And The Gayest City In The U.S. Is…

[el_em_en_oh]

Washington D.C. has been named the gayest city in the United States by LGBT-interest magazine The Advocate, in its annual ranking of queer-friendly cities.

Surprised that San Francisco didn’t top the list? The Advocate has a unique way of ranking what cities are the “gayest” with a list of criteria intended to “uncover the hidden factors that give a city its queer cred.”

A city gets points for LGBT elected officials, the percentage of the population that are lesbian couple households, and whether it has bars listed in Out magazine’s 200 Best Bars list — as well as tongue-in-cheek points for concerts by Mariah Carey, Pink, Lady Gaga, or the Jonas Brothers. The points are then divided by the population, which gives a per capita LGBT quotient, according to The Advocate.

The magazine’s editors chose the nation’s capitol for its 17 gay elected officials, its many LGBT-friendly districts, and the presence of little-heralded gay icons like House Speaker John Boehner. “Bring extra Kleenex if you invite him over for a Nora Ephron flick on movie night,” said the magazine.

These are this year’s top five gayest cities:

1. Washington, D.C.
2. Pasadena, Calif.
3. Seattle, Wash.
4. Cambridge, Mass.
5. Atlanta, Ga.

Last year, Tacoma, Wash. was declared the gayest city, but D.C. was still in the top 5.

SOURCE: http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/01/06/and-the-gayest-city-in-the-u-s-is/?hpt=hp_t3

[orphanedhawk]

I agree. When I was in Thailand, it appeared to me that sexual orientation wasn't a big deal. There were drag queens cooking at the night markets, butch dykes working wherever and at least to my foreigner's view, nobody seemed to care.
It's far time we stopped caring about where are the most, or who is the biggest and best and just get on with life.

[specialmom]

When I first started reading this, I thought it was 'greyest city'.  That is a different thing entirely.  It took me going back to the top and saying "OHHH" and as Roseanne Roseannadanna would say "never mind".  

Go DC!  

In truth, If I were gay, I think that this actually would be something I'd be interested in.   Because it's a fact that the whole country is not the same with conservative pockets, more diverse pockets, etc..  My own city is painfully conservative.  

[el_em_en_oh]

I'm fairly certain this article was written in jest, but...

Sure doesn't help the "community" in its effort to be accepted as JUST ANOTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE.

The mere act of ranking queer and gay is segregating the group and everything LGBT does to be accepted.

Gotta love Time magazine!

I'll say it again... it'll sure be nice when a "Gay, Straight, Homo, Lesbo, etc" article doesn't even need to be written, as it'll sorta just be a 'part of life' and non-news.