Winnipeg Gay Friendly?

[Guest ncm2169]

There was a post on Craig's List in my area today which referred to Winnipeg as being "gay-friendly" to the point of law enforcement allowing a "cruisy gay cinema/book store" (the implication was that glory holes would be just fine) where the authorities would not bother it.

 

Any comments from our Canadian Brothers? :9

[Guest zipperzone]

>Any comments from our Canadian Brothers? :9

 

I'm not sure about Gay Friendly but I can tell you that the climate is not in the least friendly. I spent a winter there once and it was truly hell. It got so cold and the wind was so strong that people were actually walking up Portage Ave - the main drag - with cardboard boxes over their heads, with eye holes cut out, to keep the wind off their faces. And on Oct 31st I was in a night club until about 2 a.m. and when we came out there was a blizzard in progress with snow drifts actually up to your armpits.

 

However, what you reported makes sense. Better to confine it to one area/location where an eye can be kept on it rather than have it happening all over the city. That way there is less chance for the straights to be aware of it and complain.

 

I was never aware that there was much of a gay scene there at all.

[Guest zipperzone]

>Any comments from our Canadian Brothers? :9

 

I'm not sure about Gay Friendly but I can tell you that the climate is not in the least friendly. I spent a winter there once and it was truly hell. It got so cold and the wind was so strong that people were actually walking up Portage Ave - the main drag - with cardboard boxes over their heads, with eye holes cut out, to keep the wind off their faces. And on Oct 31st I was in a night club until about 2 a.m. and when we came out there was a blizzard in progress with snow drifts actually up to your armpits.

 

However, what you reported makes sense. Better to confine it to one area/location where an eye can be kept on it rather than have it happening all over the city. That way there is less chance for the straights to be aware of it and complain.

 

I was never aware that there was much of a gay scene there at all.

[Luv2play]

A few years ago they had an openly gay mayor, Glen Murray. That's pretty open IMO.

[Luv2play]

A few years ago they had an openly gay mayor, Glen Murray. That's pretty open IMO.

[Yeswell]

It makes sense, as Winnipeg has always been a progressive city with a very active cultural scene and a strong left-wing tradition. And for the most part Canadian authorities over the last twenty years or so have been unwilling to enforce vice laws.

[Yeswell]

It makes sense, as Winnipeg has always been a progressive city with a very active cultural scene and a strong left-wing tradition. And for the most part Canadian authorities over the last twenty years or so have been unwilling to enforce vice laws.

[Guest zipperzone]

>A few years ago they had an openly gay mayor, Glen Murray.

>That's pretty open IMO.

 

Agreed - that's pretty open, but quite a bit different than having much of a gay scene. Maybe there is now - it's quite a few years since I was living there - but there sure as hell wasn't any gay scene then - God only knows, I looked!

[Guest zipperzone]

>A few years ago they had an openly gay mayor, Glen Murray.

>That's pretty open IMO.

 

Agreed - that's pretty open, but quite a bit different than having much of a gay scene. Maybe there is now - it's quite a few years since I was living there - but there sure as hell wasn't any gay scene then - God only knows, I looked!