I found many of the discussions we had in the beginning of the rehearsal process really interesting. My growing up has been very safe in a small, northern Swedish town and I've never really noticed any of the hate that exists towards LGBT people. No, I'm not saying that all Swedes are pro LGBT, but I would say that we have a more liberal view on the matter in general. At least the people that surrounded me. So I never really noticed any of the hate, even though I knew that it existed (especially in smaller villages, older generations and such). Therefore it was quite surprising to hear what was brought up in the discussions. I know that some of my LGBT friends back home found it difficult to come out and stuff like that, but there seems to be a much bigger difference between being gay in Sweden and being gay in Scotland than what I thought.
Picture from my hometown - Falun, Sweden
For me it's never really been an issue, because I've always thought that it's obvious that being LGBT is perfectly okay and normal and I've never met anyone who's been treated badly just because of their sexuality, so I guess I just kind of assumed that everyone thought the same. Well, I was obviously wrong. There is so much hatred. Far too much. The question now is what we do to erase that hatred.
For most people it's just a matter of not knowing enough. What they don't know or understand scare them.
And I think it's a really good point that not only LGBT people should fight for their rights, because this is about human rights, and human rights concern everybody.
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