Comments on: Ditch the Coasts http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/04/09/1784 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:03:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Mark http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/04/09/1784/comment-page-1#comment-9063 Mark Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:17:52 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/04/09/1784#comment-9063 Except that Sally isn't from Tulsa and doesn't represent the prevailing, progressive culture there. Oklahoma has two signficant cities with very different cultral ethos: Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Tulsa has consistently been the more artsy and progressive city of the two. When Lynn Johnston, writer of the For Better or for Worse strips, did her "Lawrence Coming Out" series, the "Daily Oklahoman" (OKC's major paper) dropped the strip; the "Tulsa World" kept running it. That's just one indication of the difference between the cities. That said, Oklahoma as a state is definitely not gay-friendly as evidenced by the legislation in force. Except that Sally isn’t from Tulsa and doesn’t represent the prevailing, progressive culture there.

Oklahoma has two signficant cities with very different cultral ethos: Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Tulsa has consistently been the more artsy and progressive city of the two.

When Lynn Johnston, writer of the For Better or for Worse strips, did her “Lawrence Coming Out” series, the “Daily Oklahoman” (OKC’s major paper) dropped the strip; the “Tulsa World” kept running it. That’s just one indication of the difference between the cities.

That said, Oklahoma as a state is definitely not gay-friendly as evidenced by the legislation in force.

]]> By: L. C. Burgundy http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/04/09/1784/comment-page-1#comment-9052 L. C. Burgundy Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:39:51 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/04/09/1784#comment-9052 Seriously? Having lived in Ft. Wayne, I disagree. I found there to be very few other open gay men to meet there and it's just not a very pleasant city overall. And the city water is disgusting. Seriously? Having lived in Ft. Wayne, I disagree. I found there to be very few other open gay men to meet there and it’s just not a very pleasant city overall. And the city water is disgusting.

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