The LGBTQ Renaissance is blossomg unlikely statns all over the Uned Stat. See where you should be travelg wh our list of the 10 bt gaytn statns that jt might surprise you.
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- UNR THE ‘GAYDAR’: 10 BT GAYTN DTATNS THAT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU
- BT AND WORST STAT FOR LGBTQ FOLKS? DIVI WORSENS AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY,' REPORT SAYS
- GAYT PLAC IN NORTH CAROLA FOR 2020
- GAY LAS VEGAS
UNR THE ‘GAYDAR’: 10 BT GAYTN DTATNS THAT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU
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In the face of a global ronavis panmic, many gay pri celebratns have moved om jubilant ftivals on the streets to … puter screens. But the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer muny still has plenty of reasons to fly those rabow flags high.Jt last week, the U.S.
Supreme Court issued a monumental lg that gay and transgenr people are protected om workplace discrimatn unr the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Many members of the muny have long preferred to live big ci or smaller, queer-iendly mecs where they felt more accepted and safer om vlence, harassment, and discrimatn.“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.
BT AND WORST STAT FOR LGBTQ FOLKS? DIVI WORSENS AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY,' REPORT SAYS
Ls than half of LGBTQ adults, 49%, were homeowners, pared wh almost two-thirds, 65%, of heterosexuals.Those 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 Berger.To fd the gayt towns Ameri, the ® team of data analysts looked at five-year U.S. The list was limed to towns wh at least 1,700 hoeholds wh a marg of error unr 105%.While 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.
We also limed our list to jt one statn per state to ensure geographic diversy.So, where are the both famo and off-the-radar “gayborhoods”?
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. Adjacent to Fort Lrdale, the self-proclaimed “send-gayt cy” the Uned Stat (after our list’s No.
GAYT PLAC IN NORTH CAROLA FOR 2020
Popular extravaganzas clu Bear Week, Womxn of Color Weekend, and the nearly 50-year-old trans celebratn Fantasia Fair.Buyers 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 folks.The sert town, two hours east of Los Angel, happens to also be a gay oasis the other 359 days a year. Sheridan, COMedian home list price: $349,000Gay home buyers the Rocky Mounta regn have an affordable alternative to Denver.
Sheridan, a suburb about 10 mut south of the larger cy, is s own gay mec at jt a actn of the price. (Denver’s median home list price is jt north of $525,000.) It’s also home to the Transgenr Center of the Rocki, which provis unselg, medil servic, and social activi like game and movie nights.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 people.The only downsi: There isn’t a ton of listgs the smaller town of Sheridan.
Many LGBTQ folks settle other welg hoods like nearby Glendale, CO, where a two-bedroom townhoe go for $589,990.“There’s a lot of areas around Denver I would say are gay-iendly,” says Jason Augt of Gourmet Real Estate.5. 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 rtrants.Though 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 Lew.Hoe 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 celebratn.Jt 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. But Bloomgton, home to Indiana Universy, may be the exceptn.The Advote magaze ranked Bloomgton as the fourth-gayt cy the untry 2010.
The cy also received a perfect, 100-pot sre on the Human Rights Commissn’s Municipal Equaly Inx for five straight years.The 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 Reproductn.Those 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 untry.The 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 retreats.The 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 Pri.The cy’s reputatn as the “Hollywood of the South” has attracted gay people om other nearby, more nservative towns and stat.“People want to be where other LGBTQ iends and fay live,” says Tim Hur, managg broker wh Pot Honors and Associat Realtors.