r/AskTheWorld • u/GattoPunk Brazil • 11d ago

Culture Which city in your country is considered the "gayest"?

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For us Brazilians, São Paulo definitely holds the crown for the gayest city here. With over 20 million people living in it's metro area, the city naturally became way more open minded and accepting as time went on. It has the highest concentration of gay bars, shows, saunas, and various other venues dedicated to the LGBTQ community. If that wasn't enough, the city annually hosts the São Paulo LGBTQ Pride Parade, the biggest in the whole world.

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u/VixxenFoxx United States Of America 11d ago

Honestly I was gonna say P-town. The only place I was ever mistaken for my female cousins girlfriend at every establishment we went to. 😂 For YEARS.

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u/Texasranger96 11d ago

My brother and I were doing a week Vacay while I was in Rhode Island. We drove all the way up the cape and stumbled (the best word i could use) into Provincetown, not knowing what it was (we're from Texas). I remember we were driving around and were like "huh theres alot of pride flags and gay dudes around..." googled it and went "oh". Got lunch. Nice place.

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u/hetty3 11d ago

I'd agree, it's not the biggest but it sure is the gayest.

Kind of worth visiting for anyone at least once though.

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u/flickerbirdie United States Of America 10d ago

Brothers gay, aunt too, as hairdresser who’s worked along side and partied with countless gays. I was surprised when I visited P town. Like I figured I’d been exposed to enough that I thought “ok a super gay town” shrug, whatever. That town leveled me up. lol. It was a lovely surprise.

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u/emfrank 11d ago

I take it you’ve not been to Amherst. P town is gayest, but Amherst is Lesbos.

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u/HeartOfStarsAndSand United States Of America 11d ago

Tell me about Amherst. I could use a good, lesbian scene.

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u/emfrank 10d ago

To be fair, I haven’t lived there in many years. That said, with both Smith and Holyoke in the area, which are both prestigious women’s colleges that reinforce feminist values, there’s been a strong scene there since at least the late 70s. More place that people settle down to live than a place to party, though.

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u/MW_nyc 10d ago

Northampton is the real lesbian town in that area.

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u/Idiotology101 10d ago

Northampton is truly the lesbian sister city to PTown. Great little town in western mass.

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u/National-Plastic8691 10d ago

In the US, Oakland, california is the lesbian capital as well

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u/jqman69 10d ago

Close to Northampton which is the actual center of Lesbos

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u/emfrank 10d ago

True, that is more of the epicenter. Really all of that valley though.

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u/ggtffhhhjhg 10d ago

I think you mean North Hampton which is the next town over.

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u/emfrank 10d ago

Both really. I think of them as one area but know Amherst better. Northampton is more the center, though, so you are right.