Be careful with stereotypes

My youngest sister is returning from a trip to St John's Newfoundland where she noted a sizeable presence of LGBTQ people. She tells me she saw many gay and lesbian couples as well as transgender people living openly and going about their business. 

I looked it up and sure enough the statistics don't lie. Apparently it has to do with the tight community roots as well as the strong advocacy movement in the province. 

This does seem to fly in the face of the idea that only very large urban centers offer support to LGBTQ people. Of course I won't surprise you by saying that the province of Alberta (our Texas) represents a sharp contrast to Newfoundland. 

I have been to Newfoundland once for work and found the people there to be charming and folksy. The reality that they can be so accepting of diversity flies in the face of the idea that small places always contain ignorant populations. 

When we educate people, we can succeed anywhere.