Stereotypilly, gay, queer and trans kids flee small towns to fd acceptance big, diverse ci like New York or Chigo. But evince shows many will eventually return to ral areas.
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GAY RAL AMERI: UP TO 5 PERCENT OF RAL RINTS ARE LGBTQ, REPORT FDS
Millns of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people live ral areas of the U.S. — largely by choice, acrdg to Movement Advancement Project. * gay in rural america *
Fifty six percent of gay, lbian and bisexual people across the untry reported at least one stance of discrimatn or patient profilg a health re settg. "‘SETTLING INTO RURAL LIFE’While challeng for LGBTQ people n be “amplified” ral areas, the report also found bright spots for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people livg nonmetropolan upl and LGBTQ dividuals are raisg children ral areas at higher rat than urban areas. He moved to Philalphia when he was 18 part to be closer to gay life.
Yet he moved back 2013, to a small town outsi Erie to start his own said that while he felt safe Philly’s “gayborhood, ” he was often verbally harassed other areas of the cy and knew of vlent attacks on gay was nervo to move back to ral Pennsylvania, fearg social isolatn and reprsn. The guys who bullied me as a kid for beg gay, they’re my iends now.
Pop portrayals of LGBTQ Amerins tend to feature urban gay life, om Ru Pl’s “Drag Race” and “Queer Eye” and “Pose. But not all gay people live ci.