Your place of residence - how homophobic is it?

[elad12]

I'd say 3 to 4 but there are a few people still around that would bring that number down.

[ardus]

I would say 3 where I live next to Ft Benning, but there are areas that I frequent that are not too far away that are better. Atlanta would be a 4, Auburn a 4. Montgomery 3.5-4 depending on where in Montgomery you go. Not bad overall.
Richard

[Vigilias]

I actually saw the guy with his mates in the street one time before I began keeping notes.

I approached them and told them that what they were doing was unacceptable and against the law, that I'd give no more warnings (one is enough) I'd simply go to the police if it happened again.

They chose not to heed the words of Vigilias!

[megumidesu]

I think so, 100's of people stood in line for hours waiting for immigration checks other couples and families were approaching the desk together and it bever occured to us that we shouldnt, we've been to the US before and it was never an issue he asked if we were travelling together ? Yes we said - were we family ? er yes we said so what's the relation? We're a couple and he responded by shouting at me to get back in line and wait we had to be seen separately it was humiliating and degrading to be treated this way in front of hundres of people what happened to equal rights? I guess I'm lucky it's my only experience of being discriminated against because of my sexual orientation ?

see , my idea of "extreme discrimination" would be fearing going outside in case i was killed , or not being able to get housing or a job because of my sexuality/gender/race/whatever, or being attacked and left with lifelong injuries and deformities because of that.

not being allowed through the airport at the same time would be annoying and wrong , yes , but i wouldn't consider it "extreme"...

[Vigilias]

When I was with my first boyfriend we took the train in to Liverpool one time - not the first time by any means.

This particular train must have been cobbled together in a hurry as it included some really out of date rolling stock - the compartment type as in this pic (only in blue) reminiscent of Harry Potter lol. https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&...8450105740


I love anything like that so we ended up in a compartment with a somewhat lost and anxious looking elderly lady. We smiled and said hello. She had a north American accent - either she was a tourist or she'd got on the wrong train at Grand Central lol.

It tuned out she was from Canada and was a little anxious at passing through one or two quaint-looking stations on her way from Preston. She asked if the train went to "Liv-errrrr-pooo-well". I smiled at her accent and said that it did, it was a direct train and the last stop would be Liverpool Lime Street (Serves the rest of the UK and outer lying suburbs of Liverpool and the North West of England). I smiled again as I reassured her she was okay.

I asked if she was from the U.S. and she corrected me sharply. They don't like that, the Canadians do they?

As we got nearer to Liverpool the landscape turned less rural and more urban and then quite inner city. She pulled a face and made a comment about how dirty and scruffy England was. Now, now, darlin' we hadn't yet got over Lend Lease.

Then she made the error of saying that it was so much better in Canada and that we had so many muggers and theives and homosexuals.

"Homosexuals?" I asked. My boyfriend attempted to hide the grin that was playing across his face. He knew what was coming - sort of but not exactly. I asked if they didn't have homosexuals in Cananda. She muttered something but I asked if she had never seen a homosexual. "Nooooooo, I haven't!"

"Not even in a zoo?" I was just playing with her at this point.

"Noooo!" she replied quizzically. I asked if she'd ever met a homosexual and again she protested that she hadn't. [Lock on target, arm torpedo and... FIRE]

I said, "Well congratulations, you have now!"

The elderly lady looked horrified and looking at my boyfriend who was by now trying and failing to stifel his laughter asked if he was too. He nodded. She lookd back at me and said "You can't be!" and "Are you really homosexual".

"Yes!" I replied, "would you like me to show you what we do?"

She looked as though she was about to throw her self out of the train or pull the emergency handle or something.

The conversation ended with her threatening to report us to the Police. I spoiled her fun by telling her it wasn't against the law. She said she would make something up in that case. I told her we had laws against perjury and making false and malicious statements. As we got off I said that I hoped she enjoyed her visit to Liverpool and that she didn't meet anyone who hated her as much as she hated us.

Made my day!

P.S. hope at lest one of those links works!

[Waylon777]

Depends on where. Downtown Toronto is 1. The Asian District in Steeles and west of it are probably 3 to 4. Waterloo is about 2 to 3. Ottawa is around 1 to 2. Oshawa is probably 3 to 4. Chatham is around 2 to 3. And UAE is 5.

[Arkansota]

Arkansas is moderately homophobic, but southern hospitality prevents them from getting too nasty

[Sylph]

Need I say it? Lol.

While one of the more open and tolerant islands of Caribbean culture toward homosexuality, we still sit at a One.

I could go into all the laws and blah blah here, but it would take awhile...

Let it be known, I'm strong not only because I want to be, but because I have to be because of my Culture and Island.

And My island is Tiny and has the most church's per capita in the world, so yeah, there you go

[AbelD]

I live in Sitges (Spain), so number #5.
We have our own Gay Pride, even if we have two different gay prides one in Barcelona and another one in Madrid we have one here. Also we have a lot pf gay bars, restaurant and also beaches. We can go hand with hand with another guy or kiss another guy in a straight party and this is ok... Of course stupid people are everywhere but almost everyone accept gay people.

[Jason111]

I think so, 100's of people stood in line for hours waiting for immigration checks other couples and families were approaching the desk together and it bever occured to us that we shouldnt, we've been to the US before and it was never an issue he asked if we were travelling together ? Yes we said - were we family ? er yes we said so what's the relation? We're a couple and he responded by shouting at me to get back in line and wait we had to be seen separately it was humiliating and degrading to be treated this way in front of hundres of people what happened to equal rights? I guess I'm lucky it's my only experience of being discriminated against because of my sexual orientation ?

I would be happy if I could classify your example as extreme, though I am not trying to trivialize it.