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Contents:

• NFL ACH BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. MEN’S PRO SPORTS TO E OUT AS GAY
• BT AND WORST STAT FOR LGBTQ FOLKS? DIVI WORSENS AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY,' REPORT SAYS
• FOR GAY OH STATE SWIMMER, POOL BEME HIS SAFE SPACE
• MOVG TO GAY OH? THG TO KNOW BEFORE RELOTG HERE AS AN LGBT PERSON.
• BEG OUT: ARMY VET AND GBY PLAYER CHRIS KELLEY FDS NICHE AS A GAY ATHLETE
• THE 10 GAYEST STAT IN AMERI FOR 2020

NFL ACH BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. MEN’S PRO SPORTS TO E OUT AS GAY

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See where Ameri's gay, lbian, bi and transgenr cizens have worst.

BT AND WORST STAT FOR LGBTQ FOLKS? DIVI WORSENS AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY,' REPORT SAYS

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.

FOR GAY OH STATE SWIMMER, POOL BEME HIS SAFE SPACE

(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 .

MOVG TO GAY OH? THG TO KNOW BEFORE RELOTG HERE AS AN LGBT PERSON.

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.

BEG OUT: ARMY VET AND GBY PLAYER CHRIS KELLEY FDS NICHE AS A GAY ATHLETE

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.

” 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. 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.

THE 10 GAYEST STAT IN AMERI FOR 2020

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. ''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?