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  1. Serena S.
    Serena S. at |

    We have improved in the last decade, specially since same-sex marriage was legalized here. But homophobia is still around the corner.
    Thanks for the giveaway! I really want to read this book.

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  2. Andrea Goodell
    Andrea Goodell at |

    Being a hetro women, I do not have any actual experience. But I’ve seen over the yrs more and more ppl coming to understand and being open.

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  3. kp
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    I don’t have any personal experience but believe there is always room for change and improvement!

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  4. Cornelia
    Cornelia at |

    I haven’t had any personal experiences except to support equality for all.

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  5. jodi marinich
    jodi marinich at |

    i dont have personal experience but my best friend is a gay man and i love him unconditionally and so does my husband and children…he is part of the package when i met my husband

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  6. Lee Todd
    Lee Todd at |

    there is definitely more acceptance…but maybe that’s because Australia is just so laid back
    I know a few gay guys and a lesbian couple and they all seem to get on with their lives just like everybody else

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  7. Rod B
    Rod B at |

    I lived almost my entire life in NY & never had any problem with acceptance. I moved to th mountains of Arizona last year & I don’t feel comfortable coming out here. It is very conservative & i fear discrimination.

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  8. debby236
    debby236 at |

    My daughter is gay and has been told she cannot find jobs because of her life style.

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  9. Jen CW
    Jen CW at |

    I recently moved, but I used to live in the greater San Francisco/Bay area. That was a place that was pretty good, but there were still pockets of discrimination to be found if you looked hard enough.

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  10. sula22
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    It all depends, I live in a University town in the UK and I have had friends beaten up & property damaged because of their sexuality and one friend was just walking home and was attacked because he had a posh voice. I think there is more tolerance now, but still there undercurrent of discrimination. Thankfully it is now a lot easier for younger people to access to books and help, partially due to social media, but there are still a lot of homeless or rejected YA because of their sexuality.

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  11. H.B.
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    I live in a city that is supposedly very accepting of gays (there’s a portion of the city with businesses that span a few blocks whose owners are all gay or are gay friendly). The street signs have little rainbow colors beneath it to signify that it’s a part of the Gayborhood? I don’t think it’s as accepting as it’s painted though. Just a month or so ago a gay couple was attacked by a huge group of people after the couple confirmed they were (and still am) a couple.

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  12. Lisa G
    Lisa G at |

    I don’t have any personal experience but my daughters have been involved and helped promote equality for all in their schools. We live in So Cal and I do think things are getting better. I’m a huge fan – can’t wait to read your new series.

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  13. sherry1969
    sherry1969 at |

    I don’t have any personal experience. I live in a small town and growing up no one ever admitted to being gay but talking to my niece shows me that times are changing because she told me about gay students walking down the hall at school holding hands. I think that is wonderful.

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  14. Birte
    Birte at |

    No one I know actually cares whether a person is straight, gay, bi, green, vegan or whatever. That makes it hard for me to understand bigotry. As long as it’s between consenting adults, why should anyone care how people live?

    A friend of me lived for years with her boyfriend, none of us understanding why she stayed with him, as they didn’t have anything in common at all. One day then she told us that she left him because she fell in love with someone else and introduced us to her girlfriend. Our thoughts? “thank God she finally left that idiot…“

    Greetings from a tiny village in Germany 🙂

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  15. alishead
    alishead at |

    In my late teens and early twenties, while in school, I did hear about some issues in the dorms. I personally didn’t see anything. In fact, I was hanging out with one man who identified and bisexual and since then one of my friends has transitioned F2M.

    I’ve move across the country since then, and I don’t have many local friends. Most are online via the M/M Romance Group on Goodreads, so very tolerant.

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