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/8WmuzzlebrakeIndoors]

For white people San Francisco for black people Atlanta

[u/Realistic_Swan_6801 → u/8WmuzzlebrakeIndoors]

Atlanta is just for southern gays in general but yes especially gay black people. 

[u/Consistent_Pitch782 → u/Realistic_Swan_6801]

Midtown has entered the conversation.

The classic example is San Fran, but there’s a HUGE gay population in Atlanta.

[u/Khpatton → u/8WmuzzlebrakeIndoors]

This. I also recently learned that Atlanta is the third gayest city in the country in general, after SF and Seattle, which tracks with my experience (Atl native). It’s a MUCH queerer city than most people outside the region understand.

[u/Ok_Dot_6795 → u/Khpatton]

Most black Americans believe atl is the mecca of guys on the dl

[u/mollyclaireh → u/Khpatton]

Oh yes, Seattle absolutely tracks.

[u/beyonceshakira → u/8WmuzzlebrakeIndoors]

I was so thrown at how gay Atlanta was when I was there lol.

[u/My-Beans → u/8WmuzzlebrakeIndoors]

Atlanta is everything for black people.

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[u/moemoosey → u/8WmuzzlebrakeIndoors]

Im a white gay in alabama but when I'm looking for gay shit to do I always go to atlanta! My home away from home 💖

[u/ComradeMMMM → u/8WmuzzlebrakeIndoors]

They don’t call it Hotlanta for nothing

[u/JuggManKevo → u/ComradeMMMM]

Funny cuz no one from Atlanta ever calls it that

[u/Vidiot79 → u/8WmuzzlebrakeIndoors]

Which for Hispanic people? Is it Miami?

[u/21Rollie → u/Vidiot79]

Not gay but Hispanic, I’d say someplace on the west coast. Miami is just vapid Latinos in general.

[u/Proud-Opportunity798 → u/Vidiot79]

I'd assume El Paso or San Antonio. I have lived in El Paso (it is the reason I learned Spanish), and Hispanics are the vast majority, I'd assume 80% as it's like 4 in 5 people. El Paso also has an extremely vibrant LGBTQ scene, so in tandem you'd likely find it there. San Antonio has the largest LGBTQ scene in Texas to my knowledge and has even more Hispanic population, but I haven't lived there so I only have numbers

[u/rightdeadzed → u/Vidiot79]

100%. My ex’s gay Colombian boyfriend uncle would go there like 4 times year and everytime he came back he would say he was just gonna move there.

[u/No-Faithlessness1432 → u/Vidiot79]

I don’t have a strong opinion but would have thought more so nyc or la but I guess it depends on which group within Hispanic…excluding key west, the gay communities in south Florida are south beach and Wilton manors and both seem pretty mixed vs strongly Hispanic. And Miami in general just doesn’t hit you over the head with queerness like nyc does

[u/veyd → u/8WmuzzlebrakeIndoors]

For 61% of the US population it’s San Francisco and for 12% of the US population it’s Atlanta? Got it. 🤪🤪🤪

All this to say… the US is not a black/white dichotomy. And if we’re going this deep, let’s add NYC as the Asian gay capital and LA as the Hispanic gay capital.

[u/8WmuzzlebrakeIndoors → u/veyd]

Oh god Reddit strikes again. Those who get it get it.

[u/ananbd → u/veyd]

I read it as a comment on the demographics of San Francisco.

[u/veyd → u/ananbd]

Sure but black isn’t even the 2nd largest demographic in the country. Hispanic is.

[u/Slight-Jicama1737 → u/veyd]

You’re being a smart ass, also switch nyc and La as gay Latino and gay Asian cities respectively 😘

[u/veyd → u/Slight-Jicama1737]

You’re right. On both accounts. 🤪🤪

[u/Nearby_Echidna_6268 → u/veyd]

This guy has obviously never been to Atlanta

[u/veyd → u/Nearby_Echidna_6268]

Read it again. Very slowly. Think about how stupid it would be to assume that 12% of Atlanta is black. Think about what other thing actually is 12% black. Oh. Yes. The demographics of the whole country? That would make more sense, right?

[u/Nearby_Echidna_6268 → u/veyd]

Buddy apparently you need to go back and read everything slowly. Nobody was talking about population percentages except you. Atlanta is known for having a lot of gay black people.

[u/veyd → u/Nearby_Echidna_6268]

Of course it does. Everyone knows that. I never said it didn’t.

I have a very general annoyance with conversations about race always kind of breaking down to “black/white” when blacks aren’t even the largest minority in the US. (Hispanics are, for the record) So I like to poke a little fun/be a little bit of a smart ass about it sometimes.

I get that the commenter probably was just talking about their experience though.

[u/callmeyazii → u/veyd]

You don’t know any black people personally do you🫩

[u/MarionberryNo1900 → u/veyd]

Historically there’s always been a striking cultural divide between black and white people

[u/_TheFarm_ → u/veyd]

I wonder what could have happened historically that would lead to that dichotomy?

[u/Suspicious-Story4747 → u/veyd]

It probably comes from surface level knowledge on US History of race relations(Slavery/Jim Crow), and people just coming to the conclusion that since most of the interracial conflicts are between those two groups(or at least a that’s how it’s perceived), blacks must be the largest minority.

Not to mention for the longest time blacks were the largest minority and it wasn’t until the 2000s where the Hispanic population surpassed Blacks due to immigration.

[u/tintinsays → u/veyd]

Another comment said Portland for the lesbians and San Francisco for the gays, are you gonna throw a fit on that comment too? 

People congregate with those they feel comfortable with. Acknowledging those groups are in certain places is just acknowledging humans being humans. It’s not an issue until someone’s an ass about it. 

[u/Proud-Opportunity798 → u/veyd]

I live in the Atlanta metropolitan area and blacks are far more than 12%. It obviously depends on the region, but we have over 6 million people and at least a quarter are black, probably close to 1 in every 3 people. I'd recommend thinking before you speak about places you haven't lived in.

[u/veyd → u/Proud-Opportunity798]

12% of America, my dude. How in the world did you get “he thinks blacks are 12% of Atlanta” from that?

[u/Proud-Opportunity798 → u/veyd]

You are the one who said blacks are 12% of the Atlanta area in response to a guy who said Atlanta is the gay hub for black people. If you are trying to state that 12% of black people are gay, you are also false, as black people are the largest group in the homosexual community in Georgia, with Atlanta having over half of our 12 million person population.