I moved to Florida in 2005, with the Patriot Act and everyone needing to provide birth certificates, Florida is denying the valdity of my marriage based on their explaination is that what counts is either the chromosomal or the birth-assigned sex.This goes for the states of Kansas, New York, Ohio and Texas. Everything from my home to my cars and my bank accounts are now in jeopardy due to not being able to obtain a vaild Florida Drivers License/I.D.
Quote from: Cristasphoto on October 19, 2008, 03:13:05 PM
What She said!!!! LOL
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Along with these states anywhere you live you are going to face trouble...
Best thing is to decide on what YOU want as an INDIVIDUAL and base your move on those decisions alone...
I moved to Decatur, Illinois in June 2008 after lifving in San Francsico since 2000..
And Am Helluva lot happier than I was in SF...
Less trouble/Drama to deal with.
Ie Being called out
Thrown out of businesses etc
SF SUUUCKS LOL
Anyshow
Good luck
Crista
And I was told that SF is one of the MOST LGBT friendly cities anywhere! Geez! Thanks for the warning!
I see in my crystal ball within the next 10 years we will have more rights and can get married in florida (which is where i live right now). the new gen. of kids dont think like the older people, i know you guys have seen the new 21 jump street. kids are getting way more LBGTQ friendly.
well don't belive everything you read, or know what it is that you are really reading.
In a lot of ways San Francisco is one of the best cities, but in other ways it becomes the worst. (Though I think anyone who would be happy in Decatur Ill. - and I have been there, or at least passed through a few times - would not like SF, or LA, or any large city).
It's pretty hard for people who come from a heterogeneous area and culture to adapt. I often joke when I met someone who just moved out here that I really don't even want to talk to them for 6 months to a year, just because I don't want to spend that time explaining stuff. Lets just say that it can be a radical readjustment for many, and not all like it.
Being a place where lots and lots of people want to live (and for all sorts of reasons beyond Trans), it's expensive and highly competitive. In highly competitive places you tend to be thriving or sinking fast, I think it's true about most big places, its just that SF is 49 square miles, so it's a lot more apparent - at any rate, if you are making marginal money, then you will have to live in a marginal area, and that's with junkies and other bottom feeders and dwellers.
If you have no real job skills, no outstanding educational background, and 'have trouble' with many social interactions I'm pretty sure this is the last place you should be.
People celebrate diversity, which makes it good for some of the odder people in the universe, but in a lot of ways 'diversity' amounts to a lot of apathy too, and some find that hard to take. And, though I know lots of people seem to think they would want an environment where, in general, people don't care about how you live your live, there is a level of callous brutality when you come to find out that the reason no one cares about how you live your life is that they don't care about your live at all.
Ex-Mississippian native here. If you are there I'd consider moving elsewhere! Twenty years of that place is enough to give someone a complex... speaking of which---wait let's not get into that. ::)
Most states are very diverse which makes a poll on states almost meaningless. You'd be way better off in some areas in Texas than in some areas of California and New York.
Only slightly off-topic, or exactly the opposite topic actually...
NH is the most LGBT state. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_demographics_of_the_United_States)
UPDATE: Right after I posted this, I saw that the charts say "GLB" even though the title of the page says "LGBT". WTH?
Michigan, you can be fired for being transgender and there are no laws to protect you.
Quote from: dalebert on October 27, 2012, 02:33:16 PM
Only slightly off-topic, or exactly the opposite topic actually...
NH is the most LGBT state. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_demographics_of_the_United_States)
UPDATE: Right after I posted this, I saw that the charts say "GLB" even though the title of the page says "LGBT". WTH?
Interesting that NH is listed as best, we are the only state left in New England that hasn't yet passed a trans inclusive anti discrimination bill.
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I'm from the east bay, california, originally. I'd say California is definitely a pretty good place. A lot of people around SF are understanding and are friendly, but there's also very conservative people who think you're an abomination. Want friendly ppl, go to Canada lol, they have a good reputation for their friendliness. I think a huge chunk of this question is also transgender rights in states. Sure, people could be nice in a certian area of texas, but you're certainly not going to have all the rights as you would in California. California is a huge state, and we swing all the time from liberal to conservative, but most of the conservatives we have here aren't the kind who reject anything that's not from the bible, or only accept morals from the 1800's, the "keep america the way it was forever ago" kind.