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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
Wtern regns top the list, perhaps the most tailed analysis yet of the mography of gay and lbian Ameri. * 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 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 *
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.
THE GAY-FRIENDLY CI HAVE LOTS TO OFFER LGBTQ BUYERS—INCLUDG AFFORDABLE HOM
* small towns with large gay populations *
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.
GAYT PLAC IN CALIFORNIA FOR 2020
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.