Researchers then scored the cities on these factors using a five-point scale. The Human Rights Campaign's Municipal Equality Index "examines how inclusive municipal laws, policies, and services are of LGBTQ people who live and work there," the campaign's website says.
Census, Gallup polling, Yelp and the Human Rights Campaign, among others. The data were collected from sources such as the U.S. The study analyzed the 49 largest cities in the United States using several factors: percentage of married people, percentage of men who have had sex with a man, percentage of women who have had sex with a woman, LGBT population, the Human Rights Campaign Municipal Equality Index, cost of an alcoholic drink and the number of bars per 100,000 people, the study said.
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They also accounted for all of the bottom five cities - with Raleigh falling second to last, above only Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the study said.Īlso included in the bottom were Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee and Virginia Beach, Virginia.Īnd Charlotte didn't rank much better, falling in the bottom 10 at number 42. Out of the top five cities, Southern cities accounted for four of the best, including New Orleans, Louisiana Austin, Texas Tampa, Florida and Orlando, Florida, according to the study.īut not all Southern cities fared so well. Two North Carolina cities are among the worst of the country's largest urban areas when it comes to their gay dating scenes, but other Southern cities are among the best, a study says.