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Gayest Cities List Catches Lenos Eye

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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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