It can be fun in the hills...
Dennis and I moved to Southwestern Colorado, back in the late summer of 1992. I really had no idea what we were in for. There was a huge potical storm brewing with a proposed "Amendment 2" just about to go before the voters. I don't remember the exact wording of this proposed legislation, but do remember that it was a hate filled piece of shit. Coming from suburban Saint Paul (Prosperity Road-remember?)I was shocked at how backward the people in Southwestern Colorado were. Most the white folks there were decendants of the defeated civil war vets, so go figure. On the other hand, they were all very nice to us, even though we made no bones about who we were. I think people are somewhat less threatened by a gay couple for some reason-perhaps they think we are "not on the make" or some weird bullshit like that. When Amdemdment2 finally passed, (was struck down by CO Supreme Court in late 1993) one kinda cracker woman at the post office in Mancos (SALUTE!) said " Well, it really doesn't mean a thing and it will not change anything here". I know that she meant well, but it was a bad law. We did go to a few gatherings in nearby Durango. We met a couple of grrls, and went with them for a wild weekend to the big city of Grand Junction. The bar there was called "Quincy's-Straight until 8:00" I still laugh when I think about it., We were living in the tiniest travel trailer, Dennis was working the front desk at the Farview Lodge in Mesa Verde National Park "sniff" it sure was a fun time in our lives but of course we had each other. Nobody fucked with us for being gay, but a few of the husbands...cough, cough, well YOU know that old closet story. Eeek!
No matter where you are, if you stand up proud and don't take any crap from anybody, you can be honest about who you are anywhere. (Oh, and it helps to be 6'2" 250 lbs and have a husband 'bout the same!)
Here in Hawai'i, well it isn't even the United States hardly. Being gay here is just no big deal to anybody. Polynesian culture is very accepting *EXCEPT* when it becomes a politcal issue then the asshole priests and the LDS and the other religious freaks whip up the not too bright masses into voting against actual gay marriage.