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        Gayest Cities List Catches Lenos Eye
    
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          Jan 21, 2010
          
        
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Jay Leno used The Advocate's list of the gayest cities in America (available here and in our February issue) in a good-natured way in his monologue Wednesday night. 

Leno hypothesized that the magazine's decision to name Atlanta as the gayest city in the U.S. might leave some other cities -- primarily San Francisco -- bent out of shape.

You can catch the monologue below. The Advocate joke comes in about 3:30 minutes into the video.

        
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Judge Eboni K. Williams put the bigoted father on blast in a clip that's racking up millions of views.

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A new Republican state law restricts Pride flags, but the capital city is finding other ways to show it stands with LGBTQ+ residents.

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A teacher in Little Miami had the poster that celebrated diverse identities up for nearly four years before LGBTQ+ flags caused an uproar.

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