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My two cents:
The "just go, happens all the time" attitude about the issue doesn't take into consideration a few things: many of use love the land where we grew up, have other ties with communities, loved ones, and/or have a good career. To just up and leave, especially if you have a family and an established career, is not as easy as "just go".
Furthermore, conservative people are jut wrong in their discriminatory practices and actions, especially when legal protections are in place. Leaving makes them win, and they should not win because their beliefs and actions are just cruel and wrong.
Chosoing to move for comfort and for better opportunities for the LGBT is very different that being forced out from a community that you have been part of due to political pressure, or for making you feel threatened. And as things progress, they are supposed to get better not worse, so there should be less of having to leave, not the increase that we are seeing. "Happens all the time" just enables and excuses the hate.

Are you sure?
In Louisiana, where the pediatric cardiologist and his family feel unwelcome, 53% of adults say homosexuality should be accepted and 36% say it should be discouraged.
In Missouri, where a woman and her transgender daughter feel unwelcome, 57% of adults say homosexuality should be accepted and 36% say it should be discouraged.
If my math is correct, it seems that minority rules in the two communities cited by the OP.  

Are you sure?
In Louisiana, where the pediatric cardiologist and his family feel unwelcome, 53% of adults say homosexuality should be accepted and 36% say it should be discouraged.
In Missouri, where a woman and her transgender daughter feel unwelcome, 57% of adults say homosexuality should be accepted and 36% say it should be discouraged.
If my math is correct, it seems that minority rules in the two communities cited by the OP.  

Haven't been able to get this question out of my mind.  I keep wondering why the person who doesn't welcome me would want to live near me.  Isn't he also free to move somewhere else?  Are his ties to the community stronger than mine?  Does he have more furniture than I do?

If I were to look for a sign of an unhealthy society, I don't know that I'd look much further than people having to uproot their lives to get away from people they don't like or who don't like them.  The success of our species is based in large part on our ability and desire to work together to do things we couldn't do alone.  When did it become a great thing about the US to tell others to 'Just go.'?  
No doubt I'm overlooking something.  One of these days I may wake up and decide to move away from everybody who doesn't welcome me.  I may even leave a note saying I'm sorry for bothering them.
But that day is not today and, if someone chooses to leave to get away from me, I sure hope the door doesn't hit him in the ass.  
 

Are you sure?
In Louisiana, where the pediatric cardiologist and his family feel unwelcome, 53% of adults say homosexuality should be accepted and 36% say it should be discouraged.
In Missouri, where a woman and her transgender daughter feel unwelcome, 57% of adults say homosexuality should be accepted and 36% say it should be discouraged.
If my math is correct, it seems that minority rules in the two communities cited by the OP.  

Haven't been able to get this question out of my mind.  I keep wondering why the person who doesn't welcome me would want to live near me.  Isn't he also free to move somewhere else?  Are his ties to the community stronger than mine?  Does he have more furniture than I do?

If I were to look for a sign of an unhealthy society, I don't know that I'd look much further than people having to uproot their lives to get away from people they don't like or who don't like them.  The success of our species is based in large part on our ability and desire to work together to do things we couldn't do alone.  When did it become a great thing about the US to tell others to 'Just go.'?  
No doubt I'm overlooking something.  One of these days I may wake up and decide to move away from everybody who doesn't welcome me.  I may even leave a note saying I'm sorry for bothering them.
But that day is not today and, if someone chooses to leave to get away from me, I sure hope the door doesn't hit him in the ass.  
 

Some expressions my father used - 'He drives like a bat out of hell'.  Or referring to someone one wasn't to bright.   'He can't tell the difference between his ass and a hole in the ground.'

"Are you testing me?!?"

Both of my parent's have had their own unique commentary at times.    My mother bringing up "Judas"  during moments of discomfort or irritation.    Dad much the same.    I grew up in a household where some curse words were acceptable,  "damn" and "hell"  were used by them,   but "fuck"  would never be uttered.   Even if I use it today,  I'd be reminded I'm not too old to have my mouth washed out with soap.

Haven't been able to get this question out of my mind.  I keep wondering why the person who doesn't welcome me would want to live near me.  Isn't he also free to move somewhere else?  Are his ties to the community stronger than mine?  Does he have more furniture than I do?

If I were to look for a sign of an unhealthy society, I don't know that I'd look much further than people having to uproot their lives to get away from people they don't like or who don't like them.  The success of our species is based in large part on our ability and desire to work together to do things we couldn't do alone.  When did it become a great thing about the US to tell others to 'Just go.'?  
No doubt I'm overlooking something.  One of these days I may wake up and decide to move away from everybody who doesn't welcome me.  I may even leave a note saying I'm sorry for bothering them.
But that day is not today and, if someone chooses to leave to get away from me, I sure hope the door doesn't hit him in the ass.  
 

I’m in the upper south, though not in a small town, and don’t particularly enjoy it for being part of the lgbt community and for being a person of color. Sometimes I do feel stuck, because my roots and family are here. I’m not that established yet in my career so I don’t have the upward mobility to move to nyc, los angeles, San Francisco, etc. I feel bad for the ethnic minority and lgbt people in the deep southern states like Mississippi or Alabama, which are much more backwards in terms of inclusiveness and equality. 

Racial minorities and immigrant groups are also feeling compelled to move (in cases where they are able) due to recently imposed legislation in their home state.  I guess it amazes me that in 2023 in the US,  minority groups in certain states feel they have to move to a new state in order to feel safe, accepted, and live an authentic life.  This is not a normal thing to be occurring in a developed nation in 2023.    

Absolutely. The issue is not only affecting gays and trans families. After all, we are a minority. What about women being unowned from their bodies by the anti-abortion wave? The theocrats are trying to block them from traveling to other states for the procedure, they will have no other option than moving to a place where they have more rights. 

The other side of the story is the way some places became more desirable for gays in the first place. The classic case was San Francisco. Many closeted gays in the military during World War II spent time in SF before being shipped off to the Pacific war, and experienced more social freedom there; when the war was over, they decided to return to SF rather than to the small towns in the Mid-west and the South where they had been raised. The influx of gays made California more liberal, and their exodus from their original homes made the states they left behind more conservative.

NOT ENOUGH WOOD IN THE DECOR...
 
Step Inside a Vintage Electric Light-Bath Cabinet in a Bronxville Tudor, Yours for $1.995 Million
 
  Wrapped in old world style, this Bronxville stone Tudor still has some of the amenities that would have attracted a 1920s house hunter, including a bathroom in the latest Art Deco style complete with a contraption that promised therapeutic benefits.
Perhaps modern home buyers aren’t on the lookout for an electric light-bath cabinet, but the house on the market at 9 Rittenhouse Road is also awash in details like half timbering, beamed ceilings, paneling, and mantels. Completed in 1928, it was constructed as part of the Corwood development abutting the Siwanoy Country Club and west of the downtown core of Bronxville.
Corwood was a project of the Corlando Corporation, which had S. Wilbur Corman as its president. The project included 24 house sites in a woodland setting, with Bronxville resident Lewis Bowman as the consulting architect and A.F. Brinckerhoff as the landscape architect. A full page ad for the project in 1927 promised it was “a highly restricted development” for families that wished to “develop the right type of home.”
Corman was an advertising man who turned to development and moved into the new neighborhood he was promoting. In 1928 he and wife Anna M. Corman moved into the newly completed house at 9 Rittenhouse Road.


The Tudor style of their home was a popular choice of the era, with the largest homes earning the nickname Stockbroker Tudor. While the 1920s evoke visions of skyscrapers and streamlined design, it was also a time that saw a bit of Old England translated into a housing style fit for the tycoons of the modern era. With their asymmetrical massing, picturesque half timbering, and peaked roofs, Tudor-style homes began dotting the emerging U.S. suburbs in the late 19th century and continued to be popular until the start of the Depression.
Architect Lewis Bowman was proficient in the revival styles that were the rage at the time, including Mediterranean and Dutch Colonial, with a particular emphasis on English-inspired designs like Tudor Revival. While his work pops up in Pelham Manor and Scarsdale, it is Bronxville with which he is most associated and where he headquartered his architectural practice. It is estimated that he designed more than 50 houses in Bronxville alone, and a 1930 monograph credits him with the design of the Corman house.
In 1930 the census records the Cormans occupying the house, along with a live-in maid. Local papers reported on the many garden parties, teas, and bridge parties the couple hosted in their spacious abode.
S. Wilbur Corman had only a decade of living in the home, passing away in 1938 at age 61. An obituary noted his health had been failing for three years before his death from heart disease. Back in 1915 he had also experienced a health setback, resigning from an advertising position after undergoing what a trade publication called a “severe operation” that necessitated a long break from work.


Perhaps Corman’s health issues explain the electric light-bath cabinet still in place in the house. The wooden cabinet is outfitted with a stool, mirrors, and bulbs and set in a niche in the Art Deco bathroom. To partake in the therapy, a person would step inside, close the doors while leaving their head outside the box, and turn on a switch for a dose of heat from the incandescent bulbs.
A patent for a radiant-heat bath was issued in 1896 to Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, wellness promoter and head of the Battle Creek Sanitarium. Kellogg, who advocated a number of health cures, believed in the therapeutic benefits of light for a long list of ailments. In his 1910 book “Light Therapeutics” he predicted that in time his invention would become a “necessary part of a complete bathroom outfit in private homes.” The list of ailments he suggested might benefit from the therapy included cardiac disease, diabetes, syphilis, and migraines. Kellogg said short stints of three to six minutes per treatment were typically sufficient, although longer sessions might be needed to address some conditions like rheumatism and gout.
A 1925 ad for a Battle Creek electric-light bath. Image via Modern Hospital
Curious Brooklynites in December of 1928 could stop by Loeser’s on Fulton Street for a “Battle Creek Health Week” to see a variety of Kellogg inventions on display, including the cabinet. There were also demonstrations led by a “prize winning beauty” on how to “safely reduce weight and build a firm body.”
If the quirky cabinet isn’t a draw, the house also has more than 7,000 square feet of living space that includes eight bedrooms and 6.5 baths. Owners over the decades have left much of the original detail intact so it is easy to imagine the Cormans’ guests entering through the atmospheric entry hall with its beamed ceiling, half timbering on the walls, and stone mantel. There is also a paneled parlor and a window-filled dining room.


The kitchen has been updated, and while a few style tweaks could bring it more in stylistic sympathy with the rest of the house, it has a dishwasher, an island, and plenty of cabinet space. There is a tantalizing glimpse of a pantry kitted out with a vintage sink, deep red elephant-adorned wallpaper, and shelves for bar necessities.
Upstairs, in addition to all the bedroom space is a library with built-in shelves and another mantel. There is also another Art Deco bathroom, this one with violet fixtures and tiles. A shot of a dressing room with built-ins also shows a view of some vintage green floor tiles and violet wall tiles in an en suite bath.
There is more entertaining space in a basement room with a beamed ceiling and cabinets on either side of a fireplace. One of those cabinets opens to reveal a vintage bar sink with more shelving space for a liquor stash.
The house sits on just under an acre of land and is approached via a gently curved stone driveway. There is a stone patio at the rear of the house and an attached three-car garage.
Listed with Susan Kelty Law of Houlihan Lawrence, the house is asking $1.995 million. The listing notes that a decision is expected in September on a tax grievance that was filed for the property.
If you want to view an electric light-bath cabinet in splendid surroundings, one can be seen at Coe Hall, the Tudor Revival mansion at Planting Fields in Oyster Bay. The 65-room house, designed by Walker & Gillette, includes the dressing room of W. R. Coe fitted out with a restored cabinet. The house is open for guided and self-guided tours and is also set within an Olmsted Brothers-designed landscape well worth roaming.




























https://www.brownstoner.com/upstate/bronxville-tudor-house-for-sale-9-rittenhouse-road-electric-light-bath/
 

I had the pleasure of being in the audience of Price Is Right during Bob’s last week of shows before he retired. I sat right behind contestants’ row and was instructed to be extremely animated. I put on quite a show. I had a great time. I recorded the episode on my TiVo and still have the TiVo box in my garage. I’m assuming I could find it on YouTube now and finally toss the TiVo box. 

I was very sad to hear about Bob Barker passing away today at 99. I loved watching "Price is Right" with my grandma growing up. Here's a couple of my favorite clips of contestants who seem to have never watched the show before going on it.
 

That's really weird. As a medical professional, I would think you'd be more familiar with where/how to pick these up...
What does COVID-19 look like?   

Sacre bleu!
 
That's nuts! People losing it after discovering how cashews actually grow: 'This is not real'
Australian man Jackson Jansen was shocked when he discovered the popular “nut” is actually a seed that grows on the outside of a specific apple variety.

There’s also a Tips app. It comes with IOS.

You just changed my life!
Thank you!

I've known about that one for a while now. There are a lot of helpful tips & tricks for iphone users on tiktok, believe it or not.
This guy gives a lot of them:
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or I do, it seems...

I should be so lucky.  
I can say that when I studied massage back in the day, client arousal was discussed so it wasn't a surprise when it happened and we knew not to overreact, if at all.  I guess your Ben would have had similar training and would not be fazed.
Unless of course he also liked what he saw and next time your one-eyes may cross. 👀

I should be so lucky.  
I can say that when I studied massage back in the day, client arousal was discussed so it wasn't a surprise when it happened and we knew not to overreact, if at all.  I guess your Ben would have had similar training and would not be fazed.
Unless of course he also liked what he saw and next time your one-eyes may cross. 👀