The east and west coasts seem to be pretty gay friendly. There is an actual club at my school called the Gay-Straight Alliance.
None of my friends are openly gay, but I think that's just because of my lack of friends. All the other gay guys in the school are popular, I'm just the nerdy loser.
I never really went through the "closet stage". If the subject ever came up, I would say yes, I never really tried to cover it up. The only time I was ever asked if I was gay was when one of my friends saw me reading Seattle Gay News. I said yes, and that was the end of it. Most people can just tell for some reason. I'm not especially effeminate or anything....except for my stuffed animal collection, the time I wore makeup, the long hair, the purple shirt I wear every now and then,and that time I wore pink hairclips. ^^
Really? Goths? Those guys kind of scare me. They always have that look like they've just died. Maybe it's just the goths that hang out over here.