Gay prince george bc

Though I was born in Eire – Southern Ireland – I consider myself from Prince George BC, a small city in Northern BC, Canada. Outsiders think we are a redneck, close-minded, sexist, rigid drinking mining and forestry-based community. One of those places you wouldn’t be caught dead in, and if you were lgbtq+ and caught here, you might think you would be. But my attractive wife and I (one of the 8 BC couples in the identical sex court battle here in Canada) have learned that homophobia can be found everywhere, including the gay enclaves of Vancouver – Aaron Webster’s death by gay bashing in Stanley Park a testament to the fact we are never really guarded anywhere. But we hold learned the flip side too, that we can find in unexpected places a space that rises above mere tolerance. We have an openly queer councilor regularly reelected to council because he is damn good, and our first openly gay university board trustee. And we have a diverse and vibrant gay community that, because it is petty, has learned to shun the cliques and divisiveness of the larger same-sex attracted communities we visit. We are part of and con