Once known for sger Ana Bryant's anti-gay rights mpaign and a ban on gay and lbian adoptns, Florida is now home to two metropolan areas wh among the hight ncentratns of gay and lbian upled hoeholds the U.S., acrdg to a new report released by the U.S. Cens Bure.
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- U.S. LISTS CI WH MOST GAY-UPLED HOEHOLDS
- THE 10 GAYEST CI IN AMERI FOR 2020
- 14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE
- THE GAY-FRIENDLY CI HAVE LOTS TO OFFER LGBTQ BUYERS—INCLUDG AFFORDABLE HOM
U.S. LISTS CI WH MOST GAY-UPLED HOEHOLDS
* cities with most gay couples *
-- Once known for sger Ana Bryant's anti-gay rights mpaign and a ban on gay and lbian adoptns, Florida is now home to two metropolan areas wh among the hight ncentratns of gay and lbian upled hoeholds the U. In Florida, acceptance of LGBTQ muni has been driven at the lol level, wh passage of human rights ordanc, fast-growg populatns om all over the world, and gay-iendly pani om the hospaly and entertament dtri, said Nade Smh, executive director of Equaly Florida, an LGBTQ advocy group. While Orlando already had a visible gay muny whout elected officials and workforc like Disney World wh large numbers of gays and lbians, the llective grief om the mass shootg at the gay Pulse nightclub 2016 helped ph that acceptance to more nservative rners of civic life such as lol church.
That's when Bryant, an early-1960s pop sger and brand ambassador for the Florida Cs Commissn, head a mpaign that led to the repeal of an ordance Miami-Da County prohibg discrimatn based on sexual orientatn one of the earlit anized fights agast gay rights.
Phoenix's general merocracy, which om beg a relatively young muny wh a nstant flux of new arrivals, has ma welg to gay and lbians, said Angela Hughey, print of ONE Communy, a bs aln that advot for cln and equaly. Many members of the muny have long preferred to live big ci or smaller, queer-iendly mecs where they felt more accepted and safer om vlence, harassment, and discrimatn.“Until [the lg], you uld be fired for beg LGBT,” says Jeff Berger, founr and print of the Natnal Associatn of Gay & Lbian Real Estate Profsnals. Ls than half of LGBTQ adults, 49%, were homeowners, pared wh almost two-thirds, 65%, of heterosexuals.Those LGBTQ folks who do buy hom prrize livg fun, safe muni wh lots of other gay rints where they’re ls likely to be harassed.“They n have a level of fort [ the plac] bee other people have charted the waters,” says Berger.To fd the gayt towns Ameri, the ® team of data analysts looked at five-year U.S.
THE 10 GAYEST CI IN AMERI FOR 2020
The list was limed to towns wh at least 1,700 hoeholds wh a marg of error unr 105%.While many big ci like San Francis and New York have long been renowned for their thrivg gay culture, they’re jt so big that the number of same-sex upl ma up a smaller percentage of their total populatns.
Wilton Manors, FLMedian home list price: $449,000*No, isn’t nearly as renowned as some of the other gay mecs on this list, but don’t let that fool you. Popular extravaganzas clu Bear Week, Womxn of Color Weekend, and the nearly 50-year-old trans celebratn Fantasia Fair.Buyers will pay arly to live this world-famo gay mec.
14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE
The five-day ftival each September attracts big-name performers, cludg Lizzo, Katy Perry, and Lady Gaga, as well as thoands of LGBTQ-iendly folks.The sert town, two hours east of Los Angel, happens to also be a gay oasis the other 359 days a year. (Denver’s median home list price is jt north of $525,000.) It’s also home to the Transgenr Center of the Rocki, which provis unselg, medil servic, and social activi like game and movie nights.Sheridan rints are still close enough to Denver’s gay bars and pri ftival, which has an timated attendance of more than a half-ln people.The only downsi: There isn’t a ton of listgs the smaller town of Sheridan. Many LGBTQ folks settle other welg hoods like nearby Glendale, CO, where a two-bedroom townhoe go for $589,990.“There’s a lot of areas around Denver I would say are gay-iendly,” says Jason Augt of Gourmet Real Estate.5.
While don’t have s own LGBTQ center or annual ftival, the quiet astal town neighbors Rehoboth Beach, DE, which has both—along wh dozens of gay bars and rtrants.Though the whole area has bee a top East Coast LGBTQ vatn statn, many folks who want to stay year-round prefer the lmer vibe, natural scenery, and better als Lew.Hoe hunters n sre this three-bedroom townhome wh a pool and fns center the muny for $394,900. Known for s lively mic, bar, and rtrant scene, the town is also typilly home to the Garn State’s annual gay pri celebratn.Jt about 90 mut om New York Cy, Asbury Park is hoppg durg the summer.
Bloomgton, INMedian home list price: $379,050Most folks are probably more likely to associate Indiana wh s nservative former ernor turned vice print, Mike Pence, than s thrivg gay culture. The cy also received a perfect, 100-pot sre on the Human Rights Commissn’s Municipal Equaly Inx for five straight years.The progrsive small town has a rich theater and mic muny, an annual pri ft, and LGBTQ+ muny center, and is home to the groundbreakg Ksey Instute for Rearch Sex, Genr, and Reproductn.Those lookg for a gay-iendly, Midwtern muny n sop up a remoled four-bedroom townhome for jt $117,000. It turns out Brattleboro, about two hours northwt of Boston, is also a low-key gay mec the heart of ski untry.The ultraprogrsive cy is home to an LGBTQ center dited to the ral rints of northern New England, an annual LGBTQ film ftival, and equent men’s gathergs, workshops, and retreats.The bt part may be the cy’s relatively expensive real tate.
THE GAY-FRIENDLY CI HAVE LOTS TO OFFER LGBTQ BUYERS—INCLUDG AFFORDABLE HOM
The progrsive cy has such a large, active LGBTQ muny that hosts two major pri events: Atlanta Pri and Atlanta Black Pri.The cy’s reputatn as the “Hollywood of the South” has attracted gay people om other nearby, more nservative towns and stat.“People want to be where other LGBTQ iends and fay live,” says Tim Hur, managg broker wh Pot Honors and Associat Realtors. “We have a sense of fay.”The heart of the gay muny, where all the bt LGBTQ bars are loted, is midtown, around the tersectn of Piedmont Avenue NE and 10th Street NE.
Although gay culture the cy preces that flow, New York Cy was another signifint btlg metropolis that servicemen crossed through on their return trip om World War II. The ntemporary homosexual rights activism is said to have begun New York, and there’s no doubt that the Stonewall Inn rt 1969 marked a turng pot for gay people worldwi.