Is Rochester a gay friendly city?

[captain dusty]

Not long after moving here last year i went to the gay pride parade in the park ave area
and was surprised at the turn out apparently its second in ny only to new york city
even the chief of police and some churches were in the parade.

If you like to be close to the city the southeast area is were I live and so far its very nice
the cityofrochester.org website has lots of information, maps, housing studies I checked out before buying last year and I refer people to them in my business(realestate) now.

If your going to pay close to a thousand in rent its worth exploring buying.
For renting check rentrochester.com or newdigs.com(might not be up yet)
even craigslist.com

all the best

[newmember]

thank you, captain dusty.

[Doggz3]

you may wish to consider the southwedge area (14620 zip code, especially streets between Mount Hope and South Clinton). Very trendy, hip, cool, accepting area that is cheaper than Park Ave area.

[waveroks]

Originally Posted by newmember

Hello everyone,
I heard a lot of different opinions about the Rochester.
Can anyone tell me if it is a gay friendly city? I would appreciate any information. Thank you.

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Just kidding... its seems friendly, we voted Obama in strong numbers.

[NB9540]

I think Rochester is generally a very liberal city, similar to NYC. I also think it depends on who you're talking to though. There are some people here that are homophobic, sure, but generally we have a typical liberal NY mentality.

[juppiter]

don't think Rochester is in any way similar to NYC, and I mean that in a very nice way.

NYC liberalism can be over the top and negative, plus a little "limousine liberal"-esque, whereas Rochester people tend to know what they're talking about.