"Oh, yeah." Richie looked down to his ring. Of all the things to have changed that was one he'd almost forgotten, it hadn't been a second thought for so long. "Things are especially uh, liberal, here in particular. But I think it started to be legalized in the US...2004? At least where I'm from. But it wasn't until later that it was all over." It was better, but Richie still wasn't happy about how long it had taken. "But yeah, being gay is like, not even in the top ten of out of the ordinary around here, no one bats an eye." Richie paused, thinking a moment, "Really, there might be more people who aren't straight than there are straight ones."
Richie barked a laugh when he was told Ritchie's name, "Well shit, me too." He held out a hand. "Richie Tozier, trashmouth and general disaster."