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Yeah wait wtf? 8% of p-town? Who the hell are those people? Why do they stay? That's like going to Fenway and asking them to stop playing baseball and put on a movie. Bro you don't like baseball, just leave.

It remains awesome, but somebody's gonna need to subtitle it for the OP. 🤣

Provincetown is one of my favorite places ever. Famously a gay refuge when refuge was necessary. Now a party beach town. They should definitely visit. But that place had very few jobs and it's incredibly expensive. It's mostly a vacation town for extremely wealthy people.

The Boston area has cities that have some more progressive policies than Boston itself. For example, Somerville just passed non-discrimination protections for polyamorous relationships. So there are some areas that are more accepting and progressive than others, but I think that most of the Boston area will be trans inclusive

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Lot of 40k vibes coming from that picture.

Boston is pretty safe for our community HOWEVER the cost of living is outrageous.

And your attitude leads to straight up corruption. A "honorable opposition" is absolutely essential for good democratic governance. The implosion of the Massachusetts Republican Party into an unelectable MAGA cult is a large part of the reason why we have corruption like this. A healthy Massachusetts would have a left wing Republican Party in the form of Baker and Weld like Republicans. They might not win, but they'd at least be a check on the near open corruption that we see under single party rule.

Right? 🤣

I lived in Salem for a year, less than a mile from the city center. If I could take the entire month of October to live anywhere else, I’d love it there.

November is vanity and commercial is December. Passenger cars don’t expire those months.

Move to Northampton, it’s a little lesbian city in central MA. Massachusetts legalized gay marriage when I was 8yrs old and has never backslide on any protections for us. I’m 27 now

It's probably the best place you can move, as fast as your rights. And there are a ton of other reasons, tbh. But it's also insanely expensive here. You should keep that in consideration.

Again you’re not coming from out of state

Or out of region for that matter

You have to start understanding, that relocating to New England, even as someone that grew up in private school country club CT (i went to pomfret, then Phillips) is VERY DIFFERENT than packing up and relocating there

How's that work for November and December?

Barkley has been so consistent with his udder disdain for politicians lol. I think he comes off as very down to Earth and has the same views as millions of Americans. It's easy to see why so many have become jaded towards the political process.

makes sense, where did you learn about this?

Provincetown MA (eastern side on the ocean) and North Hampton MA (western side in a valley near the mountains) are both some of the most LGBTQ friendly places in the US. They are both insanely fun. I've lived in both throughout my life and I visit both often. They both have a great night life, restaurants, music, & theater scene. They both have bike trails and lots of dogs. North Hampton is more affordable but Provincetown is surrounded by beautiful beaches. You can't go wrong with either. If you need something more affordable I recommend one of the surrounding towns for either (Hadley or Amherst near North Hampton and Eastham Wellfleet or Truro near Provincetown).

Financial issues are very difficult to cover up, as they are cross referenced every which way.

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I'm all about that first sentence. Lucky enough to live in a state where I don't have to care.

As a fellow trans and bi person who has lived here over 25 years and also spent some time in the South; I feel measurably safer. There are pockets of transphobia and bigotry but unfortunately that's the state of most places. I've managed to be safe here and find a community and friends.

As far as the future goes, I'm hopefully my girlfriend and I can one day raise a family. Massachusetts is not a perfect place but a better one for trans people than most other states.

As other commentors have said it is expensive and the closer you are to Boston, the more expensive it will be.

I second this!

I had to take out a 258E (harrassment prevention order) and it was served the same day.