Is there a PRIDE location in your game?
I never really played LGBT sims so I never focused on a hang out for them, but now I'm turning the Spice Market karaoke bar into a mixed hangout, which is open to everyone but will be a hangout for th...
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"Jyotai;c-17916222" wrote:
A Pride location would be like a Chinatown in both it's purpose and effect.
If you look at these places in the real world, and as a native of San Francisco I'm blessed with the 2 most famous of them both being in my hometown, ask why they formed and what purpose they serve and the answers come back to some very unpleasant events and motives.
These are communities that were formed to protect people against attack in the case of the Castro District, and because the city forced them to live in cramped underserved quarters where they could be more easily targeted in the case of Chinatown.
@Jyotai In my experience, not always. A reason why LGBTQ people would visit, go to a pride location in real life is to meet other members of that community, make friends or find a date.
For example it is incredibly difficult for a gay man to flirt in a non-gay bar because there is no way of knowing if the other person will be interested in a same-sex relationship. Usually when we don't know a person's sexuality we assume they are straight.
So gay men need a place where they can go and know that the people in that place will be interested in a same-sex relationship. They need a place to go and flirt and talk up guys.
It's a convenience thing because gay men are a lot more rare and if one spends their time trying to find a same-sex partner in other places, one might as well search forever.
