Depends where you are in Canada... I'm ALWAYS making out with my girlfriend in public and holding hands and whatnot... I've only gotten about 3 comments that were negative in nearly (adds it up in head) a year and eight months... Generally people don't care or it's obvious they think it's cool that being queer is so accepted. So, Ottawa, safe and comfortable most of the time. It's also safe to say fuck off if people are being assholes about it. Toronto, same deal I think, but not in some of it's outlying "parts" which aren't officially a part of Toronto but are pretty much part of it as they've grown into each other. Not as sure about other areas. Haven't heard the best things about Newfoundland (supposed to be non-violent disapproval) or the prairie provinces (I know there is a lot of dissapproval in Alberta at least, but I don't know about whether it's violent or not). B.C. is supposed to be fine and Quebec definitely is at least in the major cities. I haven't a clue about the Territories and I assume the rest of the maritimes is probably similar to N.F. in that respect.... There are also parts of the states that are safe. San Fran. definitely, and I think N.Y. if you're careful you're not in an area that's violent anyway. A good indication of Canada's acceptance level on being queer is that gay marriage is legal and I've seen statistics (from about 4 years ago, and it's probably gotten better) that say that nearly %60 of Canadians approve of gay marriage. Ok, enough of the geo-political lesson.
Wow. Canada definitely goes on my list of places I want to go. It actually has been for ages -- the pictures of Canadian wilderness and some of the wonderful people I've met IRL and online... I gotta get there before my final day.
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Date: 2006-07-09 12:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-10 01:22 am (UTC)It actually has been for ages -- the pictures of Canadian wilderness and some of the wonderful people I've met IRL and online... I gotta get there before my final day.