I wish I could pin the exact state, however, in my opinion it will most likely be a state northeast. I am from New Orleans and as welcomed as the gay community is in nola it's a red, southern state. I now live in northwest GA (culture shock).
I am a lesbian mixed white/hispanic with an 12 year old daughter and in a relationship with a black women. It's 2011 and we still fighting the fight. Check out my hub Beyound .
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.