Lookg for the bt gay-iendly ci to vis? We asked the top LGBT travel bloggers om around to world to remend their favoure statns
Contents:
- A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
- TOP 17 GAYT CI AMERI [REPORT 2023]
- 14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE
- WHY THIS GEIA MOUNTA TOWN HAS BEE A GAY-IENDLY HOT SPOT
- GAYT PLAC IN CALIFORNIA FOR 2020
- THE GAY-FRIENDLY CI HAVE LOTS TO OFFER LGBTQ BUYERS—INCLUDG AFFORDABLE HOM
A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
Based on the portn of their populatn, the are the gayt ci Ameri. * gay towns *
Supreme Court issued a monumental lg that gay and transgenr people are protected om workplace discrimatn unr the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
“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 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 fd the gayt towns Ameri, the ® team of data analysts looked at five-year U. The list was limed to towns wh at least 1, 700 hoeholds wh a marg of error unr 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.
TOP 17 GAYT CI AMERI [REPORT 2023]
Popular extravaganzas clu Bear Week, Womxn of Color Weekend, and the nearly 50-year-old trans celebratn Fantasia will pay arly to live this world-famo gay mec. The five-day ftival each September attracts big-name performers, cludg Lizzo, Katy Perry, and Lady Gaga, as well as thoands of LGBTQ-iendly sert town, two hours east of Los Angel, happens to also be a gay oasis the other 359 days a year.
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 only downsi: There isn’t a ton of listgs the smaller town of Sheridan. 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 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 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 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 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 lookg for a gay-iendly, Midwtern muny n sop up a remoled four-bedroom townhome for jt $117, 000.
14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE
It turns out Brattleboro, about two hours northwt of Boston, is also a low-key gay mec the heart of ski 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 bt part may be the cy’s relatively expensive real tate. The progrsive cy has such a large, active LGBTQ muny that hosts two major pri events: Atlanta Pri and Atlanta Black cy’s reputatn as the “Hollywood of the South” has attracted gay people om other nearby, more nservative towns and stat. ”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.
The bsman and his wife, Melissa, first plaed to the Front Porch proprietors about pre-dawn vendor liveri 2019, not long after the nservative Christian uple moved their fancial firm right next door to the rtrant, which fli a gay Pri flag.
(Front Porch Market and Grill)What’s more, the Washers say, the ad rat was jt one more sult that the uple, who once planted an “all liv matter” sign their ont yard, have endured sce movg next door to a rtrant owned by a gay uple. They married 2020, five years after they opened the Front Porch, which quickly beme a statn The Front Porch has been flyg a Pri flag on s pat sce 2016, not long after a gunman killed 49 people a gay bar Orlando. Waybourn was print of the Dallas Gay Alliance when sued Parkland Memorial Hospal for failg to provi readily available medic to AIDS patients.
WHY THIS GEIA MOUNTA TOWN HAS BEE A GAY-IENDLY HOT SPOT
“I had so many threats agast me that even the Dallas police statned squad rs outsi our home, ” Waybourn an activist, Waybourn says, his goals were clear: same-sex marriage, gays and lbians the ary, accs to lifavg medic. To the activist, feels like a step backward after a lifetime of fightg for gay pack the seats at the Board of Zong Appeals hearg hosted at Grace Epispal Church. “I have que a few gay iends, clients and a fay member, and I have patronized a gay-owned rtrant for years, ” he whether the Washers are tryg to remake The Plas to their image of Ameri — Whe, nservative, Christian — Melissa said, “I n see where you’re g om.
His sensibily as a gay artist has shaped and elevated the magaze’s athetic, but he has to keep his creativy check lt Mx be seen as a magaze for gay men. But fish strong, as the nflict over Richie’s bathhoe project grows and Mx has to nsir whether ’s too risky for the magaze to speak to gay men, or even gay moments like this, the historil fictn feels not entirely historil.
GAYT PLAC IN CALIFORNIA FOR 2020
Asbury Park, New JerseyA ltle slice of gay heaven on the Jersey shore, Asbury Park is host to numero ftivals, paras, and Pri activi e summertime. Eureka Sprgs, ArkansasOver 30% of the 2000 rints of Eureka Sprgs intify as part of the LGBTQ+ muny earng the nickname “the Gayt Small Town Ameri”. Boastg a proud and sizable gay populatn; downtown is the official ngregatg place for the muny wh several bars, clubs, and rtrants for your enjoyment.
Wh a youthful muny supported by the Universy of Montana, a progrsive liberal arts school, Missoula is extremely gay-iendly this tradnally nservative state. Wh a perfect sre of 100 on the HRC Municipal Equaly Inx (MEI), Brookgs is an excellent example of a small gay-iendly cy worthy of your tourist dollars.
Gay neighborhoods differ om one another the same way that ci do, wh each havg tertg sights to see and special thgs to provi to s mory muni. 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.
THE GAY-FRIENDLY CI HAVE LOTS TO OFFER LGBTQ BUYERS—INCLUDG AFFORDABLE HOM
Although the Hays Co prohibed any reference films and “immoraly rtrictns” performers’ als forced them to rema the dark, gay life Los Angel existed for a very long time before did most other ci the US. Chigo is host to one of the natn’s most well-known gay neighborhoods, Boystown, although not beg que as tightly nnected wh the gay muny as the prev three ci.
Bee San Diego has always had diverse muni, each wh their own inti, Hillcrt has been able to mata s posn as one of the homosexual centers California. In orr to prevent discrimatn agast gay dividuals both the public and private areas, Omaha passed a law that has been place for eight years now. There’s the Chigo Gay and Lbian Hall of Fame, the Natnal Gay and Lbian Sports Hall of Fame, the Gerber/Hart Library, the Leather Archiv and Mm and the Legacy Walk – the world’s only outdoor queer history mm.
The state of California is by far the most gay-iendly state the Uned Stat, havg five ci on this list and beg a pneer of gay rights activism. The cy has a long-standg acceptance of the LGBTQ+ muny, wh the rints here beg one of the first Ameri to elect an openly gay mayor and a pri para that dat back to the 1970s.