more stories pls , that was a fun read <| sep |> Let ' s note that acceptance of LGBT people is pretty new , maybe 1020 years old . Anyway , during Jim Crow , this sort of thing was a common problem . One could travel long stretches in the south and sometimes in the north ! without finding a hotel willing to serve a black person for instance . It was such a problem , people made specialized maps to help black people travel www . theatlantic . comamparticle 424467 if the link doesn ' t work Google green book jim crow . Also , if your family or extended family lives there , I can see why you wouldn ' t want to move . Additionally , there ' s the hassle of moving , maybe the nearest accepting place has a high cost of living , maybe your job requires you to be where you are family farm , for instance , maybe your community is wonderful besides being bigoted against you . However , I do understand a certain amount of discomfort at the idea of forcing people to do business with people who ' s lifestyles they deeply disagree with . I ' m black , and even knowing the green book situation cited above , and knowing how good it is for me that laws exist to prevent that today , I still find it to be an awkward solution . But I can ' t think of a better one that doesn ' t end up leaving me possibly stranded in rural South Carolina unable to sleep in the motel that I ' m sleeping in the parking lot of . Can you ?