One of the argument being developed in The Laramie Project is that Laramie wasn’t probably a favorable place to live if a person was gay/lesbian. A lot of the members in the town say they’re fine with gay people as long as they don’t come on to them and something like that. Jonas Slonaker was one the gay people living in Laramie, and he knew before coming to Laramie that living in Wyoming was going to be hard as a gay man. He said that people should “live where they want, but it’s easier said than done,” which he was inferring to that people might want to live in place that they love, or is comfortable for them, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that in reality it is a favorable place for them. The strength from the work is that what is written
