I live in Oregon right now, but I have lived in Wisconsin, Texas, Nevada, Florida and California and honestly every state has been the exact same in terms of attitudes. I lived in very very very liberal progressive Madison, Wisconsin and got humiliated at a mall. Meanwhile I went out in very conservative Abilene, TX and had zero trouble. The amount of risk presented is going to be the same everywhere. People's attitudes will generally be the same. Most people will be fine and tolerant, with a very small fraction who will not be. That small fraction will be the same everywhere. The only difference is token legislation. If you pick and choose places to live or visit based on "how TG friendly" they are you are doing it wrong.
I am also getting tired of the hate North Carolina gets. Too many act like there are just packs of roving bigots driving around in pickup trucks looking to bash in the brains of anyone who may be LGBT. It's really not that bad.
