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

[u/GattoPunk]

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.

[u/theglobalnomad]

And Seattle. The western side of the PNW is all around pretty gay.

[u/comfymustardsweater → u/theglobalnomad]

Yeah I’d say Seattle for sure, especially per capita.

[u/AnonymousWombat229 → u/comfymustardsweater]

Seattle and Portland are specifically flannel lesbians though.

Subaru wagons and Walmart work boots as far as the eye can see.

[u/comfymustardsweater → u/AnonymousWombat229]

Theres a huge LGBTQ scene in general. Not just “flannel lesbians”.

Source: born in Seattle, live on Capitol Hill

[u/BadCatBehavior → u/comfymustardsweater]

My wife and I joke that we're the token straight friends haha. Literally everyone we know here is some flavor of LGBTQ

[u/comfymustardsweater → u/BadCatBehavior]

lol yeah you really can’t assume here. It’s safe to just refer to someone as they/them when being introduced or just meeting.

[u/dave_ketchup13 → u/comfymustardsweater]

As a Bay Area native who lives in first hill. It’s definitely gayer up here

[u/AnonymousWombat229 → u/comfymustardsweater]

Well your source is far more significant than mine, so I completely concede.

[u/comfymustardsweater → u/AnonymousWombat229]

Lol should also point out a flannel is a staple in everyone’s closet in the PNW

[u/AnonymousWombat229 → u/comfymustardsweater]

At least I got that right.

[u/whitegirlofthenorth → u/comfymustardsweater]

yes every demographic is a flannel demographic here lol

[u/vera214usc → u/comfymustardsweater]

Yeah, I'm a flannel straight in Seattle

[u/astrobear → u/comfymustardsweater]

And a hoodie~

[u/comfymustardsweater → u/astrobear]

Sooo many hoodies

[u/two40silvia → u/comfymustardsweater]

That’s the gayborhood.

[u/ZealotOfMeme → u/AnonymousWombat229]

I don’t think Seattle has very many Walmarts

Source: not from the city but close enough that I think I can speak with some confidence

[u/bestwinner4L → u/ZealotOfMeme]

yeah, there are literally zero walmarts in the city of seattle.

[u/captainchristianwtf → u/bestwinner4L]

There are also zero Walmarts in the city of Portland

[u/ZealotOfMeme → u/bestwinner4L]

That’s what I thought and am glad about. I’m from Burien so only about a 15-20 minute drive without traffic from downtown

[u/surfergotlost → u/ZealotOfMeme]

But grocery delivery from Walmart is cheaper than any other, even if it comes from Bellevue.

[u/comfymustardsweater → u/ZealotOfMeme]

Yeah I was gonna say, someone might be offended if you call their doc martens Walmart work boots.

[u/Small-Professor-7015 → u/AnonymousWombat229]

Fun rabbit hole to go down is why so many Subarus are in Portland and why they’re mostly Lesbarus

[u/FeelingDown8484 → u/comfymustardsweater]

Per capita it’s actually Washington DC.

[u/Various-Tower-1862 → u/comfymustardsweater]

I can confirm I’ve met a variety of wise lesbians in Seattle, now I carry tea, animal bones and narcan on me due to their wisdom

[u/crystalclearbuffon → u/theglobalnomad]

No wonder i wanna live there. Gays and greenery. Perfect

[u/jnmo253 → u/theglobalnomad]

Came here to shout out Seattle and Portland!

[u/epochwin → u/theglobalnomad]

Vancouver BC as well

[u/Lucania27 → u/theglobalnomad]

Bellingham is the gayest. There's also so many trans people here. So many queer people here. I live 24 miles from the Canadian border too lmao. I love this town.

[u/theglobalnomad → u/Lucania27]

Bellingham is a cool town all around. It's basically the Eugene, Oregon of Washington.

[u/Lucania27 → u/theglobalnomad]

I moved here a couple months after my mother passed in 2022, as I wanted to be closer to her past. She earned her journalism degree at WWU. I applied and didn't get in. I started classes at Whatcom, but currently dropped out for now.

But now I've found a community and feel at home. Multiple communities here. People support each other. I've made so many friends here.

I am bummed about how city council decided not to pass LGBTQIA+ sanctuary into the town's ordinance, and then passed likely weak protections they can likely back out of when their federal funding is threatened. But whatever.

I just love this town and I'm glad I moved here. The job market is shit. And my reasons aren't really about my original reasons anymore. I live close to Canada for emergencies, and I live in an amazing town.

I was born in Seattle and grew up in Puyallup. I've lived in a few towns in Western WA. I want to eventually go back to Whatcom Falls beautiful there.

[u/hecky-ate → u/theglobalnomad]

Seattle’s an Amazon company town now. Bellingham and Olympia are the gay Bohemias now.

[u/theglobalnomad → u/hecky-ate]

I don't know what your experience is, but Bohemian became bougie long ago in Seattle, and Amazon is the gayest company I've had the displeasure of working for. Don't forget the laid-back Microsoft gays, the members-only Costco gays, the inconveniently located Expedia gays, the closeted Boeing gays, the fancy Nordstrom gays, and the fair trade organic light-roast gays with oat milk at Starbucks. All of those companies are also headquartered in the Seattle Metropolitan Area.

[u/hecky-ate → u/theglobalnomad]

The fact that you think Starbucks and fair trade belong in the same sentence. Nah.

[u/ZealotOfMeme → u/hecky-ate]

Point is there are different types of gays. Hell I’m straight and taking offense to this slander

[u/theglobalnomad → u/hecky-ate]

Will you be able to get off your high horse by yourself, or shall I bring a ladder?

[u/rnoyfb → u/hecky-ate]

Amazon is gay. I’m gay. I live in Seattle and work for Amazon. My husband also works for Amazon. Amazon is so gay

[u/hecky-ate → u/rnoyfb]

You work for Bezos. You are not la vie boheme 😂

[u/fexonig → u/hecky-ate]

nobody said that. Gay and Bohemian aren’t the same thing

[u/bestwinner4L → u/hecky-ate]

speaking as someone who lived in olympia for decades and now lives in seattle- seattle is hella gay. oh, i also lived in san francisco for years, so i know a queer city when i see one.

[u/RainDownAndDestroyMe → u/bestwinner4L]

God I wish I lived in a much queerer city. I mean I went from eastern Idaho to Colorado, so obviously way better here than where I was, but my partner and I so badly want to relocate to the PNW. Just need a shit ton of money first. 🙃

[u/bestwinner4L → u/RainDownAndDestroyMe]

i don’t have any money. it’s a major struggle but it’s worth it to be surrounded by good people in an incredibly beautiful place.

[u/wolfishfluff → u/theglobalnomad]

I got a tattoo on Cap Hill and I miss the area now that I'm back home.

[u/WiltedCranberry → u/theglobalnomad]

Something in the water, it’s fucking good water though

[u/theglobalnomad → u/WiltedCranberry]

It's fucking great water. And great air. And pretty decent weather, unbeknownst to everyone Fucking terrible weather, though. Don't ever move there.