Where would you guess that homosexuals live?

Now you can tell others since you will learn where.

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/03/20/new-data-offer-picture-of-gay-america

 

Really? I mean...REALLY? Who cares where they live? They are people, living their lives. But, since you have been so helpful in looking for such info, I will keep it in mind because I would love to live in a mostly gay community. Clean, neat, fun to be around folks.

 

Somebody cared because Gallup posted a poll.

 

Well, then they need to keep their noses away from bedroom windows and get a life of their own instead of making stupid polls.

 

met my guy in Austin.​

 

Where would you guess that homosexuals live?

Uncle Ferd always called it...

... Homotown.

 

Gay people live EVERYWHERE.

 

Let's actually think about this for a moment. Where would you guess that heterosexuals live? Could it be that a whole lot of them live in the areas in and around major cities, too?

"Gay people live in cities?" Well, duh! We also live other places, too. I don't live inside a major urban area. I'm in the suburbs, and that choice of location had nothing to do with being gay. As far as we know, we're the only gay people in our neighborhood.

The linked article even notes that a place being pro-gray isn't a major or deciding factor in many gay people's decisions of where to live. We choose where we live in much the same way straight people do - based on economics and whether we prefer an urban, suburban, or rural setting.

So what exactly is the point being made here? What are we meant to discuss?

 

The Gallup poll will do just fine as a point to discuss.

What struck me is I expected to see SF on the poll, but never expected to see Hayward, CA, where I spent my youth and was first married, be a haven to homosexuals.

Some are gay, some are very unhappy.

Where is NY City?

Salt Lake City??????????? Amazing.

 

What's to discuss, really?

"haven to homosexuals"? Oh, boy.

Hardy-har-har.

23rd. Maybe you should have read the whole article. ETA: Maybe it's something to do with how people weigh the benefits of living there versus the cost of living, as compared to other places. Just a wild guess; I could be totally wrong.

Why is that "amazing"?

 

You missed Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Atlanta.

 

Salt Lake City is the HQ of our LDS church.

Perhaps I should have read the entire article. That is an excellent point.

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I was chided for not reading all of the poll.

Maybe you did read all of it.

 

Yes, of course they do... and typically they are DINKS so they improve their properties and the neighborhood.

 

More data on this fringe group.

 

Doesn't mean they run the city, though.

 

Why do you believe being a Q means one improves property and as you boldly claim, the neighborhood?

 

Got me.. you're right I will.

 

True, nothing in the law says LDS run the city.

 

"fringe group"?

That's the kind of thing people call us when they're seeking to make sure we remain marginalized and outcast.

I'm not living on "the fringe". We don't all live in "gayborhoods" or "gay ghettos". That kind of thinking is so 1970s.

 

More data crunching

Some homosexual please explain to me why transgender gets lumped in with homosexuals? Why are bisexuals also lumped in?

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There appears to be under 2 percent that are homosexual. That to me is a fringe group.

 

:cringe: We don't universally identify this way. Nevermind that I am not the sum total of my orientation. I'm a man who is gay, not "a gay", not a "LGBT", and not "a Q".

 

Because its so.. I shopped and shopped for a bungalow to rehab.. and discovered that gay people had taken over these properties and turned them into little gems. There's a neighborhood in Ft Lauderdale that is perfectly charming and it even has a gay rescue squad.

My son and his family bought into an upscale older neighborhood near the water and HALF their neighbors were gay couples.

 

I believe you but still this is anecdotal information.

As a very long time Broker, since 1971 (including 2 years spent as a licensed sales person) this is the first case I read where being Q means you fix up property.

But since they comprise 1.6 percent of the population, it should not have much of an impact.

 

Not a bad question, actually. "LGBT" isn't a singular group; it's a coalition of different groups, and there's considerable diversity even within the subgroups.

But the basic answer is, because all of the above have experienced various forms of marginalization related to our identities, because we don't conform to some people's ideas about sexual/gender roles & expression.

Meanwhile there are probably gay people living right under your nose (figuratively speaking). Unless you've somehow managed to completely isolate yourself, we are people you interact with every day, probably without even knowing it. But calling us "fringe" let's you maintain the illusion that we're somewhere else, in someone else' family, or that we stand out.

 

1) None of those places at the top of the list surprised me.

2) It's not where do homosexuals live, it's what areas have higher populations of homosexuals. Gay people live everywhere, but there are certain places that have higher populations.

3) I'm uncomfortable with the population numbers you found. Census data can only be collected by self reporting and many people still live in the closet.

4) An official census hasn't happened since 2010 and the atmosphere for being openly gay has changed dramatically since then. We might see a bump in the 2020 census because people are more comfortable self reporting.

5) Let's say your number of around 1-2% was right. You realize that is still between 3,200,000 and 6,400,000 people right? That is more people than some entire states have so while it's a minority, it is still a lot of people we're talking about.

www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acsbr10-03.pdf

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