An idea - the Queer State Project

[sophiaserpentia]

The Free State Project is a movement that is gathering the promises of 20,000 libertarians, to move to New Hampshire once enough people have been assembled.

The idea is that 20,000 libertarians converging on New Hampshire would create a large enough contingent to be able to affect the laws of the state.

Suppose... suppose a large number of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgendered, intersex, pagan, and poly people all moved to the same state, until a saturation point was reached. At that point we woul be a large enough community to affect state policy, or were even a majority. A place where we knew that, no matter what, we were welcome and accepted, where we could live as we wish without fear of reprisal and bigotry.

By estimate, we make up 5-10% of the population. Heck, we could take over several states.

Comments

Santa Fe already IS a "gay mecca."

[publius-aelius.livejournal.com]

I don't think New Hampshire is the place (and, actually, I don't think any place in America is ideal), but I do think it'd make more sense to pick a state that is poor AND fairly liberal, since many gay folks are relatively better off than many straights. I'd like to suggest New Mexico, the state which surprised the rest of the country by beginning to approve gay marriages. (Though it didn't surprise me at all.)

Re: Santa Fe already IS a "gay mecca."

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

Yes, but California still has a conservative majority. Besides, isn't San Francisco going to fall off into the ocean eventually? ;)

Re: Santa Fe already IS a "gay mecca."

[gramina.livejournal.com]

Santa Fe is actually in New Mexico, despite the similarity of the name to places like Santa Barabara (CA), Santa Monica (CA), and San Francisco (CA).

sorry, you probably know that...

Re: Santa Fe already IS a "gay mecca."

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

Oh. You're right, it was Santa Fe, and not San Francisco that he wrote. Oops. Oh well.

Hmm. New Mexico? I don't know enough about it. I know that in most of the West, there is a strong "live and let live" ethic. We could put it in the hat.

Re: Santa Fe already IS a "gay mecca."

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

Actually I wasn't going to advocate NH per se; I am not a libertarian. I was just using the FSP as inspiration for my idea. A different state would have to be chosen, I suppose.