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- THE 10 GAYEST CI IN AMERI FOR 2020
- THE METRO AREAS WH THE LARGT, AND SMALLT, GAY POPULATNS
- THE GAY-FRIENDLY CI HAVE LOTS TO OFFER LGBTQ BUYERS—INCLUDG AFFORDABLE HOM
- GAYT PLAC IN CALIFORNIA FOR 2020
THE 10 GAYEST CI IN AMERI FOR 2020
* small towns with large gay populations *
Each municipaly was rated on a sle of 0 to 100 based on 49 different creria cludg nondiscrimatn laws and “cy learship’s public posn on equaly.”This year’s report herald 88 ci wh a perfect sre of 100, and many of the x's high-srg municipali n be found stat not typilly thought of as beg clive to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people.Here are 11 small ci (ls than 200,000 rints) red stat (those that haven’t voted for a Democrat for print the 21st Century) that sred at least an 80 on HRC’s Municipal Equaly Inx.-Columbia, MissouriMEI sre: 100, Populatn: 122,000Downtown Columbia, Mo.Notley Hawks / Getty ImagThe Midwtern town is home to the Universy of Missouri and has a btlg nightlife scene wh a multu of gay-iendly spots. Norman’s progrsive polici toward gay rints is evint ’s x sre, which is 30 pots above the send-hight ranked Oklahoma cy the x.-Charlton, Wt VirgiaMEI sre 91, Populatn 45,000The Elk Cy historic district Charlton, W.V.Michael S. 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.
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.
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. 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. 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.
THE METRO AREAS WH THE LARGT, AND SMALLT, GAY POPULATNS
The U.S. ci have var posiv for LGBT retire, like a strong gay populatn, an affordable st of livg and a high sre wh the Human Rights Campaign's Equaly Inx. * small towns with large gay populations *
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.
Same-sex marriag, and the gay and lbian movement is more mastream than the natnal discsn has been brought to the foreont, at the state level, nversatns goal wh this post is to e data and science to terme the gayt ci analyzg 72 of the largt ci Ameri, we’ve termed the ci have the largt gay populatn as a Francis, CA (Photos)Atlanta, GA (Photos)St. Petersburg, FL (Photos)Orlando, FL (Photos)Seattle, WA (Photos)Denver, CO (Photos)Oakland, CA (Photos)Mneapolis, MN (Photos)Portland, OR (Photos)Long Beach, CA (Photos)Well yea, we uld have told you San Francis was gay. San Francis proper isn’t jt the gay pal of the US, ’s the gay pal of the Of San Francis by HomeSnacks UserI felt happy to stay San Francis, Good surroundgs, people like to enjoy and helpful to I like to go goln bridge, Co towerHoeholds: 199, 478.
The most liberal of of Colorado’s ci is Denver, which also hosts the third largt gay pri para the ’d expect that Ameri’s acceptance of LGBTQ dividuals would be growg, and up until recently, that was the se. We looked at:Percentage of all hoeholds that are unmarried, same-sex partnersWe limed the analysis to non-CDPs that have over 100, 000 ranked each cy om 1 to 72 wh the cy ntag the hight percentage of unmarried, same-sex partners hoeholds beg the most the end, San Francis was the gayt cy wh ~2% gay hoeholds. Or skip to the end to see the list of all the plac the state om gayt to You Have It – The Gatt Ci In AmeriSo, while we all knew San Francis would be the gayt cy the untry, we add to the list wh ci like Atlanta and while the gayt ci are ually on the asts, Mneapolis do make an appearance the top if you’re terted, here are the least gay ci:DetroVirgia BeachLlnFor more readg, check out:Top 20 Bt Ci To Retire To In AmeriBt Stat In AmeriRankCy% Gay Hoeholds1San Francis, CA2.
THE GAY-FRIENDLY CI HAVE LOTS TO OFFER LGBTQ BUYERS—INCLUDG AFFORDABLE HOM
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A new analysis of Gallup survey data offers the most tailed timat yet about where people who intify as gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr Gallup analysis fds the largt ncentratns the Wt — and not jt the expected plac like San Francis and Portland, Ore. It seems to be a kd of regnal pal of gay life, attractg people om other parts of Utah and the Mormon the other hand, some of the East Coast plac wh famo gay neighborhoods, cludg New York, Miami and Washgton, have a smaller percentage of their populatn who intify as gay — roughly average for a big metropolan area.
” Wilson/The New York TimSan FrancisHistorians often trace San Francis’s role as a gay refuge part to World War II, when the Navy discharged gay sailors, bee of their sexualy, at Treasure Island San Francis Bay. He is creded wh turng the Castro district of the 1970s to perhaps the untry’s most visible gay neighborhood, a muny and tourist statn that still hums unr a rabow San Francis has ls of a pull, as other parts of the untry have bee ls hostile, the cy is still a statn, cludg for transgenr people.
Still, Jeana Frazzi, executive director of Basic Rights Oregon, says Portland has work to do before n feel like a haven for many transgenr people and gay people of factor behd the data — Portland and elsewhere — may be people’s willgns to tell a pollster that they’re gay, lbian or bisexual. “If wasn’t an accint of birth that you were born San Francis and happened to be queer, I don’t thk there’s the immediate pull that you mt move there anymore, ” said Douglas Ray, who teach queer lerature Birmgham and eded “The Queer South, ” an other large metro areas wh relatively small gay populatns clu Hoton, Memphis, Nashville and Raleigh, N.
GAYT PLAC IN CALIFORNIA FOR 2020
One study of lbian, gay, bisexual, and qutng (LGBQ) youth found that, although both ral and non-ral LGBQ youth reported signifintly greater risk of prsn pared to their non-LGBQ peers, there were no signifint differenc prsn when parg ral LGBQ youth to LGBQ youth om urban and suburban areas (Price-Feeney, Ybarra, & Mchell, 2019).
Further, a study of lbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth Canada also found siar rat of prsn among ral and urban youth; however, they found that ral LGB boys, but not ral LGB girls, were more likely to nsir and attempt suici than those om urban and suburban areas (Poon & Saewyc, 2009). That’s why the ® data team sought out the natn’s most affordable gay we found were mostly smaller ci wh thrivg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer cultur, and llege towns that have strong anti-discrimatory laws. Department of Hog and Urban Development to expand the terpretatn of fair hog laws to ver sexual orientatn and genr and an acceptg muny are two of the most important nsiratns of gay home buyers, acrdg to a report last month by Freddie Mac and the LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance, an anizatn of real tate profsnals.
(Getty Imag)Median list price May: $299, 050 The gay muny Ptsburgh offers an tertwed hometown feel, which is why was chosen as the settg for “Queer as Folk, ” the groundbreakg Showtime seri of the early ghts. There’s also an active theater scene, wh the annual Pri Theater Ftival held summer and the Ptsburgh Internatnal Lbian & Gay Film Ftival the of the LGBTQ nightlife is loted the Shadysi neighborhood, a historic and walkable area that also has galleri and rtrants.