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> 2000 Anywhere was a very bigoted place.

This really is not true, in many big cities it was another common facet of life that people were by and large apathetic about at that point.

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This is true. Even in big cities with large gay populations the reason why gay villages aros is because of safety. Now gay areas are disappearing from big cities because satefy is less of an issue and acceptance is much more widespread in society.

I think you might be thinking of the plot of the movie 'Milk' while not realizing it took place over two decades before the time being talked about here.

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