bad enough that i don't live there anymore. i've lived in br*tain for several years now :deeper-sadness:
occasionally my mum would sent me a link to some new hatecrime saying "hope you're not thinking about moving back" (worst one was 2021, when they literally
spoiler
burned a gay guy alive after harassing him for months
all the queers i know that didn't leave for western europe, are at least partially in the closet, open only to selected friends, and one is only open at work because she works at a trendy art gallery. so obviously she won't get fired from there. if you work anywhere "normal" that's very much a possibility. she's still not out to parents though, and she's like 30. i don't personally know anybody as open with their parents about their life as i am.
i brought my girlfriend for a visit recently, had to explain we could only hold hands and stuff in like 2-3 selected bars. on the streets, even in the capital, people will stare. and staring is best case scenario, some ten years back i was harassed by cops on the street for "looking gay", like literally that was my crime. put me in their van and everything. well joke's on them, only helped me internalise that ACAB lol
no gay marriage and absolutely no trans rights, of course. basically, some people do it, but it really sucks, and sometimes you don't even get to survive
bad enough that i don't live there anymore. i've lived in br*tain for several years now :deeper-sadness: occasionally my mum would sent me a link to some new hatecrime saying "hope you're not thinking about moving back" (worst one was 2021, when they literally
spoiler
burned a gay guy alive after harassing him for months
all the queers i know that didn't leave for western europe, are at least partially in the closet, open only to selected friends, and one is only open at work because she works at a trendy art gallery. so obviously she won't get fired from there. if you work anywhere "normal" that's very much a possibility. she's still not out to parents though, and she's like 30. i don't personally know anybody as open with their parents about their life as i am.
i brought my girlfriend for a visit recently, had to explain we could only hold hands and stuff in like 2-3 selected bars. on the streets, even in the capital, people will stare. and staring is best case scenario, some ten years back i was harassed by cops on the street for "looking gay", like literally that was my crime. put me in their van and everything. well joke's on them, only helped me internalise that ACAB lol
no gay marriage and absolutely no trans rights, of course. basically, some people do it, but it really sucks, and sometimes you don't even get to survive