put up a big sign when

you visit, "Home of the old, fat, white bigot!"

[riona]

40. Unhappily, I believe you're probably right.

But we do have alot of Jesus fish pasted on cars. Go figure.

[flvegan]

44. Sadly, this is true. Rhonda Storms isn't helping.

Howdy, neighbor!

[Wetzelbill]

41. Tucson, AZ

I think it can be. But there are some whackos here too. We had a gay man nearly beat to death outside a club a few years ago. I used to live in Seattle, that's about the best place I can think of for a gay couple to live.

[tibbir]

42. I think Houston is ok

as long as you stay clear of the 'burbs.

[xmas74]

43. College town in W Central MO

They are getting better at acceptance but it's still not quite as it should be.

[no name no slogan]

45. Yes. Very. (Minneapolis/St Paul)

IIRC Minneapolis is second only to SF for gays as a percentage of the population. We have openly gay politicians and openly gay married couples here. Plus it's the only state that was bluer in 2004 than it was in 2000.

[YankeyMCC]

46. Arlington, MA

Our next door neighbors were the first same sex wedding we attended.

I've heard that the high school was one of the first (the first?) to have a Gay-Straight alliance club (is it a club?).

It's actually pretty darn cool I think being that we're a community with close ties to the birth of this nation and the ideals of the revolution - you know that liberal stuff about equality and justice yadda yadda yadda - and we seem to continue to lead the way in the cause of expanding human rights and equality under the law.

[wain]

47. I'm from New Hope PA

For a gay friendly community it's as good as it gets - for all of us.:)

[donco6]

48. Denver - from personal experience - YES. eom

[BlueStorm]

50. I dunno about GR

but I would say that they split right down the middle. Though this city is quite conservative so I don't really know.

Blue

[terrya]

51. Chicago? Yes, it is.

It doesn't have legal recognition of same-sex marriage, unfortunately.

But otherwise Chicago is very gay friendly. I would encourage gay and lesbian couples to move here.

[datasuspect]

57. depends on the part of chicago

and it is a very small part.

there are many, many violent and intolerant pockets there.

[Kerrytravelers]

52. Yes. There is a gay bar just down the street and never any problems.

[Ekirh]

53. I'm not sure

About where I currently am (Petersburg VA) . . .

where I use to reside (Mathews County VA) I would have to give a definite no.

[ldf]

54. sort of obvous, but yes, NYC

great place for gays.

here are a couple of ads that i saw on the subways...





:-)

edit to add;



this was in times square, a 20 or 30 foot high billboard

[Omphaloskepsis]

55. Eugene, Oregon..

We hate heterosexuals here.

[Mutley]

56. Aside from the occasional Neanderthal I think so, yes.