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Is gay pda a common thing where you live?

LatimerRd said:
The last few times I was in the eastern Mediterranean--Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt--I saw straight men holding hands or walking around with one of them with his arm around the shoulder of the other. I also saw this in southern Italy and Greece. This was fifteen or so years ago. I now see this rarely in southern Italy, and when I do it's in rural areas. Has it also disappeared in the urban areas of Islamic countries as well?
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I can't believe it has gone away as it was a common sight for me in Amsterdam were I use to see men walking to mosque holding hands (in the moroccan neighbourhoods).I also remember as a teenager meeting a Ugandan lad who always wanted to hold our hands of we were walking anywhere - bring british we all thought he was a freak.

I haven't seen it in Italy too my knowledge though - so maybe it is gone there.
 
The only place I've seen that sort of thing in the UK, other than in and around gay bars, was in Brighton.
 
I saw two young guys holding hands at the Eaton Centre in Toronto last week while shopping. Very sweet.

And no one was really paying any attention to them...or at least not openly negative attention.
 
In Greece one is expected to greet an old friend, or family member with a kiss on both cheeks.

I've observed young gay couples, holding hands on my visits to German cities.

Here in Athens there is an entertainment district, Gazi (the former municipal gas works) with several gay bars, where it is relatively common to see gay couples holding hands.

I interpret public displays of affection to mean an embrace, holding hands, and/or a simple kiss on the cheeks, or lips...nothing sexual.
 
I haven't noticed gay PDA where I live but I see it when I head down to the village in Manhattan.
 
Our city is a tourist destination of sorts. It's not uncommon to see gay PDAs.
 
Naw. It's not common. Can only count on one hand the amount of times I've seen it happen in the past 4 years.
 
ringu20 said:
So, it is an uncommon thing even in NYC outside gay village?
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You'll need to ask other people living here. I don't go around searching for it so I can't say how common or uncommon it is. The times I do notice PDA it's been about 5% gay and the rest straight. My other friends have the % of gay pda higher than mine.
 
I have never, ever seen a gay PDA in my entire life. Not even two gays holding hands.

And, no, it would not be acceptable where I live (midwest USA).
 
The hubby and I walk all over DC and hold hands; I kiss him goodbye when I drop him off for work in the morning at his salon on 14th Street and we shared snuggles and kisses during the Pope and Presidential Inauguration.

Never had a problem.
 
ringu20 said:
So, it is an uncommon thing even in NYC outside gay village?
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I'm also in NYC. I see it all the time. I'm a watcher, though. I have my eyes on everyone all the time. I'm also out late often because of my job. I see teens, young adults a lot in embraces, holding hands. Especially on the trains. Not just in the "gay" areas.
 
While it's quite uncommon in Hungary, I see, as above mentioned, that it's quite common around gay bars and parties, which is becoming more and more common (well, most probably I see that because I live in the capital, and the rural areas are much more behind us).

Personally, I've held hands and kissed one of my boyfriends in public, but that was a one time occasion. Not because of the comments (most of them came from girls saying how cute we were, and no negative ones), rather because we were drunk. It's kind of encrypted in our minds that we should not show affection in public, while the city *seems* to become more liberal (we even had a flashmob for LGBT pda and it was a mild success) despite our intolerant politicians.
 
It's more common out here in Portland than it was in Florida.....

But, you know, I'm just *over it*.

Let people love who they love ! Gay or Str8, it doesn't matter.

Love is a gift. Life is awfully short, folks. Find who you love and hold on to them tight.

Josh
 
Depends, how one is accustomed to define or perceive "public". "Public" has to do with "population" (the same word root, AFAIK). And I'm very sure: Something that would be recognised as "public" in an area having very low population density wouldn't be even perceived as "public" in another area having high population density.

KaraBulut said:
It is common but it is always in context. You might see two men or two women holding hands at the theater, out at the clubs at night (especially in areas where there are gay clubs or businesses) and you may see two men exchanging kisses at the airport. You would not typically see two men making out in public.
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Same here (47th parallel north).

KaraBulut said:
What makes it unusual is that you do not see straight men holding hands or kissing in public. It is rare to see a father and son holding hands or kissing in public. It is far more typical to see men hugging but even that is new.
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See above, depends where. In my country's rural areas, kissing fathers and sons are quite common (unless they're Protestants, see below).
KaraBulut said:
What is interesting about your original post is that it is far more normal for straight men to hold hands or kiss in public in other countries around the Mediterranean- something that is not typically seen in northern Europe, Australia or the US.
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IMHO, speaking of European people in the wider sense: In all the areas where the newer monotheistic religions (particularly: Protestantism) rule, it's less common. Where I live, you can see the difference: the Protestant minority is rather afraid of being somehow "affective" in public, but Roman Catholics, Jews, or Muslims aren't.
 
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