Are you new to DC? It's a gay city, my entire neighborhood is gay couples, young families and old black grandmothers - I love it!

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Anonymous wrote:Okay - what the f%k is gay friendly? Is that equivalent to a particular percentage of area residents who are gay or is it discernible by a certain number of rainbow bumper stickers? What the hell constitutes a gay friendly neighborhood?

A neighborhood where parents don't teach their kids that kids with gay parents are not "normal" but we should accept them anyway.

Best proxy for that? Democratic election signs and no crosses burning on the lawn.

Kids with gay parents may be normal. Patents are not

Pray tell where you live-so we can burn a cross on your lawn!

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Anonymous wrote:Okay - what the f%k is gay friendly? Is that equivalent to a particular percentage of area residents who are gay or is it discernible by a certain number of rainbow bumper stickers? What the hell constitutes a gay friendly neighborhood?

A neighborhood where parents don't teach their kids that kids with gay parents are not "normal" but we should accept them anyway.

Best proxy for that? Democratic election signs and no crosses burning on the lawn.

Kids with gay parents may be normal. Patents are not

Anonymous wrote:Come to Falls Church City. You're welcome here!

Are you frigging kidding?

Anonymous wrote:Old town is far from hip and Del Ray-like TKPK is another overpriced dump. Chevy Chase village is also overrated.

Where pray tell do you live?

Anonymous wrote:Dupont has Ross School. Several same sex parents there and the school is great.

I would not call it great.
It's better than what it used to be a few years back, but the calibur of certain teachers does not compare with the better elementary schools just north of Dupont.

Come to Falls Church City. You're welcome here!

Barnaby Woods in CCDC

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Anonymous wrote:Okay - what the f%k is gay friendly? Is that equivalent to a particular percentage of area residents who are gay or is it discernible by a certain number of rainbow bumper stickers? What the hell constitutes a gay friendly neighborhood?

A neighborhood where parents don't teach their kids that kids with gay parents are not "normal" but we should accept them anyway.
Best proxy for that? Democratic election signs and no crosses burning on the lawn.

I really think you're over-focusing on the word "normal," and reading implications into it that others don't necessarily intend.

Normal: conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected.
"it's quite normal for puppies to bolt their food"
synonyms: usual, standard, ordinary, customary, conventional, habitual, accustomed, expected, wonted; typical, stock, common, everyday, regular, routine, established, set, fixed, traditional, time-honored

Accepted: generally believed or recognized to be valid or correct.
"he wasn't handsome in the accepted sense"

Common bumpersticker: "Why be normal?"

Exactly. In the same way that SAHMs, interracial families, people who use wheelchairs, and children with special needs aren't normal, but we should accept them anyway.

Anonymous wrote:Takoma is definitely hipper than Old Town Alexandria, which isn't really hip, but may well look that way compared to most of Fairfax, say. Takoma is not a dump, though its dumpier than Old Town Alexandria.

Takoma has the new Black's (Republic). Those aren't targeted toward dumpy neighborhoods. Old Town is fabulous but much more expensive than Takoma Park, and not hip. But the OP won't want either place because of the school demographics, I suspect.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay - what the f%k is gay friendly? Is that equivalent to a particular percentage of area residents who are gay or is it discernible by a certain number of rainbow bumper stickers? What the hell constitutes a gay friendly neighborhood?

A neighborhood where parents don't teach their kids that kids with gay parents are not "normal" but we should accept them anyway.
Best proxy for that? Democratic election signs and no crosses burning on the lawn.

I really think you're over-focusing on the word "normal," and reading implications into it that others don't necessarily intend.

Normal: conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected.
"it's quite normal for puppies to bolt their food"
synonyms: usual, standard, ordinary, customary, conventional, habitual, accustomed, expected, wonted; typical, stock, common, everyday, regular, routine, established, set, fixed, traditional, time-honored

Accepted: generally believed or recognized to be valid or correct.
"he wasn't handsome in the accepted sense"

Common bumpersticker: "Why be normal?"

Anonymous wrote:Okay - what the f%k is gay friendly? Is that equivalent to a particular percentage of area residents who are gay or is it discernible by a certain number of rainbow bumper stickers? What the hell constitutes a gay friendly neighborhood?

A neighborhood where parents don't teach their kids that kids with gay parents are not "normal" but we should accept them anyway.

Best proxy for that? Democratic election signs and no crosses burning on the lawn.

Aw, I feel like I should be defending Takoma Park because I live in the historic district. I have a big yard and my house is cute but not small. There are indeed a variety of people who live here who span the socioeconomic spectrum, so you can have some beautiful Victorian houses on the same block with tiny bungalows and a random rambler. I kind of like that kind of architectural diversity. I also have kids and plan on sending them to the public schools. I'm not LBGT but this probably is the most liberal, accepting area in the DMV (and probably one of the most liberal and progressive places in the country).

That said, it is not for everyone and not every neighbor keeps up their house or yard. It's an interesting place but if you aren't into shopping at a coop instead of a grocery store or having some neighbors who don't seem that concerned with painting their trim. I totally respect people who don't think Takoma Park's their cup of tea, because it is a bit unusual, but I feel the need to defend it

All that said, I have some gay couple friends with kids who live in the Friendship Heights area and they seem happy. It's definitely not like Takoma Park

Okay - what the f%k is gay friendly? Is that equivalent to a particular percentage of area residents who are gay or is it discernible by a certain number of rainbow bumper stickers? What the hell constitutes a gay friendly neighborhood?

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Anonymous wrote:I know a few gay couples with kids at our elementary in No. Arlington and as far as I can tell they are treated just the same as everyone else. My kids know it's completely normal for kids to have two moms or two dads.

Fixed that for ya.

It's not normal (basic biology) but it is accepted. There's a difference.

I don't want my kids to think it is normal, but I want them to accept those who are different.

Same.

Well, on behalf of gay parents everywhere, thank you so much for accepting our abnormalcy. Mighty white of you.