“Out” in the Countryside: Gay Tourist Perspectives on Rural Travel in British Columbia, Canada: Gay Tourist Perspectives on Rural Travel
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Abstract
This research explores gay tourism within the Western Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) with a specific focus on travel done by self-identified gay males within rural regions. Research on gay tourism has rarely centred on rural areas, as it is often viewed as an urban phenomenon undertaken primarily in the Global North. This urban focus is related to the perception that cities are more open and accepting of LGBTQ2+ people, which can support respect for diversity and inclusion, than purportedly more conservative rural towns. This study identifies a number of opportunities and barriers to expand rural travel among the LGBTQ2+ market. This qualitative research draws on semi-structured interviews with 20 gay travellers currently residing in BC. Participants indicated that travel to rural destinations is increasingly important for gay men, especially those who wish to escape from city life, access outdoor recreation, and enjoy a slower-paced environment. However, prevailing notions of rural homophobia still exist for many gay men, and some have encountered homophobic microaggressions in rural regions. These experiences have deterred some travellers from engaging in rural tourism. Findings suggest that many rural destinations need to foster safe and inclusive environments for gay travellers. This study also encourages further examination of the diverse experiences of gay travellers to rural regions. Keywords: gay tourism and travel; gay spaces; rural tourism; rural tourism development _______________________________ Dehors a la campagne: Perspectives des touristes gays sur les voyages en milieu rural en Colombie-Britannique, Canada ResumeCette recherche explore le tourisme gai dans la province de l'Ouest canadien de la Colombie-Britannique (C.-B.) avec un accent particulier sur les voyages effectues par des hommes homosexuels auto-identifies dans les regions rurales. La recherche sur le tourisme gay s'est rarement centree sur les zones rurales, car il est souvent considere comme un phenomene urbain entrepris principalement dans les pays du Nord. Cette focalisation urbaine est liee a la perception que les villes sont plus ouvertes et plus tolerantes envers les personnes LGBTQ2+, ce qui peut favoriser le respect de la diversite et de l'inclusion, que les villes rurales pretendument plus conservatrices. Cette etude identifie un certain nombre d'opportunites et d'obstacles a l'expansion des deplacements ruraux sur le marche LGBTQ2+. Cette recherche qualitative s'appuie sur des entretiens semi-structures avec 20 voyageurs gais residant actuellement en Colombie-Britannique. Les participants ont indique que les voyages vers des destinations rurales sont de plus en plus importants pour les hommes gais, en particulier ceux qui souhaitent s'echapper de la vie urbaine, acceder a des loisirs de plein air et profiter d'un environnement au rythme plus lent. Cependant, les notions dominantes d'homophobie rurale existent encore pour de nombreux hommes gais, et certains ont rencontre des micro-agressions homophobes dans les regions rurales. Ces experiences ont dissuade certains voyageurs de s'engager dans le tourisme rural. Les resultats suggerent que de nombreuses destinations rurales doivent favoriser des environnements surs et inclusifs pour les voyageurs homosexuels. Cette etude encourage egalement un examen plus approfondi des diverses experiences des voyageurs homosexuels dans les regions rurales. Mots-cles: tourisme et voyages gays ; espaces gays; tourisme rural; developpement du tourisme rural
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.028 | 0.006 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.006 | 0.002 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.003 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.003 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.005 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".