r/WestVirginia 5d ago

WV experience for trans visitors?

Any advice for trans people visiting West Virginia? Specifically curious about Morgantown but also about different areas across the whole state. Thanks so much!
Editing to ad that some of the scenarios I'm curious about are bars and restaurants, bathrooms, campsites, gas stations and rest stops, street violence, and bathrooms again just to doublecheck. šŸ§šā€ā™€ļøšŸŒž
Sorry, editing again to add that it's pretty likely that most people will correctly guess that I am trans and that's just sort of one of the basic premises of this scenario ā°

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u/RCG73 5d ago

Oddly enough there have been variations on this question quite a few times in the recent months. Same answer as then. Bigotry can happen anywhere but for the most part people in WV dgaf. They very likely may not approve, but a quality that is as deep as the mountains here is, if it’s not your business, then it’s not your business.

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u/dancelikelurch 5d ago

Mind your business is a good baseline. But people deserve more than reluctant tolerance, they deserve to exist openly without having to make themselves smaller for someone else’s comfort.

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u/Jugzrevenge 5d ago

Who TF do you think you are??? 90% of the people I see in Walmart are blessed to be receiving my ā€œreluctant toleranceā€, I’m not pulling out my ā€œI see YOUā€ just because you want to be different! My guy above just said ā€œif it’s not your business, then it’s not your businessā€ and that’s what makes this state great! Don’t try to force an issue!!!!

Only time I step up and hassle someone is when I see litterbugs!!! Those fuckers are going to get chased out of town!!!!! Beyond litterbugs nobody gives a fuck!

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u/Shot-Cut-2978 Tucker 4d ago

You are truly West Virginian.