Gay towns in usa

Among the nation's 50 largest metropolitan areas, San Francisco has the highest percentage of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender LGBT at 6. In Portland, Oregon and Austin, Texas, 5. Salt Lake City, Utah also made the top 10, at 4. As the survey notes, however, Utah remains one of the only states to have passed a law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation.

After interviewingrandomly selected adults in all 50 states, researchers found that the most "gay" metropolitan areas were in the West, while the least gay were in the Midwest and South. In Birmingham, Alabama only 2. The survey notes that while explanations for these low percentages vary, the cities ranking in the bottom ten are generally influenced by conservative religious values and are therefore less accepting of LGBT individuals.

Judges in Alabama recently made news for refusing to allow same-sex couples to marry despite a federal court order. Read the full analysis of Gallup's survey data here.

The most and least gay cities in America

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