Really dislike when the population is given but no mention of the sample size.
Austin and San Antonio are about an hour/hour and a half drive apart. Crazy they are that far apart on the scale here
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Accepted and discouraged aren’t opposites. Accepted and outlawed, or discouraged/encouraged/whatever. I think this would change the results a lot.
I’m really surprised DC is that low, but maybe it’s because the metro area isn’t as tolerant? DC itself has the most thriving queer scene of any city I’ve lived in.
Meanwhile I’ve also lived in Boston, and while it does feel very tolerant of queer people, it also felt like you really had to try to seek out the community.
Huh. Kind of surprised to see San Antonio on the bottom of the list. Lived here my whole life, never really seen an anyone having an issue with gay people here. In fact it’s always been the opposite in my experience, have a number of gay friends and they’ve always been accepted without question from what I’ve seen. San Antonio leans pretty heavily to the left. Nearly 40% saying homosexuality should be discouraged just feels inaccurate to me.
Who’s gonna tell that 30% in Miami.
Imagine living in San Francisco or New York and somehow not accepting gay people
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Atlanta being so low given how high its gay population is.. Deep South but still. IIRC it’s 3rd as a percentage of population only behind San Francisco & Seattle
Columbus and Indianapolis don’t qualify to be in this survey? I would have liked to see where they landed.
“Should be discouraged by the society” how the fuck do you discourage genetic expression
Man 10% of San Franciscans are having a really bad time.
I’m in Chicago. I’m honestly shocked at the 22% who discourage it. That seems awfully high. Yes there are some more conservative pockets. But from what many of my LGBT friends have told me, Chicago is one of the most welcoming places they have been.
Wild to me 27% of people in StL are against homosexuality should be discouraged. It’s a very gay friendly area in my experience.
I’ve only been here for three months, but Baltimore City is the most inclusive space I’ve ever lived in — age, race, gender, orientation of every kind. It’s an amazing city. Is it that the surrounding country is a suburban nightmare?
A month ago, the actor Jonathan Joss was murdered in San Antonio for his homosexuality.
Interviewer: Excuse me, should we accept homosexuality?
5% of Denver: Fuck off
Did they do this study 10-20-30 years ago? That would be interesting to see how much it’s changed.
I’d be curious to see where Kansas City falls on that list as well.
Im pretty surprised Orlando is as low as it is. We are extremely prideful here and the gay culture is very diverse IMO.
Graph is asymmetrical, I want a response curve for ‘homosexuality should be encouraged’
Texas sucks
Source: am gay texan
Love to see philly in the top 5 gayest cities
What is wrong with Texas? (i’m brazilian)
This data is squed because New Orleans isn’t on here
FYI there are only about 25 metro area that meet the requirements in the county.
Goes to show you that most people in most cities are pretty accepting. Don’t let the loud minority shake you swag.
Why is Riverside separate from LA?
Man, this is like a ranking of least to most smelly shit holes in America. All of this is confirming to me that Massachussets is probably where I’d want to raise a family
Purely from the graph design perspective – how did you order the cities after the “% should be accepted” line? I feel like it makes sense to order first by accepted, then if there is a tie, by the no answer % (if your goal is to have the more accepting cities at the top).
As you have it, if there’s a tie… there’s no rhyme or reason for the ordering, and it varies throughout the chart. For instance, New York and Chicago have the same exact results for all 3 responses, but they are separated by Los Angeles.
I feel dumb but where is Riverside
It’ll be 100% by the end of the year.
Unacceptance is such a waste of time. Life is short. Focus on getting our lives back and stopping the steal of the middle class’ lives that is happening every day.
Would love to see this as a function of closeted homosexuals per each metro. My guess is that Grindr is pretty active for those Texas cities at the bottom of the list.
Houston, we have a problem
This graph is quite disappointing. Urban areas are okay with LGBTQ people, color me shocked, in rainbows!
What would have been a bit more interesting would be to include an ‘over under.’ For example, what’s the national over under on approval? And where are these cities w/regards to that national average.
Gonna need a better understanding of the survey participants.
Riverside ain’t got no 4.7 million people in it.
Edit: I guess they mean Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario, ect. We just call that the Inland Empire.
If this really is pew they need to learn English. Use of the definite article is the hardest thing for non native speakers.
I would like a scatter chart mapping the correlation between low tolerance to LGBT+ vs high tolerance to child marriage and intrafamilial SA.
A clear majority indicating that being gay is ok, in pretty much every US Metro area.
And this is why I’m planning to move from Utah to Seattle
Huh, would have expected Miami to be higher.
How is Miami that low? That’s like the capital of gayness
Just more evidence of why living in a big city sucks. But I guess if you’re forced to, go to Texas.
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Atlanta lower than Charlotte, that surprises me.
Really dislike when the population is given but no mention of the sample size.
Austin and San Antonio are about an hour/hour and a half drive apart. Crazy they are that far apart on the scale here
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Accepted and discouraged aren’t opposites. Accepted and outlawed, or discouraged/encouraged/whatever. I think this would change the results a lot.
I’m really surprised DC is that low, but maybe it’s because the metro area isn’t as tolerant? DC itself has the most thriving queer scene of any city I’ve lived in.
Meanwhile I’ve also lived in Boston, and while it does feel very tolerant of queer people, it also felt like you really had to try to seek out the community.
Huh. Kind of surprised to see San Antonio on the bottom of the list. Lived here my whole life, never really seen an anyone having an issue with gay people here. In fact it’s always been the opposite in my experience, have a number of gay friends and they’ve always been accepted without question from what I’ve seen. San Antonio leans pretty heavily to the left. Nearly 40% saying homosexuality should be discouraged just feels inaccurate to me.
Who’s gonna tell that 30% in Miami.
Imagine living in San Francisco or New York and somehow not accepting gay people
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Atlanta being so low given how high its gay population is.. Deep South but still. IIRC it’s 3rd as a percentage of population only behind San Francisco & Seattle
Columbus and Indianapolis don’t qualify to be in this survey? I would have liked to see where they landed.
“Should be discouraged by the society” how the fuck do you discourage genetic expression
Man 10% of San Franciscans are having a really bad time.
I’m in Chicago. I’m honestly shocked at the 22% who discourage it. That seems awfully high. Yes there are some more conservative pockets. But from what many of my LGBT friends have told me, Chicago is one of the most welcoming places they have been.
Wild to me 27% of people in StL are against homosexuality should be discouraged. It’s a very gay friendly area in my experience.
I’ve only been here for three months, but Baltimore City is the most inclusive space I’ve ever lived in — age, race, gender, orientation of every kind. It’s an amazing city. Is it that the surrounding country is a suburban nightmare?
A month ago, the actor Jonathan Joss was murdered in San Antonio for his homosexuality.
Interviewer: Excuse me, should we accept homosexuality?
5% of Denver: Fuck off
Did they do this study 10-20-30 years ago? That would be interesting to see how much it’s changed.
I’d be curious to see where Kansas City falls on that list as well.
Im pretty surprised Orlando is as low as it is. We are extremely prideful here and the gay culture is very diverse IMO.
Graph is asymmetrical, I want a response curve for ‘homosexuality should be encouraged’
Texas sucks
Source: am gay texan
Love to see philly in the top 5 gayest cities
What is wrong with Texas? (i’m brazilian)
This data is squed because New Orleans isn’t on here
FYI there are only about 25 metro area that meet the requirements in the county.
Goes to show you that most people in most cities are pretty accepting. Don’t let the loud minority shake you swag.
Why is Riverside separate from LA?
Man, this is like a ranking of least to most smelly shit holes in America. All of this is confirming to me that Massachussets is probably where I’d want to raise a family
Purely from the graph design perspective – how did you order the cities after the “% should be accepted” line? I feel like it makes sense to order first by accepted, then if there is a tie, by the no answer % (if your goal is to have the more accepting cities at the top).
As you have it, if there’s a tie… there’s no rhyme or reason for the ordering, and it varies throughout the chart. For instance, New York and Chicago have the same exact results for all 3 responses, but they are separated by Los Angeles.
I feel dumb but where is Riverside
It’ll be 100% by the end of the year.
Unacceptance is such a waste of time. Life is short. Focus on getting our lives back and stopping the steal of the middle class’ lives that is happening every day.
Would love to see this as a function of closeted homosexuals per each metro. My guess is that Grindr is pretty active for those Texas cities at the bottom of the list.
Houston, we have a problem
This graph is quite disappointing. Urban areas are okay with LGBTQ people, color me shocked, in rainbows!
What would have been a bit more interesting would be to include an ‘over under.’ For example, what’s the national over under on approval? And where are these cities w/regards to that national average.
Gonna need a better understanding of the survey participants.
Riverside ain’t got no 4.7 million people in it.
Edit: I guess they mean Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario, ect. We just call that the Inland Empire.
If this really is pew they need to learn English. Use of the definite article is the hardest thing for non native speakers.
I would like a scatter chart mapping the correlation between low tolerance to LGBT+ vs high tolerance to child marriage and intrafamilial SA.
A clear majority indicating that being gay is ok, in pretty much every US Metro area.
And this is why I’m planning to move from Utah to Seattle
Huh, would have expected Miami to be higher.
How is Miami that low? That’s like the capital of gayness
Just more evidence of why living in a big city sucks. But I guess if you’re forced to, go to Texas.
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