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. 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.
BT AND WORST STAT FOR LGBTQ FOLKS? DIVI WORSENS AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY,' REPORT SAYS
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.
GAY LAS VEGAS
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.