Thebusinessofgayness: Gayest cities in the World

Gayest Towns

1. Palm Springs 55%

2. Provincetown 50%

3. Brighton, UK 25%

4. Tel Aviv, Israel 25% Gayest major city

3. Rio de Janeiro 19. 3%

Gayborhood Rua Farme de Amoedo

4. San Francisco 15.4%

Historians often trace San Francisco’s role as a gay refuge in part to World War II, when the Navy discharged gay sailors, because of their sexuality, at Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. Many stayed in the city, which already had a reputation as a welcoming place for refugees and free spirits. Other gay people, in search of a safe place, followed“. Some famous gay neighborhoods are the Castro district.

5. Seattle 13%

Gayborhood Capital Hill

6. Atlanta 12.8%

Gayborhood Buckhead

7. Minneapolis 12.5%

Gayborhood Loring Park

8. Berlin 10%

9. Sydney 10%

Gayborhood Darlinghurst, Newtown, Potts Point

10. Amsterdam 10%

In 2001, the Netherlands became the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage. Touted as the gay and lesbian capital of Europe, it has been said that the gay and lesbian population in Amsterdam amount to as much as 20% to 30%! There are countless bars and nightclubs, gay hotels, bookshops, sport clubs, choirs and support services and Amsterdam hosts the only water-borne gay-pride parade in the world, held on the canals on the first Saturday in August! Plus, the city has its own Pink Point, an information centre for gays and lesbians situated near the Anne Frank House, and next to it a monument dedicated to the promotion of gay rights – the Homomonument.

11. Madrid 9.7