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Originally Posted by killer_carlson
wtf?
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People living outside of urban center, in particular people in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are less likely to be gay, know someone who is gay or recognize lgbtq as a community. This sort of follows the theory that less exposure equals less acceptance. Most gay people move to cities and this creates a bit of a vacuum in rural areas where it's not quite as accepted as in cities. I live with a toe in the country and have seen it so so often. I was even called an f word last week. I think for sure kids would have a harder time finding acceptance in rural settings but would imagine even that is changing.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada...-of-gay-canada
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Canadians living in Manitoba or Saskatchewan and in Alberta are least likely to know someone who is lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender — the rate is about 70% in those three provinces — and are by far less likely to have someone in their family who is LGBT....People living in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta were also the least supportive of same-sex marriage, with Alberta standing out as the only province in Canada where the majority of those polled say they do not support gay marriage. That is proof, University of Toronto professor Adam Isaiah Green said, of the so-called contact hypothesis, that says with less interaction comes less acceptance of the gay community.
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