Best place to live for gay families
What are the safest places for gay and transgender people? See where your state ranks
As Oklahoman legislators push to restrict gender non-conforming rights and overturn the Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage, Zane Eaves says his identity as a transgender man has put a target on his back in his home state.
One of 18, trans adults in Oklahoma, Eaves has received death threats, as has his wife of 10 years and their two children.
“All the hatred and political stuff going on” are driving this Oklahoma lifer from the place he was born and raised, Eaves, 35, said. He has only crossed the state line three times in his life, but in recent weeks, he made the difficult conclusion to move his family to North Carolina to be closer to friends and allies.
“I am just trying to stay alive and keep my marriage,” Eaves said.
Oklahoma ranks 44th in the nation on a list released on June 2 of the most and least welcoming states for lesbian, lgbtq+, bisexual, transgender and lgbtq+ Americans.
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These Gay-Friendly Cities Have Lots to Offer LGBTQ Buyers—Including Affordable Homes
It’s officially Parade Month, and after more than a year in lockdown, it’s time to celebrate! Although some festivities may still be virtual, or a bit more muted than in past years, there are still plenty of reasons—and opportunities—to dust off that rainbow flag and get ready to kiki across the country.
And while you're at it, maybe you can even find a recent place to live. But where?
While big cities love San Francisco and Fresh York have been long-renowned for their thriving lgbtq+ scenes, they’re also notoriously expensive places to procure a home. And with home prices rising just about everywhere, it’s more important than ever to find places that are not only gay-friendly but also budget-friendly. That's why the ® data team sought out the nation's most affordable gay meccas.
What we found were mostly smaller cities with thriving lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans person, and queer cultures, and college towns that include strong anti-discriminatory laws. All of them have fine housing stock, plenty of things to do, and prices that are still (relatively) within reach.
While lgbtq+ marriage was legalized in
Majority Worldwide Now Say Their Area Is Good for Gay People
Story Highlights
- For the first time, majority exclaim their area is a good place for homosexual people
- Gay acceptance highest in European countries, other Western nations
- Acceptance low in countries in Africa, post-Soviet Eurasia, southeastern Europe
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- For the first second in Gallup World Poll’s trend dating back to , a majority of people (52%) worldwide speak their city or area is a "good place" for gay or womxn loving womxn people to live.
The latest figure, based on surveys in countries and areas in , is more than double the 21% recorded when Gallup first asked this question a decade and a half ago.
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Between and , perceptions of acceptance stretched to include roughly one in three adults globally, ranging from 31% to 38%. This figure increased markedly in (49%) and maintained that level in (50%), with the latest figure marking the first reading in majority territory.
Gallup previously reported that over the decade from to , more than a dozen countries had gone from minorities saying their area was a good place for gay people to live to majorities reporting this now.
European Co Rainbow Map
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These are the main findings for the edition of the rainbow map
The Rainbow Blueprint ranks 49 European countries on their respective legal and policy practices for LGBTI people, from %.
The UK has dropped six places in ILGA-Europe’s Rainbow Map, as Hungary and Georgia also register steep falls following anti-LGBTI legislation. The data highlights how rollbacks on LGBTI human rights are part of a broader erosion of democratic protections across Europe. Read more in our press release.
“Moves in the UK, Hungary, Georgia and beyond signal not just isolated regressions, but a coordinated global backlash aimed at erasing LGBTI rights, cynically framed as the defence of tradition or public stability, but in reality designed to entrench discrimination and suppress dissent.”
- Katrin Hugendubel, Advocacy Director, ILGA-Europe
Malta has sat on highest of the ranking for the last 10 years.
With 85 points, Belgium jumped to second place after adopting policies tackling hatred based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics.
Iceland now comes third place on the ranking with a score of
The three countries at the .
Rainbow Map
rainbow map
These are the main findings for the edition of the rainbow map
The Rainbow Blueprint ranks 49 European countries on their respective legal and policy practices for LGBTI people, from %.
The UK has dropped six places in ILGA-Europe’s Rainbow Map, as Hungary and Georgia also register steep falls following anti-LGBTI legislation. The data highlights how rollbacks on LGBTI human rights are part of a broader erosion of democratic protections across Europe. Read more in our press release.
“Moves in the UK, Hungary, Georgia and beyond signal not just isolated regressions, but a coordinated global backlash aimed at erasing LGBTI rights, cynically framed as the defence of tradition or public stability, but in reality designed to entrench discrimination and suppress dissent.”
- Katrin Hugendubel, Advocacy Director, ILGA-Europe
Malta has sat on highest of the ranking for the last 10 years.
With 85 points, Belgium jumped to second place after adopting policies tackling hatred based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics.
Iceland now comes third place on the ranking with a score of
The three countries at the .