How accepting?

[ShyGuyInChicago]

How accepting is your area? Would you say that people in your area are progressive when it comes to LGBT people and issues or not?

In my town and the place I went to high school it seems as though most of the people my age and younger were homophobic. I never heard the views of of any adults.

[clr9823]

I see guys and girls holding hands with each others, seen guys kiss each other on the bus, I'm kinda-out at my school and apart from the odd hushed comment among the homophobes they get no hastle at all. So I guess it's a pretty accepting area. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

[Angel Androgynous]

There are some homophobes in my school, but where I live, it is generally accepting. (:

I see gay/lesbian couples quite a lot. ^_^

[scuba steve]

My areas probably very homophobic (for example, if I were to be homosexual my friends probably wouldn't like me), but there are circle where being homosexual is accepted. Although I've never seen a couple in the streets.

[Riku]

Rarely ever see a gay couple. I've seen one (yes, ONE.) in my hometown after living there 15 years. They were adults though. Hardly accepting, everyone is a die-hard homophobic.

[nameless12]

well... some times there are gay people, like a couple every 2 or 3 weeks but people are really discriminative but at the same time accepting.

[CaliKid24]

Pretty Accepting, i see gay couples in public everyday lol.

[LuckyLuke]

In the area I live, Long Island New York, the people are generally very accepting.

Many of my friends who are members of the GLBT community have found that, compared to other places, our area is considerably more progressive and understanding of the issues they face.

Our school has a gay-straight All. and nearly all of the teachers at our school display "Safe Zone" stickers proudly or wear rainbow pins to show support on coming out day.

Of course, as in any area, there are members of the community that are bigots and don't understand or accept them but those are few and in-between here and, generally, the supporters of the GLBT community will speak loudly against them.

[blackout123123]

My area is surprisingly very accepting, only a few homophobes here and there, but not too many.

[Harlequin]

None to accepting, my school has a gay underground but it gets bad rep, the church i go to is very anti gay (duh its church) and the youth i am with call me gay for lack of notches on bead post and a love of the kitchen...i hate backwater areas they are so simplistic and entrenched.

[grstl]

Totally conservative and Christian here.....to my gay dismay!

[lenny774]

Depends on what part of town your in.

[Kujiro]

No, in my country they are not accepting, it is even a crime to engage in homosexual activites here.

Even if its not a crime, the people are too stereotyped to accept bisexuality or homosexuality.

But screw that, seriously. i don't need anyone permission to love anyone, so why bother what people think.
^^

[Schizothemia]

My area isn't very accepting at all. They like to think they are, but that's only an ego stroke to quiet ruckus from some more out spoken students who actually know laws well enough to where they could sue the schools for emotional trauma and treating the LGBTQ community unfairly. If these laws weren't in place, there would be tons more issues.

In terms of the community, it's the same thing. When I came out of the closet, people in the neighborhood egged my house, they would throw water balloons at me, and it was pretty bad. Luckily, it only made me stronger, and so pretty soon I was able to get them to settle down, again by incorporating law as a defense.

So all in all, the answer is a definite no.

[LittleMonster]

In the 40000 people city I live in, I think the majority of people are accepting. We only have one gay bar though. But once you get out of town, no. I've never heard of any outright homophobia, but people don't like it, but they accept it. My school ha a lot of rednecks and they don't like it, but the city kids kids have no problem. In fact, I've found kids talk to me more now that they know I'm gay. All in all, it's ok, but it could be better.

[Atonement]

I live in the rural Midwest. My town is relatively small. The people here are mostly conservative Christians. So, they tend to be more homophobic. However, with the exception of few people, most people in my school wouldn't have a problem if someone was gay if they didn't flaunt it etc. The toughest opposition would be from the boys, who are insecure about themselves anyways so they put up a facade to make them seem ultra straight. There are enough people in my town that don't care/support gays that I'd call my town moderately homophobic.

[Ambrosia]

I live in Texas, where you wouldn't expect any type of homosexual lifestyle to be allowed. Of course, we have the good ol' boys out here who are gay-bashers and what not, but we also have the very muscular gay guys who run around shirtless in tight faded blue jeans and cowboy hats. Most of the adult people in my area have no choice but to accept and move on because a huge number of the younger people enjoy ACTING as if they are homosexual, even when they are not. When your straight child is acting homosexual, there's not much you can do. It's the old folks that are very open about it, going as far as to make snide comments in public about "That queer over there" and what not.

The majority of us love our homosexual side of the community, because they add a bit of diversity into a very oldfashion town.

[Harley Quinn]

It's more or less really accepting. It's London, so I don't see why it wouldn't be. Depends on what generation you grew up in really. My grandparents aren't really familiar with it all so they don't not accept it but they do. It's something most people come to grips with here. My school didn't really have a problem with lgbtq people, only a select few, which again I think is influenced by generations. There are areas however that are homophobic, just not as many as there is accepting.