I hope you’re right Mr Mark. I just remember the cowboy and/or redneck population being very intolerant when I was there, though that was awhile back.
It was a very closed community, not just to gays but to others who lived lifestyles outside the mainstream. Though I did make a few acquaintances there, the only long-term friendships I developed were with other out-of-staters.
I was not aware of a gay district in OKC (granted I didn’t really look), but just googling it now there is a 9 block stretch on NW 39th. Not huge by Hillcrest standards, but it is something!