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Contents:
- BT AND WORST STAT FOR LGBTQ FOLKS? DIVI WORSENS AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY,' REPORT SAYS
- WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY [UPDATED MAY 2023]
- NOT JT FLORIDA. MORE THAN A DOZEN STAT PROPOSE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILLS
- IN SOME STAT, VERSNS OF ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILLS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE
- 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
BT AND WORST STAT FOR LGBTQ FOLKS? DIVI WORSENS AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY,' REPORT SAYS
The five stat are the worst plac to live if you're a gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr Amerin. * least gay states *
In 2016, Vox reported on the mise of the only gay bar North Dakota, a ral state the publitn scribed as a "hostile landspe" for s LGBT muny. Relig exemptn laws, laws that target HIV patients and "don't say gay" laws rtrictg speech on the subject by tors classrooms be wh a void of basic protectns, all makg Louisiana one of the least LGBT-iendly stat Ameri.
''Florida, Montana among worst for LGBTQ muny The x ranked stat acrdg to five areas: work environment, legal protectns, youth and fay support, health accs and safety, and polil and relig at the top tend to get more clive over the past year, while their lower-ranked peers beme ls tolerant or didn't move om where they were 'T SAY GAY LAWS SPARK FEAR:If they 'say gay, ' will my child be safe? Meanwhile, Florida – which has enacted what opponents ll a "Don't Say Gay'' bill that would rtrict discsn of LGBTQ people the classroom – dropped 3. See where Ameri's gay, lbian, bi and transgenr cizens have worst.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY [UPDATED MAY 2023]
1) TexasSure, Dallas and At are ol, but the ernor basilly told gays that if they wanted to get married they should get lost. 2) FloridaSouth Beach is ol, and gay senrsand even a few younger guyslove Ft. Lrdale, but the laws erng gay adoptn are some of the worst the nati... * least gay states *
Acrdg to Michaelangelo Signorile, the edor-at-large for the Huffgton Post’s Gay Voic sectn, the worst stat are cltered the Midwt and the Bible Belt South. (A Daily Beast survey gave the state a -1 sre on gay rights.
If ’s any nsolatn to gay rints, the Magnolia state isn’t that great for anyone to live .
NOT JT FLORIDA. MORE THAN A DOZEN STAT PROPOSE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILLS
Along wh Mississippi, Alabama is one of eight so-lled “No Promo Homo” stat, wh laws that “exprsly forbid teachers om discsg gay and transgenr issu, ” acrdg to GLSEN. Alabama’s laws go a b further than most: The state’s sex tn program mandat that “class mt emphasize, a factual manner and om a public health perspective, that homosexualy is not a liftyle acceptable to the general public and that homosexual nduct is a crimal offense unr the laws of the state.
” Then aga, he’s hardly the bt thory when to matters of health, as Perry recently pared homosexualy to alholism: “I may have the geic dg that I’m cled to be an alholic, but I have the sire not to do that, and I look at the homosexual issue the same way. New Orleans is a highlight of gay culture the south, wh the cy’s six-day Southern Dence ftival among the bt pri celebratns the world. Like Texas, Louisiana ntu to enforce s unnstutnal sodomy ban, votg April (by a wi 66-to-27 majory) to keep s anti-gay legislatn.
Gtrex has been orchtratg a “seri of stgs, which an unrver policeman woos an unspectg gay man back to his apartment for sex and then mak an arrt.
IN SOME STAT, VERSNS OF ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILLS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE
” If you’re a gay person livg Oh, Michigan, Kentucky or Tennsee, make sure to thank Louisiana’s urts for helpg set a precent.
Tennsee is one of the eight “Don’t Say Gay” stat, as well as rankg high e equaly and poverty and low public support for same-sex marriage. Gay Tennseans are also ls likely to know someone like them, as the state has the fourth-smallt percentage of LGBT cizens.
5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
While havg more gays than those others, the state has a disproportnately high hate crime rate, wh one survey rankg Michigan as high as send the natn. This wave of anti-LGBT vlence is part of the reason why Detro was named the most dangero cy the natn for gay travelers, and the survey also ced the metro area’s dwdlg number of gay bars and high poverty rate.
“It is still legal to fire people Michigan for beg gay, we n not marry, nnot adopt, and the ernor signed away domtic partner benefs for LGBT public employe, ” Garcia said. He argu has “created an anti-gay environment across the entire state.