Indeed Maggie, and as the world is evolving, it’s not looking good for anyone not fitting expectations, anyone being different.

We are ‘straight passing’. We’re masculine enough not to be harassed for not looking straight. But we research our potential destinations and then we make a decision. I heard friends saying they had the best of times at house parties in Iran. I know of gay people discovering Georgia (the country). And yet, state-sponsored homophobia is very present there.

But it does discourage us for going to some countries, yes.