Saturday, January 23, 2010

Catagory: Stuff you probably didn't know, Atlanta Gayest City


From left, Clay Calhoun, 41 holds Jimmy Calhoun, 3, with his husband Rob Calhoun, 40, who is carrying their other adopted child Rainey Calhoun, 6, while they rally down Piedmont Street in May 2009.

A GLBT magazine, The Advocate, uses a series of metrics to come up with the conclusion that Atlanta is the gayest city in America. Nope, not San Francisco.

Though their methodology is "unscientific",it's not without merit. Correspondent Mike Albo awarded points based on same-sex households per capita, statewide marriage equality, gay elected officials, gay dating and "hookup" profiles per single male population, gay bars per capita, cruising spots per capita, and gay films in Netflix favorites.

Read the article, it goes on to say: Albo said the study reflects the mainstreaming of gay people into contemporary American life, noting that Iowa City, Austin, Texas; and Asheville, N.C., have more gays per capita than the major metropolises

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