Gayest Cities in America, 2010 

What has me curious about this posting is the criteria the author is using to determine 'gayest.' Apparently the number of bars is first and foremost. Bloomington, Austin, Madison?? Are you kidding? These are college towns in otherwise very conservative states. If you're over 30 and single, forget it. What about Denver, Dallas, and Chicago? Not all gay men like bars or club culture with glow sticks and not all of us are 22. What might be a better measure is gay accepting churches, the variety of gay social organizations from sports, low hate crime incidence, political tolerance at the state level, age demographic, etc. Try going a little deeper next time.

Portsmouth, New Hampshire is the best gay town to have a lover in.

Madison is gay-friendly but if you're not a college student (i.e., one of the 'boys' mentioned in GM's comment or partnered, you're pretty much out of luck. I'm 50 and have had to relocate to a larger city so I can have some sort of a social life. I still own property in Wisconsin but will be selling it (I hope) this year. The Madison area is safe, clearn, beautiful and, mostly, liberal but I would never describe it as a 'gay' city.

Really Advocate, Grand Rapids Michigan number 10 on the list for the Gayist cities. Have you ever been there? As a resident now for over 20 years I can assure you it is from being a 'gay' city. It is closed minded, very conservative, and extremely religous. They do have a few 'so called gay Bars' but notthing to really talk about. You might want to do a srory on the cities with the most closeted gay people and then you might find Grand Rapids at the top of the list. If you dont believe me just log onto Woodtv 8 our local news station and you can read some of the hate that this rating has generated.

you know the more I discuss this with my friend and his mother...we are all in disbelief. Where is Palm Springs, San Francisco, New York, Ogunquit, Provincetown...to name a few very obvious cities. Was this a paid survey by the LDS or the Romney campaign to make their anti-gay marriage stance slightly digestible to the gay community? Or do they just want our money but without us having equal rights? Many of the cities cited on this dubious survey have substantial Mormon communities and vested interests in gathering the gay dollar.

Madison, WI, is often rated one of the best cities to live in the US. Not many gay bars because the college boys are everywhere! It's not uncommon to find many gays up near Sauk City at Mazo Nude Beach on the WI river. The boys are usually sunning and cruising completely nude at the downstream end. (Warning: you can get arrested for kanoodling in the weeds.) The WNBR is in its 3rd year, it's great fun to cycle nude through the city on a June morning. Many hot naked single guys in the ride. We're just about everywhere on the UW campus, it's where the local farm boys come for an education. Check the nearby shorelines for guys sunning in Speedos on rainbow towels. If you're on the east side of Lake Mendota, take a break at Burrows Park. On the far west side, there is usually something tasty to snack on at the Greenway Station Mall in Middleton. Ever since Apple came to the West Towne Mall, it's a very hot spot for the quiet, shy, geeky boys to hook up. Good luck fishin'!

Great cities.....but, I need to add one......and this may sound kinda funny....but I LOVE FARGO, North Dakota!!!!! Very gay friendly and progessive with many ideas and very affordable!!!!!!

'In 10 years or so every Main Street USA will probably be too gay to measure. Won’t that be nice?' Yes it would be nice. It would also be nice if more people would actually take the time to read articles carefully and completely before posting their comments. This article was about SECONDARY cities that is why your beloved NYC, SF, LA etc etc were not included. What I personally got from this article was that there is a beginning to the end of the lemming like urge for gay men and women to migrate to the so called meccas found on either coast.

Pretty much of a bs article, meant to be controversial, per journalistic standards of the 21st century. You can marry your boyfriend in New York City, so it's impossible for it not to be in the top 10. You can hold hands with your boyfriend in San Francisco without looking over your shoulder and think nothing of seeing two men kissing in the locker room of a gym. But, LeRoy from San Diego, I never felt excluded at 24 Hr Fitness in Hillcrest and I'm over 50. And I had a great sex life there, just gotta realize age is age and I didn't want to date 50 year olds when I was 21.

If you take out the 'City' factor, I suspect you would find a totally different set of numbers. For example, St Petersburg has the largest Gay Pride Parade in all of Florida (yes larger than Fort Lauderdale), Gulfport has several gay bars and about every restaraunt, bar, store, etc, sports an equal rights sticker in the in the window, we have several openly gay \ lesbian city council members, and a higher per capita concentration of gay and lesbians and the fort lauderdale as a whole. Why not try a truely enlightening article about small towns that are very gay, like Province Town, Key West, Tybee Island, GA , Gulfport FL, now there would be some interesting reading.