Atlanta: “Gayest City in America!” – The Advocate
According to the Advocate there are 15 cities that are more gay than any other cities in America. By gay they mean that there are a lot of same sex households, gay bars, gay elected officials, etc, etc. Fellow sociologist, Mike Albo, did a great job on the article. You can read the full article here:
http://www.advocate.com/Print_Issue/Travel/Gayest_Cities_in_America/
But here’s the top ten.
- Atlanta – Has at least 29 gay bars! Yowzah!
- Burlington, VT – Where?
- Iowa City (T-Boz is from Iowa)
- Bloomington, IN (I spoke at a university here once.)
- Madison, WI ( I spoke at a university here once.)
- New Orleans (Home of hurricane Katrina)
- Ft. Lauderdale (Great spring break parties!)
- Portland, ME – Where?
- Austin (Home of Matthew McConahey)
- Seattle (Home of Grey’s Anatomy)
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Yasmin Shiraz is the President of Still Eye Rise Films, an independent production company which films educational and thought provoking documentaries that chronicle the lives, traumas and experiences of youth. Her first production, Can She Be Saved?, a documentary that examines violence among middle school girls, was an official selection of the 2009 Roxbury Film Festival and recently won a 2009 Indie Award of Merit from IndieFest.
Yasmin Shiraz is the Award winning Author of Retaliation a novel about a community’s response to youth violence. In 2009, it was selected as one of the top Ten Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers by the American Library Association. She is the author of The Blueprint for My Girls: How To Build A Life Full of Courage, Determination & Self Love (Simon and Schuster) and five other books. Her best selling “Blueprint” empowerment series is utilized as a self esteem, motivational, and educational tool at middle and high schools, after school programs, non-profit youth centers, as well as Boys and Girls Clubs throughout the country. 
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