The survey shows progressive, inclusive and gay-friendly metropolitan areas across the country, in every major region, Newport said.Ĭolumbus’s high showing in the ranking can serve as an example to other cities that “you, too, can do this,” advocates said. Cleveland, with 3.7 percent, and Cincinnati, with 3.2 percent, both made the list of the 15 least-gay urban areas.
The least-gay areas are in the Midwest and the South. Despite the conservative nature of the state, Utah recently passed a law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, the first state to do so since 2007, said Frank Newport, editor in chief of Gallup. It found the largest concentration of gays in the West, in expected places such as San Francisco, Seattle, Portland and Los Angeles and more surprising cities such as Salt Lake.
