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_jenni4 OP t1_jarug8c wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in LGBTQ safety in Bangor? by _jenni4

There's a long way from "no-one cares" to "there's an active community, and you'll see a lot of other trans people around"

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Sufficient_Risk1684 t1_jas1enf wrote

Sure. But your title was safety. No one caring is perfectly safe. You didn't ask will I be able to assume genders and label people as being trans based on the way they look. Sounds like people won't be safe from your assumptions about them.

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[deleted] t1_jas2izi wrote

How would you know they’re trans just by seeing them? Honest question, I have a couple of trans friends who hate it when people do that.

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_jenni4 OP t1_jas88bs wrote

Ya don't, except when people are out and proud with pins etc. As one friend put it, "just asking bc you're wearing the uniform."

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[deleted] t1_jas9leq wrote

It’s not like I study the trans community, but people wearing pins isn’t necessarily an indication of trans representation in Maine. One of the reasons most of the queer bars are closing is that people aren’t as segregated. It’s just Maine culture— you could have a large queer community but you’re just as likely to find them at the weekly boardgame meeting, bowling club, or shooting range. Mainers are pretty integrated in this state, there are so few people that they don’t tend to silo themselves.

Portland is large enough that it’s the exception to the rule.

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runner64 t1_jatg471 wrote

There’s a semi-active community and you will see other trans/queer people around.

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