*Gay Acceptance By US State

[+ azdr0710]

[+ azdr0710]

Mass continues its rep as most liberal state in the country. Colorado is considered by many as containing the most-educated population in the country. 

Edited August 12 by azdr0710

[pubic_assistance]

Based on my travels - this map makes sense. Although I am confident in my guess that much of the negative feelings toward homosexuality in States like Pennsylvania and Florida is coming from regions that you wouldn't be caught dead in, anyway....😆

[BSR]

17 minutes ago, pubic_assistance said:

Based on my travels - this map makes sense. Although I am confident in my guess that much of the negative feelings toward homosexuality in States like Pennsylvania and Florida is coming from regions that you wouldn't be caught dead in, anyway....😆

I love this description of Pennsylvania:  “Philadelphia on one side, Pittsburgh on the other, with Alabama in the middle.”

[columbuslaw123]

I'm very surprised Arkansas is lower than say Oklahoma or Idaho or Wyoming. Little Rock, Eureka Springs, Bentonville are all pretty liberal areas and when I was there I had no problem being with my husband. Idaho on the other hand felt extremely unsafe. I haven't been to Oklahoma but I imagine it's pretty terrible as well. 

[mike carey]

3 hours ago, BSR said:

I love this description of Pennsylvania:  “Philadelphia on one side, Pittsburgh on the other, with Alabama in the middle.”

Haha, you beat me to it!

[+ Just Chuck]

All of the geographically big states are hard to characterize at a state level.  Texas in particular would look very different (and probably get a score like Arkansas) if you separated DFW, Austin, San Antonio, and Houston from the rest of the state.  

[+ Pensant]

5 hours ago, mike carey said:

Haha, you beat me to it!

That part of the state is also known as Pennsyltucky. I’d imagine the Philadelphia metro area, where I’m originally from, is in the low 80s.

[mike carey]

1 minute ago, Pensant said:

That part of the state is also known as Pennsyltucky. I’d imagine the Philadelphia metro area, where I’m originally from, is in the low 80s.

Idyllic farmland and villages with an unseen darkness beneath.

[+ Pensant]

1 minute ago, mike carey said:

Idyllic farmland and villages with an unseen darkness beneath.

Sounds like HP Lovecraft’s description of the Dunwich country.

[+ DrownedBoy]

12 minutes ago, mike carey said:

Idyllic farmland and villages with an unseen darkness beneath.

That's the problem with these maps.

Illinois is an entirely red state except for the Chicago area. I've worked in Southern Illinois and it was totally conservative, with a majority of fundamentalist churches.

It's amazing. In rural Wisconsin, it's the same, but the moment you get to even a small town, red turns to blue. Guess living with different people forces empathy.

[pubic_assistance]

2 hours ago, mike carey said:

Idyllic farmland and villages with an unseen darkness beneath.

I grew up there. It's not even "unseen"....we all see it.  There is an expectation of "group-think" where you MUST do as others do. If you don't, you are to be hated for not participating. 

THIS is why I am so sensitive to "group-think" when I see gay men playing that same evil game. 

Group-think whether left of right thinking is suffocating.

[NipLuvr212]

16 hours ago, azdr0710 said:

i love new england! Yea... thanks for this!

[+ Charlie]

I think the only reason for doing this calculation by states is because the laws which affect sexual behavior are decided at the state level, not at the local level. If I were trying to decide where to live or visit, I would be more interested in polls at the city level.

[NJF]

16 hours ago, pubic_assistance said:

Based on my travels - this map makes sense. Although I am confident in my guess that much of the negative feelings toward homosexuality in States like Pennsylvania and Florida is coming from regions that you wouldn't be caught dead in, anyway....😆

Alabama is still 50/50. The only two states that are homophobic (<50% acceptance) are Arkansas and Mississippi 

Edited August 12 by NJF

[NJF]

15 hours ago, columbuslaw123 said:

I'm very surprised Arkansas is lower than say Oklahoma or Idaho or Wyoming. Little Rock, Eureka Springs, Bentonville are all pretty liberal areas and when I was there I had no problem being with my husband. Idaho on the other hand felt extremely unsafe. I haven't been to Oklahoma but I imagine it's pretty terrible as well. 

You need to get out of the cities and see the rural parts of Arkansas and Tennessee. Bible thumping preachers have a lot to do with the low public acceptance of homosexuality.

[+ azdr0710]

Yes, important to remember that state legislatures rarely reflect the general population very closely. Of course, rural vs urban is a wide swing in many states and even adjacent suburban cities can swing widely  (in my area, Tempe is next to Mesa and are nearly day and night in tolerance)

[+ Pensant]

32 minutes ago, NJF said:

Bible thumping preachers have a lot to do with the low public acceptance of homosexuality.

Although one wouldn’t be surprised by the antics of their “youth” pastors!

[Danny-Darko]

23 hours ago, pubic_assistance said:

Based on my travels - this map makes sense. Although I am confident in my guess that much of the negative feelings toward homosexuality in States like Pennsylvania and Florida is coming from regions that you wouldn't be caught dead in, anyway....😆

True, and in Florida at least, even in urban sectors in seems to come from its vast immigrant population that come with and keeps their uneducated and narrow mentality from their native country. 

Edited August 13 by Danny-Darko

[Lotus-eater]

1 hour ago, Danny-Darko said:

True, and in Florida at least, even in urban sectors in seems to come from it vast immigrant population that come with and keeps their uneducated and narrow mentality from their native country. 

Considering how poorly that sentence is written, what exactly qualifies as uneducated?

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Edited August 13 by Lotus-eater

[NJF]

14 minutes ago, Lotus-eater said:

Considering how poorly that sentence is written, what exactly qualifies as uneducated?

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5. "their uneducated and narrow mentality"

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Are you making a living by teaching English? lol.

[+ nycman]

1 hour ago, NJF said:

Are you making a living by teaching English? lol.

Or by just being a twat?

grin

[Cooper]

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[+ Just Chuck]

I stopped at a fast food restaurant in ULTRA CONSERVATIVE Memphis, Texas a few years ago.  The high school-aged young man behind the counter was wearing every rainbow-patterned accessory I could imagine.  I ate the whole meal thinking "to be that brave and out in this community means that young guy is TOUGH emotionally and maybe physically."

[pubic_assistance]

1 hour ago, Just Chuck said:

to be that brave and out in this community means that young guy is TOUGH emotionally and maybe physically."

Many young people often defy the standards of social expectations even when it puts them at risk of expulsion and torment. I grew up in a socially conservative religious community. I chose to keep my homosexual tendencies to myself and instead of challenging anyone's viewpoints, I simply left and never moved back. I applaud the brave young people who stayed there, and pushed back on public opinion enough to change perceptions to the point that its no longer unsafe for gay couples to run a bed&breakfast there, publicly declaring their relationship without taunting or attacks. 

Edited August 13 by pubic_assistance
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