The USA has bee a iendlier place for the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual muny sce 2003 when Massachetts beme the first state to legalise same-sex marriage. Over 35 stat, together wh the District of Columbia, have sce followed su this progrsive movement. Var US ci have weled the LGBT muny wh open arms, celebratg
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- TOP 17 GAYT CI AMERI [REPORT 2023]
- 20 MOST GAY FRIENDLY CI THE US
- BT AND WORST STAT FOR LGBTQ FOLKS? DIVI WORSENS AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY,' REPORT SAYS
- 11 GAY-IENDLY SMALL CI BIG RED STAT
- TOP GAY-FRIENDLY CI THE U.S.
- THE GAY-FRIENDLY CI HAVE LOTS TO OFFER LGBTQ BUYERS—INCLUDG AFFORDABLE HOM
- THE 10 GAYEST CI IN AMERI FOR 2020
- GAYT CI AMERI 2023
TOP 17 GAYT CI AMERI [REPORT 2023]
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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.
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Based on the portn of their populatn, the are the gayt ci Ameri. * most gay friendly us cities *
“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.
BT AND WORST STAT FOR LGBTQ FOLKS? DIVI WORSENS AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY,' REPORT SAYS
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.
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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. 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 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.
TOP GAY-FRIENDLY CI THE U.S.
Madison is so gay iendly that fdg out where a gay neighbourhood starts and ends is somewhat impossible, while the number of gay bars to choose om is so extensive that you may jt have to extend your trip to vis them all! Home to jazz, voodoo and Mardi Gras, New Orleans is one of the bt ci the South for gay travellers, wh a vast number of gay bars, clubs, rtrants and acmodatn optns to choose om. Therefore, should e as no surprise that S Cy is home to dozens of gay bars and nightclubs, cludg Peppermt Club, si FireSky Rort & Spa and Vista Lounge at AQUA by Wtgate Las Vegas.
However, the acceptance of LGBTQ+ people and the fight for equaly far surpass the borrs of Boston as the state of Massachetts as a whole was the first the Uned Stat to legalise same-sex marriag and the first to elect an openly gay reprentative back 1974.
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Suated the sert outsi of Los Angel, this cy is perfect for LGBTQ+ travellers wh more than 30 gay bars and an extensive range of gay-iendly or gay-owned acmodatn optns. There are rabow-clad streets, gay-iendly districts, and some of the most proment LGBT ftivals and Francis’s Pri Ftival tak plac every June and wel over 50, 000 people om around the world.
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New York Cy is home to more than 270, 000 self-intifyg gay and bisexual dividuals, as well as over 50, 000 transgenr people (the largt the untry) York Cy celebrat s LGBT muny every June durg the NYC Pri March when lourful floats para down Fifth Avenue, flanked by performers, supporters, gay-iendly sponsors. Wh wily popular events such as Disney’s Gay Days and Come Out wh Pri, ’s no surprise why Orlando is so popular wh LGBT lols and ’s Gay Days is a week-long celebratn that tak place every Augt at Magic Kgdom, where over 50, 000 atten drsed up red support of the LGBT muny. Come Out wh Pri is a e-long para through Downtown Orlando, celebratg the LGBT muny and honourg the 49 liv lost durg the 2016 tragedy at Pulse, a popular gay nightclub.
Dupont Circle is where Lambda Risg, the cy’s first gay bookstore, opened back 1974, while Logan Circle and Adams Man are home to plenty of queer-iendly tablishments that su jt about any alternative liftyle. 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.
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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.