Gallup
reports:
The San Francisco metropolitan area
has the highest percentage of the adult population who identify as LGBT
of any of the top 50 U.S. metropolitan areas, followed by Portland,
Oregon, and Austin, Texas. Variation in the percentage who identify as
LGBT across the largest metro areas is relatively narrow, with San
Francisco's percentage just 2.6 percentage points higher than the
national average of 3.6%, and the lowest-ranked metro area --
Birmingham, Alabama -- one point below the national average.
The top 10 includes metro
areas from every region of the country except the Midwest. Given the
long history of a visible and politically active LGBT community in San
Francisco, the city's ranking at the top of this list is not surprising.
Similar to San Francisco, Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) like
Portland, Seattle and Los Angeles in the West, and Boston in the
Northeast, are known for their progressive social and political climates
and active LGBT communities. Hartford is the capital of Connecticut,
which has permitted same-sex couples to legally marry longer than every
state except Massachusetts.
MSAs like Austin and New
Orleans in the South, and Denver in the Rocky Mountain region, all have
reputations as socially progressive cities within states and regions
that are much more conservative, perhaps making them regional hubs for
the LGBT population.
Hit the link for the full list.
Reposted from Joe Jervis
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