London Poll Results

[tracy_j]

I have just come across these poll results on the BBC website.

Perhaps not too unexpected but London is fairly liberal so I would wonder what the results would look like in other places

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36603501

Tracy

[Charlize]

If London is liberal i'm guessing that things are worse elsewhere. I'm really not surprised by the results. We still have a long way to go. The one positive is that now there are places other than hidden bars(pubs) where folks can get together and be themselves. The Pride parades make a great event to share ones true identity.

Hugs,

Charlize

[Cyndee]

London calling

[VickySGV]

We certainly have a bunch of work to do education wise just about everywhere it seems. I am glad that they think the numbers are improving.

[Guest Clair Dufour]

The UK seems to be more uniform than the US but from from what I hear and read, the north, Birmingham, Manchester on up thru Scotland are much better? Still, its about enclaves, Gayborhoods and knowing where to go or not go Things like Gay Rugby are more common in the north. Seems too, the more Celtic the better. Its hard to hate when you fancy the Kilt?

[tracy_j]

I am not up on things for the gay scene but one of the main places people are aware of is Brighton on the south coast as regarded as a Gay capital for UK. I think, like anywhere else, it does vary quite a bit by neighbourhood. I have not been to London for some years. From what little experience I have of London (this is my pre trans days), there are localities which are very nice and quiet, others which are very cosmopolitan and yet others where I would be very careful at all times. Like any large city it is composed of vastly differing areas.

My experience of Scotland was strange. It was in my early days so I lacked confidence but I found in Glasgow (and surrounding area) that the men were very accepting. It was the women who had issues. It was the worst place I have been so far. I have never been to Manchester and only skirted around Birmingham so cannot really comment on them. Rugby is perhaps more of a northern sport anyway.

In my opinion there is likely to be some correlation between general crime levels and degree of safety and state of mind of LGBT people. This gets to some extent down to class levels so inner city areas of big cities will always be risky. People's stress levels are likely to be higher.

Generally I get few reactions but I live in the sparsly populated East Midlands which does not relate at all to the bigger cities. The crime rate here tends to be very low.

Tracy