Homophobia

[tigerfan482]

Grew up in Greenville, SC, which was more liberal than the rest of the state, but I'd still say a 7. A lot of "religious" people down there who aren't very charitable or considerate to those who don't share their system of beliefs and practices.

 

[dragon08]

I grew up in El Paso, Tx. I would say the area is about a 4 or 5. El Paso is a pretty liberal area for Texas, I would say that people that you would meet in general like At school or just at random are pretty accepting. The only people who aren't are a handful of Douchebags that exist everywhere, and there is a bit of homophobia although not very hostile. A lot of people are like "I'm ok if you are gay but I would not want my child to be gay" or they will say they are accepting but still are somewhat judgemental.

 

[Rolyo85]

Grew up in the capital of Bulgaria. Religion is barely existing there, so that's not a factor. I'd say the cultural homophobia is around 7. My family - my kin would be a 4-5, my dad - 6-7. My friends are between 1-3.

 

[loveguys72]

About a 6 or 7. It was something that simply wasn't spoken of, unless as the punchline of a joke or with general disdain.

 

[bankside]

5

 

[jaymoney29]

Central Oregon here, Oregon is known for being liberal especially in Western Oregon, Eastern leans more to the right.

I am in the center so it's a mix of both, so on a kinsey scale i would say that my area (Central Oregon) is probably around a 5-6.
As for racism, that's another story (8-9!)

 

[Ryuukie]

I grew up in South Philadelphia -- a 10.

 

[G-Lexington]

5, but that's more an indication of the time period (70s and 80s) than anything else. It's probably closer to a 2 or 3 now.

Lex

 

[Nishin]

You should have made this a poll

 

[csb999]

Thinking bullying : are the victims ever girls ? ( given that sometimes the bullies are female ) .

 

[blackbeltninja]

Difficult to say, really. My mom pushed the "boys don't cry, you must be brave and take it on the chin, and not act like a girl" mantra, but that's probably because my dad left when I was 2 and she had to play both roles and this was her way of minimisng my chances of being picked on. IT's also probably representative of the 80s when I was growing up. As I grew older, she would make an occasional comment like "I wouldn't mind if one of you were gay" to my sister and I if there was something about it on tv or whatever. So it seemed pretty liberal.

Which made her OTT hysterical reaction to my coming out all rather puzzling. And to be honest, it's never quite come right again after that.

The extended family is another story; not liberal at all and most of them still don't know about me. So in all probably a 6, I would say.

I live in Cape Town, and spent most of my life here, and it is probably the 2nd gayest place in the southern hemisphere after Sydney and definitely the gayest place in Africa. Still, though, homophobia is quite rampant in large chunks of the city and the country as a whole, even though gay marriage is legal and was pushed through parliament. It was an overwhelming majority Yes vote, but to be fair the ruling party had a 70% majority and instructed all members to vote Yes. So I'm sure the law does not adequately represent the feelings of the country at large. So that's probably a 6 for Cape Town, and a 3 for the rest of the country.

And of course a big, fat 0 for Africa as a whole.

-d-

 

[eastofeden]

My grandmother was bi racial and living "in sin" with my grandfather and she was best friends with a lesbian couple...they met in the 1930s and they stayed friends their whole lives. No one pretended they werent' lesbians either and they were my "aunts". I knew them from when I was born.

My dad was from New York...My mom was from San Francisco...I grew up in New York and in the SF Bay Area...both of my parents hated religion. So...I probably had the easiest time being gay so a 1 out of 10...not so easy in other aspects but the gay thing was a non issue for me and still is.

 

[Anders123]

You should have made this a poll

I don't know about that. Adding an arbitrary numerical value is relatively meaningless, especially without some sort of explanation to go with it. My version of a five might be another person's seven, or three. And if my home life was a two, but outside of it was a seven, do I add them together and divide?

I'd much rather read another person's story than have it all simplified to a single number that leaves me wondering.

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

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[blackbeltninja]

Difficult to say, really. My mom pushed the "boys don't cry, you must be brave and take it on the chin, and not act like a girl" mantra, but that's probably because my dad left when I was 2 and she had to play both roles and this was her way of minimisng my chances of being picked on. IT's also probably representative of the 80s when I was growing up. As I grew older, she would make an occasional comment like "I wouldn't mind if one of you were gay" to my sister and I if there was something about it on tv or whatever. So it seemed pretty liberal.

Which made her OTT hysterical reaction to my coming out all rather puzzling. And to be honest, it's never quite come right again after that.

The extended family is another story; not liberal at all and most of them still don't know about me. So in all probably a 6, I would say.

I live in Cape Town, and spent most of my life here, and it is probably the 2nd gayest place in the southern hemisphere after Sydney and definitely the gayest place in Africa. Still, though, homophobia is quite rampant in large chunks of the city and the country as a whole, even though gay marriage is legal and was pushed through parliament. It was an overwhelming majority Yes vote, but to be fair the ruling party had a 70% majority and instructed all members to vote Yes. So I'm sure the law does not adequately represent the feelings of the country at large. So that's probably a 6 for Cape Town, and a 3 for the rest of the country.

And of course a big, fat 0 for Africa as a whole.

-d-

Doh

2 kind JUBbers have pointed out that I have my scale backwards. It should be a 10 for Africa as a whole, and probably a 7 for .za as a country, and a 5 for Cape Town.

Loooooooooong day.

-d-

 

[Nishin]

I don't know about that. Adding an arbitrary numerical value is relatively meaningless, especially without some sort of explanation to go with it. My version of a five might be another person's seven, or three. And if my home life was a two, but outside of it was a seven, do I add them together and divide?

I'd much rather read another person's story than have it all simplified to a single number that leaves me wondering.

A poll wouldn't prevent posters from telling their stories to complement.
And it would give a general idea, even though there are differences in values attributed to numbers, the more posters in the poll the more a visible median helps attenuate differences in definitions and visualize where JUBber' sum of experiments stands...

This said, I'm not sure how to answer the question myself, I grew up in different cultures... so I'll keep to the most direct surrounding, familial culture and say maybe... 3 ? For my mother occasionally made remarks that led me to believing she wasn't accepting of homosexuality and prevented me from being open on the subject until I came out in my 20es to find out it actually wasn't a problem to her at all...

 

[rareboy]

Probably an 8.

 

[xbuzzerx]

10.0 as I was born a member of the Saudi Royal family but then I ninja'd my way onto a plane while under enemy fire with Michael Jackson and Hillary Clinton and came to Los Angeles where it was like, 3-4 (growing up).

 

[alphaxxx]

Religion is practically non existent in South Wales apart from the few backwaters.
Most homophobia comes from the older generations like my parents and grandparents who make passing comments but nothing I'd consider all out homophobia. People my age are far more accepting so in 20 or 30 years I hope the issue of homosexuality will be widelly accepted. I'd rate the current level at a 6 or 7 /10

 

[bankside]

10.0 as I was born a member of the Saudi Royal family but then I ninja'd my way onto a plane while under enemy fire with Michael Jackson and Hillary Clinton and came to Los Angeles where it was like, 3-4 (growing up).

Those Saudis do NOT like baby ninjas...glad you made it out!