Recent comments in /f/massachusetts

codes_witching t1_jdkkrg0 wrote

Reply to Transgender couple considering moving to Boston by pinkrosxen

I'm trans and live in Central Mass. I feel safe at all times, I feel accepted and a sense of belonging at work (IT department of a large Boston based company) and I see people like us when I'm out in the world.

Last summer I was teaching my kid to swim at Walden and saw a group of twenty something trans folk having the time of their lives, swimming and laughing and filled with joy.

It was the moment I realized how much better my life had gotten since moving up here.

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GuinnessACat t1_jdkfayw wrote

Reply to Transgender couple considering moving to Boston by pinkrosxen

For Boston itself, i think you are totally fine anywhere. South end has historically been queer friendly, but honestly I think you’ll be welcome anywhere in the city. I was also raised in Tennessee, so my brain is always happy shocked when I see anyone not being a total ass

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SileAnimus t1_jdkdmf9 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Two Boston police officers were at the Jan. 6 insurrection. Only one was fired. - The Boston Globe by RaiseRuntimeError

You need to remember that just about every single country in Latin America has had its government either overturned or infiltrated by the United States in the past 50-70 years. The governments instilled in those countries are more like the Republican party, and thus, Republicans seem like a more comfortable choice for Latin Americans than something like Democrats- whose puppet equivalent in those countries are useless seat fillers meant to showcase "how good the conservatives are in comparison". Latin American politics is just a more extreme version of USA politics but with the without what little façade the USA pretends to have.

It's not really weird.

Also, just about every US president, Republican or Democrat has put immigrants (legal or otherwise) into cages and split families, or conveniently let them be slave to farms and hotels. To immigrants, there's no difference between the parties.

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Thiccaca t1_jdkdjnj wrote

Reply to comment by Plsmock in 'Wholly unnecessary': Mass. House speaker says he will not comply with state auditor's legislative probe by throwsplasticattrees

Uhhh....it wasn't just GOP governors who fucked up the MBTA. It was decades of politicians simply refusing to invest in the MBTA, and decades of them using it as a way to funnel money to big donors in the form of contracts and consultantancies.

Plenty of blame to go around...

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dskippy t1_jdkdbw5 wrote

Reply to Transgender couple considering moving to Boston by pinkrosxen

This is a very LGBT friendly place. I think the vast majority of the greater Boston area would love to have you. This is not going to change in the next four years, it's only getting better. Especially if you come and help.

Let me put in a pitch for my town, Somerville, which is a great place to live. We have a history of being extremely progressive and productive on protection for LGBT rights. We also just a few days also past a few bit of legislation protecting polyamorous family units as well. There are rainbow flags all over the place and businesses as well as homes.

Jamaica Plain and Cambridge are also pretty great but honestly I can't think of any place that would be a bad place to be queer in Boston.

One thing to know about Boston that most people don't know if they aren't from here is that we are a very old city and thus the town, city, district lines are drawn very small. This is a bit pedantic but it's worth understanding. It means that there are many places in Boston that are effectively part of the city (mid range urban, plenty of public transit, walkable, etc) that are technically different towns legally. So if you're thinking "oh we'd rather be in a city, not outside of Boston" just know that in most other American cities, Somerville, Cambridge, Watertown, Everett, Newtown, and a dozen others would all just be Boston.

If you like a quieter slower pace and more rural areas, western mass and places like north Hampton and Pittsfield are beautiful and very queer as well.

Anyway, welcome. You should come here. It's great and we will all probably like you.

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