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- BT AND WORST STAT FOR LGBTQ FOLKS? DIVI WORSENS AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY,' REPORT SAYS
- 11 GAY-IENDLY SMALL CI BIG RED STAT
- THE 10 GAYEST STAT IN AMERI FOR 2020
- WHY LGBT PEOPLE ARE MOVG TO RED STATMOVING OUTLGBT PEOPLE ARE LEAVG URBAN, ASTAL HUBS FOR NSERVATIVE CI. SAMANTHA ALLENUPDATED APR. 13, 2017 4:33PM EDT / PUBLISHED MAR. 09, 2016 12:01AM EST PHOTO ILLTRATN BY SARAH ROGERS/THE DAILY BEASTDPE SKEWG DEMOCRAT, LGBT PEOPLE ARE FLOCKG TO RED STAT. IT’S A SIGN THAT CI THE CENTER OF THE UNTRY ARE BEG MORE ACCEPTG, BUT ’S ALSO AN DITN THAT TRADNAL LGBT SAFE HAVENS ARE PROHIBIVELY ANALYZED U.S. CENS DATA AND GALLUP POLLG RMATN TO MOL THE MOVEMENT OF THE LGBT MUNY OM 1990 TO 2014. THE OVERALL TREND IS STRIKG. IN 1990, THE LGBT POPULATN WAS NCENTRATED ASTAL METROPOLAN AREAS AND OTHER SAFE HAVENS—CI LIKE SAN FRANCIS, NEW YORK, SEATTLE, AND ATLANTA. BY 2014, LGBT HOT SPOTS CROPPED UP SOME SEEMGLY UNLIKELY PLAC: SALT LAKE CY, LOUISVILLE, NORFOLK, INDIANAPOLIS, AND OTHER RED STATE CI.THE CONSUMERAFFAIRS ANALYSIS RANKS EACH CY BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF S RINTS WHO INTIFIED AS LGBT EACH YEAR. IN 1990, FOR EXAMPLE, ONLY 1 PERCENT OF THE SALT LAKE POPULATN INTIFIED AS LGBT, GIVG THE CY A RANKG OF 39. BY 2014, NEARLY 5 PERCENT OF SALT LAKE CY’S POPULATN WAS LGBT AND THE CY WAS RANKED 7TH OVERALL.SEVERAL OF THE CI THAT ROSE THE RANKGS WERE TRADNALLY RED STAT. MEANWHILE, MANY LGBT SAFE HAVENS LIKE MNEAPOLIS, SAN DIEGO, AND NEW YORK FELL THE RANKGS. SAN FRANCIS REMAS THE UNDISPUTED LGBT PAL OF THE UNTRY BUT EVEN THERE, THE LGBT POPULATN FELL BY A FEW TENTHS OF A PERCENT OVER THE LAST AND A HALF. “WHAT YOU’RE REALLY SEEG IS REFLECTIVE OF OTHER NATNAL TRENDS,” SAID CONSUMERAFFAIRS NTENT MANAGER RYAN DALY. “SPECIFILLY, L UP WH PEOPLE—PECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE—CHOOSG LS TO LIVE HUGE, EXPENSIVE CI, WHICH WERE TRADNALLY IENDLIER TOWARD LGBTQ DIVIDUALS, AND CHOOSG STEAD TO MAKE LIV FOR THEMSELV SMALL AND MID-TIER CI THE MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN STAT.”LONGTIME LGBT BASTNS LIKE SEATTLE, LOS ANGEL, NEW YORK, BOSTON, AND D.C. DID TECHNILLY SEE CREAS THE PERCENT OF THE POPULATN THAT INTIFIED AS LGBT. BUT THAT’S TO BE EXPECTED, GIVEN GROWG CULTURAL ACCEPTANCE AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO BE OUT OF THE CLOSET—ONE RECENT STUDY FOUND THAT 7 PERCENT OF U.S. ADULTS AGED 18 TO 35 WERE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, OR TRANSGENR.BUT THOSE CI AND OTHER METROPOLAN AREAS BLUE STAT FELL THE OVERALL CONSUMERAFFAIRS RANKG SPE THE CREAS, WHICH SUGGTS THAT MANY LGBT PEOPLE ARE CHOOSG TO LIVE AFFORDABLE CI STEAD. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU’LL STILL FD PLENTY OF GAY PEOPLE NEW YORK BUT MORE YOUNG GAY PEOPLE ARE MAKG THE TREK TO UTAH STEAD. AND THAT MAK SENSE: NEW YORK CY SR A FULL 100 ON THE CONSUMER PRICE INX AND SALT LAKE CY LANDS BELOW 70.“THE DRIVERS FOR THIS MOVEMENT ARE ENOMIC,” SAID DALY. “SMALLER CI HAVE SHORTER MUT, CHEAPER RENT, AND LS PETN FOR GOOD-PAYG JOBS. AND A LOT OF SMALLER CI ARE VTG THE KD OF ASTCTURE (PUBLIC TRANSPORTATN AND AMENI, WALKABILY AND NSY NEAR CY CENTERS) THAT YOUNG PEOPLE VALUE.” BUT THE ENOMIC MOTIVATORS ARE POUND BY A SLOW WAVE OF SOCIAL AND LEGAL CHANGE. IN 2009, SALT LAKE BEME THE FIRST UTAH CY TO PASS LGBT HOG AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTNS. LOUISVILLE, WHICH NOW RANKS 11TH THE CONSUMERAFFAIRS ANALYSIS, PASSED A SIAR LAW 1999. THE MAYOR OF INDIANAPOLIS, WHICH CLIMBED FIVE SPOTS THE CONSUMERAFFAIRS RANKGS, SIGNED AN ORDANCE PROVIDG BENEFS FOR DOMTIC PARTNERS OF CY EMPLOYE 2012.THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN FERAL ACTNS OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS THAT MAY HAVE MA LGBT PEOPLE FEEL SAFER VENTURG TO STAT THAT LACK MORE LOL PROTECTNS. IN 1998, BILL CLTON SIGNED A LIMED EXECUTIVE ORR PROHIBG DISCRIMATN AGAST GAY AND LBIAN EMPLOYE THE FERAL WORKFORCE. IN 2014, PRINT OBAMA BOLSTERED THAT PROTECTN, ADDG GENR INTY AND PROHIBG HIRG DISCRIMATN AS WELL.THAT SAME YEAR, FERAL AND SUPREME COURT ACTNS EFFECTIVELY LEGALIZED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE A HUGE SWATH OF RED STAT: ARIZONA, COLORADO, KANSAS, INDIANA, MONTANA, NORTH CAROLA, SOUTH CAROLA, OKLAHOMA, UTAH, VIRGIA, WT VIRGIA, WISNS, AND WYOMG. NOW, OF URSE, IS LEGAL NATNWI.“WH NATNAL LAWS STARTG TO REFLECT THE GROWG SOCIETAL ACCEPTANCE AND AWARENS, STATE LAWS ARE STARTG TO MATTER LS WHEN TO WHERE LGBTQ DIVIDUALS CHOOSE TO LIVE,” SAID DALY.MANY OF THE SMALLER CI RED STAT ARE STILL FAR OM PERFECT PLAC FOR LGBT PEOPLE TO LIVE. TWENTY-EIGHT STAT LACK ANY LGBT EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMATN PROTECTNS. AND THERE ARE CURRENTLY SEVERAL STATE-LEVEL CHALLENG TO LGBT RIGHTS, PECIALLY TRANSGENR RIGHTS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE NORTH CAROLA STATE ERNMENT IS ATTEMPTG TO OVERTURN AN LGBT NON-DISCRIMATN ORDANCE PASSED LAST MONTH CHARLOTTE, WHICH ROSE OM A RANKG OF 42 TO 33 THE CONSUMERAFFAIRS ANALYSIS.BUT BETWEEN THEIR POCKETBOOKS AND THE LAW BOOKS, LGBT PEOPLE HAVE PLENTY OF REASONS TO MOVE AWAY OM THE ASTS. SORRY, SAN FRANCIS. SAMANTHA ALLEN
BT AND WORST STAT FOR LGBTQ FOLKS? DIVI WORSENS AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY,' REPORT SAYS
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11 GAY-IENDLY SMALL CI BIG RED STAT
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THE 10 GAYEST STAT IN AMERI FOR 2020
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WHY LGBT PEOPLE ARE MOVG TO RED STATMOVING OUTLGBT PEOPLE ARE LEAVG URBAN, ASTAL HUBS FOR NSERVATIVE CI. SAMANTHA ALLENUPDATED APR. 13, 2017 4:33PM EDT / PUBLISHED MAR. 09, 2016 12:01AM EST PHOTO ILLTRATN BY SARAH ROGERS/THE DAILY BEASTDPE SKEWG DEMOCRAT, LGBT PEOPLE ARE FLOCKG TO RED STAT. IT’S A SIGN THAT CI THE CENTER OF THE UNTRY ARE BEG MORE ACCEPTG, BUT ’S ALSO AN DITN THAT TRADNAL LGBT SAFE HAVENS ARE PROHIBIVELY ANALYZED U.S. CENS DATA AND GALLUP POLLG RMATN TO MOL THE MOVEMENT OF THE LGBT MUNY OM 1990 TO 2014. THE OVERALL TREND IS STRIKG. IN 1990, THE LGBT POPULATN WAS NCENTRATED ASTAL METROPOLAN AREAS AND OTHER SAFE HAVENS—CI LIKE SAN FRANCIS, NEW YORK, SEATTLE, AND ATLANTA. BY 2014, LGBT HOT SPOTS CROPPED UP SOME SEEMGLY UNLIKELY PLAC: SALT LAKE CY, LOUISVILLE, NORFOLK, INDIANAPOLIS, AND OTHER RED STATE CI.THE CONSUMERAFFAIRS ANALYSIS RANKS EACH CY BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF S RINTS WHO INTIFIED AS LGBT EACH YEAR. IN 1990, FOR EXAMPLE, ONLY 1 PERCENT OF THE SALT LAKE POPULATN INTIFIED AS LGBT, GIVG THE CY A RANKG OF 39. BY 2014, NEARLY 5 PERCENT OF SALT LAKE CY’S POPULATN WAS LGBT AND THE CY WAS RANKED 7TH OVERALL.SEVERAL OF THE CI THAT ROSE THE RANKGS WERE TRADNALLY RED STAT. MEANWHILE, MANY LGBT SAFE HAVENS LIKE MNEAPOLIS, SAN DIEGO, AND NEW YORK FELL THE RANKGS. SAN FRANCIS REMAS THE UNDISPUTED LGBT PAL OF THE UNTRY BUT EVEN THERE, THE LGBT POPULATN FELL BY A FEW TENTHS OF A PERCENT OVER THE LAST AND A HALF. “WHAT YOU’RE REALLY SEEG IS REFLECTIVE OF OTHER NATNAL TRENDS,” SAID CONSUMERAFFAIRS NTENT MANAGER RYAN DALY. “SPECIFILLY, L UP WH PEOPLE—PECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE—CHOOSG LS TO LIVE HUGE, EXPENSIVE CI, WHICH WERE TRADNALLY IENDLIER TOWARD LGBTQ DIVIDUALS, AND CHOOSG STEAD TO MAKE LIV FOR THEMSELV SMALL AND MID-TIER CI THE MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN STAT.”LONGTIME LGBT BASTNS LIKE SEATTLE, LOS ANGEL, NEW YORK, BOSTON, AND D.C. DID TECHNILLY SEE CREAS THE PERCENT OF THE POPULATN THAT INTIFIED AS LGBT. BUT THAT’S TO BE EXPECTED, GIVEN GROWG CULTURAL ACCEPTANCE AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO BE OUT OF THE CLOSET—ONE RECENT STUDY FOUND THAT 7 PERCENT OF U.S. ADULTS AGED 18 TO 35 WERE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, OR TRANSGENR.BUT THOSE CI AND OTHER METROPOLAN AREAS BLUE STAT FELL THE OVERALL CONSUMERAFFAIRS RANKG SPE THE CREAS, WHICH SUGGTS THAT MANY LGBT PEOPLE ARE CHOOSG TO LIVE AFFORDABLE CI STEAD. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU’LL STILL FD PLENTY OF GAY PEOPLE NEW YORK BUT MORE YOUNG GAY PEOPLE ARE MAKG THE TREK TO UTAH STEAD. AND THAT MAK SENSE: NEW YORK CY SR A FULL 100 ON THE CONSUMER PRICE INX AND SALT LAKE CY LANDS BELOW 70.“THE DRIVERS FOR THIS MOVEMENT ARE ENOMIC,” SAID DALY. “SMALLER CI HAVE SHORTER MUT, CHEAPER RENT, AND LS PETN FOR GOOD-PAYG JOBS. AND A LOT OF SMALLER CI ARE VTG THE KD OF ASTCTURE (PUBLIC TRANSPORTATN AND AMENI, WALKABILY AND NSY NEAR CY CENTERS) THAT YOUNG PEOPLE VALUE.” BUT THE ENOMIC MOTIVATORS ARE POUND BY A SLOW WAVE OF SOCIAL AND LEGAL CHANGE. IN 2009, SALT LAKE BEME THE FIRST UTAH CY TO PASS LGBT HOG AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTNS. LOUISVILLE, WHICH NOW RANKS 11TH THE CONSUMERAFFAIRS ANALYSIS, PASSED A SIAR LAW 1999. THE MAYOR OF INDIANAPOLIS, WHICH CLIMBED FIVE SPOTS THE CONSUMERAFFAIRS RANKGS, SIGNED AN ORDANCE PROVIDG BENEFS FOR DOMTIC PARTNERS OF CY EMPLOYE 2012.THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN FERAL ACTNS OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS THAT MAY HAVE MA LGBT PEOPLE FEEL SAFER VENTURG TO STAT THAT LACK MORE LOL PROTECTNS. IN 1998, BILL CLTON SIGNED A LIMED EXECUTIVE ORR PROHIBG DISCRIMATN AGAST GAY AND LBIAN EMPLOYE THE FERAL WORKFORCE. IN 2014, PRINT OBAMA BOLSTERED THAT PROTECTN, ADDG GENR INTY AND PROHIBG HIRG DISCRIMATN AS WELL.THAT SAME YEAR, FERAL AND SUPREME COURT ACTNS EFFECTIVELY LEGALIZED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE A HUGE SWATH OF RED STAT: ARIZONA, COLORADO, KANSAS, INDIANA, MONTANA, NORTH CAROLA, SOUTH CAROLA, OKLAHOMA, UTAH, VIRGIA, WT VIRGIA, WISNS, AND WYOMG. NOW, OF URSE, IS LEGAL NATNWI.“WH NATNAL LAWS STARTG TO REFLECT THE GROWG SOCIETAL ACCEPTANCE AND AWARENS, STATE LAWS ARE STARTG TO MATTER LS WHEN TO WHERE LGBTQ DIVIDUALS CHOOSE TO LIVE,” SAID DALY.MANY OF THE SMALLER CI RED STAT ARE STILL FAR OM PERFECT PLAC FOR LGBT PEOPLE TO LIVE. TWENTY-EIGHT STAT LACK ANY LGBT EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMATN PROTECTNS. AND THERE ARE CURRENTLY SEVERAL STATE-LEVEL CHALLENG TO LGBT RIGHTS, PECIALLY TRANSGENR RIGHTS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE NORTH CAROLA STATE ERNMENT IS ATTEMPTG TO OVERTURN AN LGBT NON-DISCRIMATN ORDANCE PASSED LAST MONTH CHARLOTTE, WHICH ROSE OM A RANKG OF 42 TO 33 THE CONSUMERAFFAIRS ANALYSIS.BUT BETWEEN THEIR POCKETBOOKS AND THE LAW BOOKS, LGBT PEOPLE HAVE PLENTY OF REASONS TO MOVE AWAY OM THE ASTS. SORRY, SAN FRANCIS. SAMANTHA ALLEN
”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 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, 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.
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