[Kick_Me]

Discuss! NOW!! B)

[Fruit Cove]

i would say philadelphia , columbus, new york, san fransico(what a shock), winston-salem/greensboro, rehobeth beach delaware(you would be surprised at the quanity of gays there), ft.lauderdale, and atlanta. those are all that i know of for certain.

[urbanguy]

Honolulu is very gay-friendly although there were two bad incidents this year overall its very gay friendly, with gay owned and run hotels, karaoke bars, sports bars, live music bars, clubs, clothing stores, bathhouses, gyms, cruises, beaches, magazines, i think we are also about to get gay programming on the radio i know it has started on Kauai but Honolulu is supposed to get its own too, just all kinds of stuff not too bad for a city of under a million. It was also the first place in the world to push for gay marriage on the ballot unfortunately the rest of the state did not like hehe. I also think there's a push to put gay marriage back on the ballot but im not sure how its going?

[Brickell]

Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Key West, Orlando...

[Kick_Me]

Brickell, on Nov 30 2004, 08:27 PM, said:

Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Key West, Orlando...

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Orlando? That kind of surprises me. I always thought it was ultra conservative.

What about places in Europe?

[Cotuit]

London, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Oslo, Stockholm, Barcelona, New York, Boston, San Francisco, Atlanta (ignore Cobb County), Miami, Providence, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Halifax, Whitehorse, Chicago, Sydney, Philadephia, Los Angeles, Rekjavik, Cape Town, Rio, Winnipeg...

[Allan]

Kick_Me, on Nov 30 2004, 06:14 PM, said:

What about places in Europe?

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The Netherlands is gay friendly, Amsterdam in particular.

Detroit is a gay unfriendly city. It is the only major city I can think of where the so-called gayborhood is out in the suburbs instead of in the city. The city as a whole is fairly religious and socially conservative. Most of the gays live in Ferndale, just outside of the city limits.

[Fruit Cove]

i dont think Jacksonville even has a gay community, atleast that im aware of, i could be wrong. the majority of northern cities are more friendly to gays due to the high percentage of democrats who support the issue. in the conservative south the number of gay friendly cities drasticly diminshes.

[norm21499]

The city of Charlotte is gay friendly to an extent. The suburbs are very anti-gay though. There is a HUGE gay population in Charlotte. Once you get so many miles away frmo uptown though, you start running into the religious conservatives.

[urbanguy]

Most of the gays here in Honolulu seem to live in the city area especially in and around Waikiki to the midtown areas well it seems that way cause of the way the gay bars and establishments seem to be scattered about from the CBD, Midtown, north & east of my area and Waikiki. There are also thousands and thousands that visit the city every year its among their top destinations well here and Maui. In fact our largest gay celebration event thingy is coming up in Feb known as the Volcano Party, DJ Paulo, Abel, etc are all participating in the weekend event it should be cool i know the main event will be at the Hawaii Convention Center but there will be events going on all over til as late/early as 8am.

[Brickell]

Kick_Me, on Nov 30 2004, 05:14 PM, said:

Orlando? That kind of surprises me. I always thought it was ultra conservative.

All those Disney employees have to live somewhere.
It's not a great gay mecca by any means, but in my experience it's a friendly enough. I'm not gay though, so take that with whatever grain of salt you'd like to.

There's a lot of gays in Miami suburbs as well. Actually, it seems there's a lot of gays just about everywhere in the metro-area. It reminds me of the New Yorker cartoon, "we're here, we're queer, we're used to it". It's matured beyond the point of needing gay neighborhoods or districts. That's how it seems to me at least.

I'm used to it.

[Fruit Cove]

Brickell, on Nov 30 2004, 08:43 PM, said:

All those Disney employees have to live somewhere.

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what about cities in texas? chicago?

[Cotuit]

Brickell, on Nov 30 2004, 08:43 PM, said:

It's matured beyond the point of needing gay neighborhoods or districts.  That's how it seems to me at least.

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Boston seems to get undo flack whenever this topic comes up for not having a "gay ghetto." And that is the whole point, Boston doesn't need one, it's over it.

[monsoon]

[urbanguy]

Here's some interesting stuff i found out about Honolulu thru research online:

The oldest gay university organization in the U.S. is the Gay and Lesbian 'Ohana at U.H. Manoa. The Metropolitan Community Church, Ke Anuenue O Ke Aloha, is over a quarter century old, as is the local gay support group. The community also holds a fancy Gay and Lesbian Cultural Festival in the summer. There are men's and women's choruses, an annual gay tennis tournament, gay boat cruises and gay Mormon, Catholic and Charismatic groups.

And of course, Honolulu was at the trailblazing forefront of the same-gender marriage movement in this country. Honolulu is one of the most gay-friendly cities you'll likely encounter, with few gay bashings, a gay-positive state government, and a generally cordial hetero populace that will treat you and yours with warmth and respect.

Did you know that Hawaiian royalty named their genitals, and wrote chants about them? Or that King Kamehameha had hot young boyfriends he boasted about? Or that quiet, rural Molokai is an island world famous for its plethora of transvestites? Or that Oahu is home to the world's first gay surfing group?

*From the Rainbow Handbook Hawaii

Its a pretty damn amazing place for being under a million its so underrated in so many aspects, if only more people knew!

[monsoon]

[satalac]

urbanguy, on Dec 2 2004, 03:50 PM, said:

Here's some interesting stuff i found out about Honolulu thru research online:

The oldest gay university organization in the U.S. is the Gay and Lesbian 'Ohana at U.H. Manoa. The Metropolitan Community Church, Ke Anuenue O Ke Aloha, is over a quarter century old, as is the local gay support group. The community also holds a fancy Gay and Lesbian Cultural Festival in the summer. There are men's and women's choruses, an annual gay tennis tournament, gay boat cruises and gay Mormon, Catholic and Charismatic groups.

And of course, Honolulu was at the trailblazing forefront of the same-gender marriage movement in this country. Honolulu is one of the most gay-friendly cities you'll likely encounter, with few gay bashings, a gay-positive state government, and a generally cordial hetero populace that will treat you and yours with warmth and respect.

Did you know that Hawaiian royalty named their genitals, and wrote chants about them? Or that King Kamehameha had hot young boyfriends he boasted about? Or that quiet, rural Molokai is an island world famous for its plethora of transvestites? Or that Oahu is home to the world's first gay surfing group?

*From the Rainbow Handbook Hawaii

Its a pretty damn amazing place for being under a million its so underrated in so many aspects, if only more people knew!

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i was really impressed with honolulu when i went there this summer. it's very diverse and open minded. not to mention the women match the beautiful scenery. but back to the topic, nashville is starting to get it's own gay section of town. it kind of suprised me because nashville is the heart of the bible belt and headquarters of the southern baptist convention. i'm glad to see it though, because a city needs to be very diverse to thrive. just look at nyc. plus i like to see those southern baptists get all huffy puffy (like when we got the lottery )

[JivecitySTL]

Q: What was the first major city in the Midwest to implement a Domestic Partnership Registry for same-sex couples?

A: Saint Louis.

It is also the same city that harbors a number of gay-friendly neighborhoods within its limits, including:

Central West End
Soulard
Lafayette Square
Tower Grove East
Tower Grove South
Delmar Loop
Benton Park
Dogtown

[danwxman]

Midtown Harrisburg has several "gay" blocks around North street and Third street. There's gay bars, a gay nightclub, and a gay bookstore. The most hilarious thing is Harrisburg's biggest gay nightclub is right across the street from the front of the state capitol! In the area around North street you can always see rainbow flags. I think Harrisburg has a pretty decent sized gay population for such a small city.

[NorthStar]

Minneapolis is a great place for the GLBT community. Minneapolis extended gay rights to its citizens over 20 years ago and now has some of the strongest GLBT rights in the country. The private sector is doing its part in supporting the Twin Cities GLBT community by offering domestic partner benefits to their employees and some sponsor workplace groups for gays and lesbians. Also, Minneapolis has one of the largest pride festivals in the country, which attracted about 400,000 people this year.