I hope im not doing it wrong.

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There are more sites than Wikipedia. Look for LGBT, or gay bars, LGBT friendly businesses, even LGBT community centers in the area. Look at the public records for hate crimes, things like that can give you a good idea of what the area is like.

For example if I told you there was a place with no LGBT community center, but there were LGBT support groups hosted twice a week at the general community center. There was only one Gay bar and, it was not exclusively gay, straights wen there too. And there have been 12 hate crimes in the last 2 years here, 4 of them directed at blacks, 1 with a white female victim and, the rest white men. Then you saw random pictures of public events and saw that there might be one or two that could be gay or punk rockers and, a couple of guys that were dressed a little feminine but, very conservatively so, and the rest of the people in the photos looked like straight people. You'd have a good idea of what was in store for an openly gay man there.

Not impossible, but not the best place to come out initially either.

Now if I showed you a place with 2 community centers, 4 bars, six other LGBT friendly businesses, only 3 hate crimes, and all directed at minorities, and there were 6-8 obviously gay couples in the pictures of events around the area, then you'd know that was a better place for someone just coming out.