NYT story from October about new gay rights in Portugal.
Map caught my eye for obvious reasons. Quick crude overlay of Core-Gap divide shows you want to be gay in the Core - not the Gap.
Not true in every single instance, but as a rule . . ..
Wherever you still are cranking babies as a means of survival, you will look down on gays. Almost all of your survival rules - like religion - will tell you to do so. But once industrialization and connectivity kick in, then you start to value them for the diversity they bring - especially in key globalized industries (yes, gays tend to concentrate somewhat in certain industries, but so do heterosexual men and women, so there!).
But the more basic point: when you connect you have to go with the acceptance of others, because you value the ties and the business more than your precious identity. Plus, you probably also see more of the world and get over yourself.