dbd33

Toronto is unlike much of Canada in that it is routine to see same-sex couples going about their business as if being gay is not a concern to anyone except the people involved. It is usual to see couples holding hands, offering a peck on the cheek at the railway station, bantering over vegetable purchases. It's not that more people are gay in Toronto than in, say, Gander NF, just that more people are comfortable being obviously gay in Toronto.

Why that should be more of a concern than people being, say, obviously Jewish, is lost on me.

pdarwin

Can't say that I've seen that in all the times I've been to Toronto, but once I saw a big fat old guy on the beach at the island parks facing upwards towards the sun and in the nude. Put me off my ice cream.

Tangram

My father in Spain lives one floor up from an ex drag queen. Most hilarious guy I've ever met and would not put me off one bit from living near him, quite the contrary.

dbd33

"facing upwards"

With enthusiasm?

pdarwin

No. Not 'with enthusiasm', thankfully.
Then again, it couldn't have been much worse that it was.

Novocastrian

And are you the only troll in the village?

fledermaus

I wouldn't want to live in a village full of trolls.

Dorothy

I miss Red Green.
Yes. In a heartbeat. Just as I would relocate to a mostly Catholic area. Or a mostly Jewish area. Or a mostly straight area. Or any other "mostly" area.

Where I live now is mostly immigrants. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? I had a text from someone before we built our house saying my area was full of immigrants.

dbd33

Surrender.

Novocastrian

Very enigmatic. To whom or what was that directed? Or is it just general advice on or for immigrants?

dbd33

Dorothy.

I suppose that's a bit of a gay thing.

Novocastrian

This is all too complicated for me. I'll just continue working my way through this sample pack from Mill Street Breweries. The Stock, Coffee Porter and Organic Lager have gone down very well but I'm a bit reluctant to go for the Lemon Weissenbier in case it make me gayer than gay.

Should I risk it?

YYZlover

I'm straight and am on a waiting list for an apartment on Church street, which is, if not on but very near the "gay community".

Canada, not just Toronto, is probably one of the first countries to legally acknowledge same sex relationships. It is also one of the few countries in the world who does not look at race, gender, sexual preferences or skin color when it comes to immigration. It is precisely the reason why I feel at home there.

Bare in mind that Canada is also the "go to" place for the film and TV industry and that there is a high percentage of GLB people in that industry, you will be hard pushed to walk on any street anywhere without passing a couple of gay people. You may even stand next to one while having a leak.

You might have stood next to one at your local pub in your village near Birmingham, tonight.

My suggestion is that you look in to immigrating to a country where a person is stoned to death for having a same sex relationship. Might be more suitable for you.

dbd33

Oh, why not? We were in the Woolie earlier, shamelessly ordering tinted drinks, no harm has befallen us.

Atlantic Xpat

<Ponders what a cliched gay chemistry professor would be like. Fails>

I have taken to (occasionally) drinking that Rickards White stuff that comes with a slice of orange in it. Ordinarily, I'd say that that would make be gay, but the two actual gay men I know wouldn't touch it with a (nattily pink beribboned) barge pole. Based on an understandably statistically insignificant sample of the only two gay men I know, rum and coke is a gay drink. As is red wine. Oh dear.