Acceptability of Homosexual Public Displays of Affection in Your Country

[MSizer]

I'm curious, is there anyone here who would say that for two men to walk hand in hand down the street where you live would be unacceptable? I live in a small city in ontario canada, and I've seen occasionally two men or two women holding hands walking down the street, and except for the fact that most people do a double take to verify that they did in fact see it, I don't think they take any flack for it.

Is there anyone here who thinks it just couldn't happen where you live?

[Caladan]

I certainly see it in Tel Aviv.

[MysticSang'ha]

In some neighborhoods, it's as accepted as Hetero PDAs.

In others where I live, homosexuals would get a lot of dirty looks for "shoving their sexuality down everyone's throats."

That's quite a change in a generation....years ago they would be shunned at best or attacked at worst. With bated breath, I see hope in the future where homosexual couples are left alone like everyone else.

[Tiapan]

Not a prob here in Oz

Cheers

[Storm]

Originally Posted by MysticSang'ha

In some neighborhoods, it's as accepted as Hetero PDAs.

In others where I live, homosexuals would get a lot of dirty looks for "shoving their sexuality down everyone's throats."

That's quite a change in a generation....years ago they would be shunned at best or attacked at worst. With bated breath, I see hope in the future where homosexual couples are left alone like everyone else.

What she said.

[dust1n]

In my country, people go to gay bars looking to beat or kill a homosexual.

But I suppose it depends on where you live.

Pensacola was in the top five gay friendliest cities in American a few years ago! If I rejected a homosexuals ability to hold hands or kiss in public, I should certainly start fixing myself, beginning with ******* in parking lots.

[Madhuri]

Not a big deal here though people will still stare for a few extra moments before looking away and forgetting about it.

[whereismynotecard]

Around here I think most people are accepting of it, and if they aren't, they just give a disgusted look but don't say or do anything. I'm sure there are some people around here who might say something or try to start some ****, but I haven't really heard too much of a distaste toward gay people. My town is pretty good about things like that, I think. We are a college town, so there's a huge population of young people except in the summer. And I think generally it's older people who are most opposed to things like this, because it was socially unacceptable for most of their lives.

Also, these days almost everyone has a friend or relative who is gay. It would be difficult to have a problem with it unless you were willing to lose friends and disown family members over your intolerance. Of course, I know people do that, but it's harder to be discriminatory when those who you are discriminating against are becoming more and more of a larger population.

[Mikael]

In sweden most people are totally cool with it. But of course there´s always the small town issue...

[KatNotKathy]

I feel bad for gay dudes since they seem to really get the rough end of the stick here. It seems to be much more socially acceptable to be a lesbian than a gay man, especially when it comes to showing affection.