it’s a very welcoming country for LGBT folks (yes, including T, despite what the government may say)
I live in a largely rural county, and that’s been my experience too. A lot of the pubs and clubs in town not only have substantial LGBT clientele, but also management, and the straight clients don’t seem at all bothered by that. And it’s common to see groups of neighbors and coworkers that include same-sex couples. I’d venture that racism and xenophobia are more pervasive here than homophobia. And even those don’t seem that bad-- my visibly foreign wife and kids got more shit in London than they do here. I’m foreign too, though not visibly, and I’ve never had problems, except a couple encounters with belligerent drunks, and those are easily handled. Those idiots would pick a fight with a hatstand and still manage to lose.
I live in a largely rural county, and that’s been my experience too. A lot of the pubs and clubs in town not only have substantial LGBT clientele, but also management, and the straight clients don’t seem at all bothered by that. And it’s common to see groups of neighbors and coworkers that include same-sex couples. I’d venture that racism and xenophobia are more pervasive here than homophobia. And even those don’t seem that bad-- my visibly foreign wife and kids got more shit in London than they do here. I’m foreign too, though not visibly, and I’ve never had problems, except a couple encounters with belligerent drunks, and those are easily handled. Those idiots would pick a fight with a hatstand and still manage to lose.