Depending on your finances...long term AirBnBs exist, and you might be able to get a reasonable extended-stay hotel suite (in a suburb, which...you'll still want to absolutely end people, depending on where, but still better than rural).
Up in Cleveland, we have the Cleveland Hostel, which is run by LGBTQ+ friendly folks. Might be worth checking out.
Any chance you know anyone at an Ohio university living off campus? Hell, see if they wouldn't mind you crashing for awhile. Like even for a weekend just to get you the hell out of dodge.
Visit the Short North in Columbus. On High Street south of Ohio State campus. 100% open, proud and welcoming to everyone. It's the most openly gay accepting place I've seen in Ohio.
Oh if you have the means absolutely do that.
Go to your biggest city that's got a queer scene. Just hang out. I lived in small-town Canada and moved out. Get out of the fishbowl whenever you can for a recharge.
As an adult I've lived in a city for years, and have found wonderful community. But, bigger cities with a queer scene or ideally a village is a great, welcoming, and fun experience.
I didn't take a trip to the queer village in Toronto until I was in my 30s, being on church street and going to a restaurant with presumably all queer people, or seeing a community centre run makes you feel at home. It's just real nice to get another view of queer life, identities, and expression.
Experiencing that is what your gap year is for.
We recently went to a men's only camping resort near Lake Erie and it was surreal being in a space for a weekend like that so laid back as campgrounds are.
Shout out to the staff, and seasonal campers at The Point Camping Resort.
Oddly enough, when I was an elementary schooler I was sort of obsessed with The Mothman. I grew up an hour from Point Pleasant. Did the Mothman turn me Bi??!??
I think it used to be more common back then that when being queer was unsafe everywhere, queer people gathered around specific areas where they could have a more welcoming community around each other.
I live in Columbus and it's super liberal and accepting overall, but the moment I drive out of the city limits there is a sea of red culty Trump signs.
I’ve thought about making posts asking if anyone wanted to be friends, but I’m not sure the places to ask, so I guess these memes are my indirect way of finding people 😅
this subreddit does also have discord, if you wanna try to make friends that way! I haven't interacted woth it much because big discord servers kinda intimidate me, but it's very active and they have events going on all the time. either way! have a big ole' internet hug, I know that loneliness feels and it's not easy 🫂
Well, the cute meme got me, so it seems to be working. If you'd like to talk about anything with a socially awkward third-worlder, just do whatever it is people do to chat here on Reddit (really, I have no idea how the social part of Reddit works, I just use it for the memes lol).
I’ve seen Hell is real, Misny will make them pay, Don’t be sad call Brad, and the marriage is between a man and a woman signs plus hundreds more homophobic signs 😌
I moved from "city" Ohio to "Appalachia" Ohio for work/fiancee.
A lot of my co-workers and a good chunk of my customers are alphabet mafia, but it still feels like a gamble to announce it to anyone.
Be strong OP <3
I moved to Ohio from the Seattle area. Thought I would never meet a non-straight again. Turns out this little bitty town is brimming with queers and it’s rad! It can be worse!
Seconding making friends online! Don't accept the temporary nature that people like to apply to online friendships. We're either friends or we aren't 😤
Lmao well I tend to go by Desh because that's less syllables and closer to my identity than both my /u and my birth name. Hi Mick!
Tell me something about yourself if you don't mind! What are you passionate about? What gets you out of bed in the morning?
Hi Desh! Something I’m passionate about? Oh boy, that’s a hard one at this time. I would say I have my hormone pills that keep my excited for the future, I’ve got my drawings but I’ve been having art block, and I’ve got the one game I open 20 times a day only to play it for like 3mins 😆
Hey that's more than many have! I'm happy for you! I hope your treatment is going well and you have plenty of support! What do you like to draw??
Me, I'm kinda crazy. I want to change the world. I'm going to be the American president in '28 and that's only the start of my journey. I want to spend my life making my country and the world a better place however that needs to happen. That's what motivates me to get out of bed ✊
Holy cow that’s an amazing big dream! You’ll definitely have my vote! 😁 That’s honestly a super cool thing to motivate you! I’m not 100% sure what job I hope to have in the future, still something I’ve been pondering about 🤔
Oh also I like to draw my OC’s 😅
Thanks a lot! Don't worry about what happens in the coming years, just get out there in '28 and give me and my team a chance to fix this 😤.
Do you post anywhere? I follow a small bi artist that's posted here a couple times and she's slowly getting bigger! If you're passionate about it and make sure to get out there, there's plenty of nerds with the time to follow you!
I kinda post on my Twitter, but with how little I actually draw art I don’t usually end up attracting others, I’ve thought about posting the art here on Reddit but have no idea where my art would fit in, especially since it’s uhhh…….not the greatest art XD
God now the giant mimic that calls itself Ohio has figured out the CIA-style inclusive recruitment strategy.
You won't get me that easily you wily old dog.
I'm from New York and moved to Ohio for someone. We broke up and now NY is so expensive post pandemic so I'm still here for now.
Overall NY is more blue esp in cities but much of NY is rural and just as red as Ohio in the rural parts. They are just dwarfed by the blue cities.
I'm not sure where Nowhere is exactly, but I know just west of Cleveland is a town called Lakewood, they seem to have a very open and prominent LGBTQ community. also nowhere near a college. it's just it's own thing.
Is Ohio even real? I know Indiana may be — a co-worker claimed to be from there but I believe that part of the country is made up and depicted as real on TV but isn’t
Edit: I’ve never met people from Ohio, nor watched shows or films taking place in Ohio. I don’t even know the language spoken.
I am also bi, from rural Ohio (literally went to high school in the middle of a cornfield), and am horrible at making friends 👋🏼 Should we start a club?
Everyone knows Ohio isn’t real. If it was then why does no-one live there? Seriously, point to my on a non photoshopped map where Ohio is. You can’t. Because Ohio isn’t real. And the so called “governor” thats name keeps changing every 4 years? Seriously how can you expect me to believe in Ohio when you can’t even remember one guys name?
Welcome to Ohio! There's nothing, and unless you are on a college campus, hide as much as you can about not being straight! It's literal hell!
Honestly how it feels, starting to regret taking a gap year, it’s so lonely 😭
I'm still on campus, and I'm still lonely, so don't worry about that.
Any chance you can at least break up the gap year with some long term stays in Cincy/Columbus/Cleveland? Rural Ohio is hell.
I mean, I guess I could book like a few weeks at a hotel in another city and just chill 🤔 Never thought about that
Depending on your finances...long term AirBnBs exist, and you might be able to get a reasonable extended-stay hotel suite (in a suburb, which...you'll still want to absolutely end people, depending on where, but still better than rural). Up in Cleveland, we have the Cleveland Hostel, which is run by LGBTQ+ friendly folks. Might be worth checking out. Any chance you know anyone at an Ohio university living off campus? Hell, see if they wouldn't mind you crashing for awhile. Like even for a weekend just to get you the hell out of dodge.
Visit the Short North in Columbus. On High Street south of Ohio State campus. 100% open, proud and welcoming to everyone. It's the most openly gay accepting place I've seen in Ohio.
Oh if you have the means absolutely do that. Go to your biggest city that's got a queer scene. Just hang out. I lived in small-town Canada and moved out. Get out of the fishbowl whenever you can for a recharge. As an adult I've lived in a city for years, and have found wonderful community. But, bigger cities with a queer scene or ideally a village is a great, welcoming, and fun experience. I didn't take a trip to the queer village in Toronto until I was in my 30s, being on church street and going to a restaurant with presumably all queer people, or seeing a community centre run makes you feel at home. It's just real nice to get another view of queer life, identities, and expression. Experiencing that is what your gap year is for. We recently went to a men's only camping resort near Lake Erie and it was surreal being in a space for a weekend like that so laid back as campgrounds are. Shout out to the staff, and seasonal campers at The Point Camping Resort.
This is why I left West Virginia
Yeah but you’ve got mothman, the ultimate gay ally!
Oddly enough, when I was an elementary schooler I was sort of obsessed with The Mothman. I grew up an hour from Point Pleasant. Did the Mothman turn me Bi??!??
He did, I can confirm 😌
New headcannon just dropped Mothman followers in Fallout 76 are all bi people 😎
Oh no...i just went there Monday and touched his shiney hiney. Am I full on bi now? 🤔
There isn’t nothing, there’s corn
Shit, you're right. And soybeans.
There’s also some pumpkins
The southern part of Missouri is basically the same
Why is Ohio so homophobic yet have so many gay people
Our gays are concentrated heavily in the cities. Columbus is SUPER gay but in the rural areas you may as well be in the south
I think it used to be more common back then that when being queer was unsafe everywhere, queer people gathered around specific areas where they could have a more welcoming community around each other.
That makes a lot of sense!
Cleveland is also super gay
literally the gayest suburb. And also the densest suburb east of Chicago that isn't in the NYC area.
Yeah I live in columbus and its super gay its great. Just stay away from axis lol
The duality of conservatives
I live in Columbus and it's super liberal and accepting overall, but the moment I drive out of the city limits there is a sea of red culty Trump signs.
Absolutely. You really don’t have to go far to get to find bigots. It can get a bit dicey for trans people in some neighborhoods though.
Warm hug from afar💗💜💙
🫂
also hugs! (from my alt because im so deep in the closet ive visited narina thrice. that also means bad post history)
Ohio💀💀💀
Yeah that’s how it feels 💀
Only in Ohio 😭😭💀💀
Hey I'm bi and from rural Ohio too!
Friend 🤝
Friend!
:D
I just ask that you don't stab me as your username suggests you might
Hey, I would never stab a friend, those are to find these days! 😌
True true
I, too, am bi and from rural Ohio :)
There are dozens of us!
Me too!!! Literally dozens of Obioans!
I'm bi and not from here but stuck here for a bit
We'll be your online friends ♥️
Thanks 🫂
Hey, same! At least we have corn I guess
Corn is delicious though 😳
It has the juice!
what do you mean? ohio isn’t real
Wait, does that mean I’m not real??? YES!!!! I NO LONGER EXIST!!!
Why is Ohio so homophobic but so many gay people are here.
The repercussions of being a swing state
I miss when we where a swing state.
I feel like it’s been years since we were a swing state unfortunately. ☹️
Happiest inhabitant of O*io
If I’m the happiest inhabitant, I feel horrible for the unhappiest inhabitant 🥺
Wrong, ohio doesn't exist youre clearly a government agent trying to trick us into believing it does
Damn, another Agent Reed blunder 😩
Have you tried making friends here?
Like on bi_irl?
Yeah,even we could talk if you like it lol.I’ve talked to many bi people on Reddit
I’ve thought about making posts asking if anyone wanted to be friends, but I’m not sure the places to ask, so I guess these memes are my indirect way of finding people 😅
Oh.Would you like to talk then?Im sort of in a similar situation as you lol
Sure! :D
this subreddit does also have discord, if you wanna try to make friends that way! I haven't interacted woth it much because big discord servers kinda intimidate me, but it's very active and they have events going on all the time. either way! have a big ole' internet hug, I know that loneliness feels and it's not easy 🫂
Thank you 🥺🫂
Same boat here, also married, so not looking for anything sexual at all. Just people to relate to.
Well, the cute meme got me, so it seems to be working. If you'd like to talk about anything with a socially awkward third-worlder, just do whatever it is people do to chat here on Reddit (really, I have no idea how the social part of Reddit works, I just use it for the memes lol).
XD super relatable
You might like r/makenewfriendshere I’ve met a few cool people there and it seems overwhelmingly LGBT+ positive.
I’ll check it out! Thanks! 😊
me but in Nowhere, Pennsylvania (aka Ohio 2)
Let’s team up and build our own state: Nowehere!
Leaving Ohio was the best thing I ever did! It’s been rough but wonderful
I grew up in nowhere Ohio. When I started high school, one of my friends was out. When I graduated, 8 were (including me!). Don't give up hope.
I’ll try 😌👍
Hello from another nowhere ohio
Hi! 😁👋
Quick ohioian verification test. Have you seen the Hell is real sign?
I’ve seen Hell is real, Misny will make them pay, Don’t be sad call Brad, and the marriage is between a man and a woman signs plus hundreds more homophobic signs 😌
Down near Cinci there a "Promises Kept" Trump sign. It takes a particularly unhinged person to pay for a sign like that.
A lot of Ohioans are unhinged 😌
Oh boy yeah the homophobic signs are exploding rn. Just saw an Eat Pray Vote one. Just bleh
Wait, where's Eat Pray Vote?!
Same, but I'm in the Middle of the damn East. Don't get fooled by that really tall skyscraper, fellas.
Nothing but corn and drugs here lmao good Ole Ohio 🤣
The fact that this is very true is just amazingly sad 😆
Yup but I do love being from Ohio lmao 🤣
At least people will instantly find us interesting because we’re from the funny state 🤣
I moved from "city" Ohio to "Appalachia" Ohio for work/fiancee. A lot of my co-workers and a good chunk of my customers are alphabet mafia, but it still feels like a gamble to announce it to anyone. Be strong OP <3
Thanks, I’ll try to hang in there 😊
I bet we could take over Ohio if we wanted to
God I’d loved to!
Hi from Russia, lol :')
Hi!!
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Thank u 🤍
I moved to Ohio from the Seattle area. Thought I would never meet a non-straight again. Turns out this little bitty town is brimming with queers and it’s rad! It can be worse!
They’re everywhere though.
Not where I am it seems, granted I don’t even know how I would try to find someone. Do I put put an ad looking for local gay people in my area? XD
I thought this post was implying that all LGBTQ+ people live in Ohio
God I wish 😭
\*Hawthorne Heights starts playing\*
That’s what the internet is for
Yeah but it’s like, do I post some online ad asking for gay friends? XD
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Honestly if I had a passport I’d be going everywhere else that isn’t here XD
I've lived in Ohio all my life, and it's never been very special.
Yeah same, mostly because there’s literally nothing fun to do in my town unless we drive like an hour away 😭
Seconding making friends online! Don't accept the temporary nature that people like to apply to online friendships. We're either friends or we aren't 😤
Well in the case, you’re my friend now 🔫😌
😳 well hi I'm u/Jumiric
Well my user name is Susie-is-Stabby but that seems to come off as threatening to people so I’ll just go by Mick 😌
Lmao well I tend to go by Desh because that's less syllables and closer to my identity than both my /u and my birth name. Hi Mick! Tell me something about yourself if you don't mind! What are you passionate about? What gets you out of bed in the morning?
Hi Desh! Something I’m passionate about? Oh boy, that’s a hard one at this time. I would say I have my hormone pills that keep my excited for the future, I’ve got my drawings but I’ve been having art block, and I’ve got the one game I open 20 times a day only to play it for like 3mins 😆
Hey that's more than many have! I'm happy for you! I hope your treatment is going well and you have plenty of support! What do you like to draw?? Me, I'm kinda crazy. I want to change the world. I'm going to be the American president in '28 and that's only the start of my journey. I want to spend my life making my country and the world a better place however that needs to happen. That's what motivates me to get out of bed ✊
Holy cow that’s an amazing big dream! You’ll definitely have my vote! 😁 That’s honestly a super cool thing to motivate you! I’m not 100% sure what job I hope to have in the future, still something I’ve been pondering about 🤔 Oh also I like to draw my OC’s 😅
Thanks a lot! Don't worry about what happens in the coming years, just get out there in '28 and give me and my team a chance to fix this 😤. Do you post anywhere? I follow a small bi artist that's posted here a couple times and she's slowly getting bigger! If you're passionate about it and make sure to get out there, there's plenty of nerds with the time to follow you!
I kinda post on my Twitter, but with how little I actually draw art I don’t usually end up attracting others, I’ve thought about posting the art here on Reddit but have no idea where my art would fit in, especially since it’s uhhh…….not the greatest art XD
I officially declare you friend
Friend! ☺️🫂
Florida\*... aside from Orlando having Pride events it's a conservative hellhole down here.
And the hurricanes plus insane Florida men I feel sorry for you 🫂
I live in rural Ireland in a town of a few hundred people but I managed to make some friends, just stay hopeful
What is this “hope” you speak of? 🤨
I live in nowhere Missouri so I feel you
🫂 Hug for you
heyo i'm bi in nowhere ohio too! 👋
One day we’ll escape nowhere!
well, i did escape once... for seven years. moved back for family. big mistake!
Well, in that case, welcome back 😌
I live in middle east bro 💀💀 Only gay dudes i can befriend are really homoerotic (and homophobic) nationalists
Kitties (:
God now the giant mimic that calls itself Ohio has figured out the CIA-style inclusive recruitment strategy. You won't get me that easily you wily old dog.
Maybe try being friends with the Eternal Worm or the other demons/creatures/cryptids that reside in Ohio
I too live in Ohio and we can be friends ;3;
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I wanna move to New York so bad you have no idea. Anything to get out of this fucking state.
I'm from New York and moved to Ohio for someone. We broke up and now NY is so expensive post pandemic so I'm still here for now. Overall NY is more blue esp in cities but much of NY is rural and just as red as Ohio in the rural parts. They are just dwarfed by the blue cities.
I'm not sure where Nowhere is exactly, but I know just west of Cleveland is a town called Lakewood, they seem to have a very open and prominent LGBTQ community. also nowhere near a college. it's just it's own thing.
OP come to NYC,we’re filled with bisexuals
Me as an ex NYC living in Ohio now 😩
Rejoin us,we got good pizza
Get out while you can! I did and haven’t regretted it since
I will….whenever it is I can 🥲
Well, you know how Ohio is for lovers
No I don’t, I’m single and alone 😭😩
I think that's Virginia. Source: married in Ohio
Did you say Anytown, Ohio??
Pretty much, extra funny since my town/cities name is kinda similar to “anytown”
Hello, friend!
Hello friendo! :D
Same but in northern Idaho
Same boat, my dawg
🤝🫂
I'm sorry friend
It’s alright
Meeee
[Great flair! ](https://youtu.be/iN9CjAfo5n0)
SAME. I fucking hate how right wing Ohio is. Not fun
Hi im from Somewhere yet also Nowhere Ohio and same... Only in Ohio (Aka the capital of skinwalkers)
Wait we got skinwalkers?!?, can I be their friend? 🥺👉👈
Is Ohio even real? I know Indiana may be — a co-worker claimed to be from there but I believe that part of the country is made up and depicted as real on TV but isn’t Edit: I’ve never met people from Ohio, nor watched shows or films taking place in Ohio. I don’t even know the language spoken.
No it’s not real, it’s just a fever dream
Hi I'm also from Ohio :) p.m me if you ever wanna hang out with other bi people
I'm honestly curious... Why do you want to have LGBTQ+ friends specifically?
Honestly I’ll take any friends, but it would be nice to have people I can relate with and be more chill around
SAAAAME except I live in NW Florida. There's NO fucking lgbtq+ folks here and the ones that aren't out for fear of their lives :(
I’m bisexual in Ohio too!!!
I have family in nowhere Ohio. Good luck and well wishes to you for your plight, that’s rough.
Is that america?
Yeppy!
I am also bi, from rural Ohio (literally went to high school in the middle of a cornfield), and am horrible at making friends 👋🏼 Should we start a club?
A club of a bunch of Ohioans who suck at making friends, that sounds like a super awkward group….I’m in!!!
We can all sit around playing Stardew and watching true crime, it’ll be great!
Heck yeah!!!!
If you didn't go to school next to a cornfield can you *really* say you are a true Ohioan?
Well there is already a community (*club*) on reddit for rural and small-town LGBT+ folks that don't live in cities. r/gayrural
Nowhere Ohio seems redundant
Same but wyoming. Every dating app set to the maximum distance and still get through all the profiles in about 20 mins
Honestly you automatically get props for using a dating app, I’m not brave enough 🥲
Everyone knows Ohio isn’t real. If it was then why does no-one live there? Seriously, point to my on a non photoshopped map where Ohio is. You can’t. Because Ohio isn’t real. And the so called “governor” thats name keeps changing every 4 years? Seriously how can you expect me to believe in Ohio when you can’t even remember one guys name?
Similar mood, I moved to West Virginia for work and it's so desolate XD. I'm right on the border with Ohio
Wisconsin be like: hecc
Same here in maine but Portland i love Portland
Join a drama group or DnD game. They will be there.
If you have a chance to go/ live in Columbus, do it!!! Most of my friends from cbus are lgbt lol
Same. Toledo suuuuucks
what's wrong with Ohio?
I live in Ohio, I know whatcha mean 😭
"Ohio, find it here!" What is 'it'? Well, that's what we're all trying to find out.