Buffalo NY is the "most anti-gay city" in US(based on tweets)
http://www.newsoxy.com/lifestyle/buffalo-most-anti-gay-9-189581.html
Buffalo is the most anti-gay city after a study found people using the most offensive and derogatory statements in tweets. Such terms showed up in Buffalonians’ tweets more than among phrases from any other city, the study found. Arlington, Texas, and Riverside, Calif., came in a relatively close second and third, according to New Now Next.
The anti-gay study has been stirring conversation locally about the factors that might have pushed Buffalo to the top of the list – and what its dubious distinction as No. 1 on that list actually means, in a city that flies rainbow flags along Elmwood Avenue every June, marking a pride celebration that seems to grow bigger each year.
“What this tells me is there’s a lot of work to be done. This is about a lot more than marriage. We are our words,” said Margaret Smith, 62, who has been active in Buffalo’s LGBTQ community for decades. “Tweeting is a little anonymous, as is online behavior. But right now, there’s lot of people on television giving lots of other people permission to be hateful.”
Buffalo become the most anti-gay city in a recent uptick following the Supreme Court’s ruling last year legalizing same-sex marriage across the country. The climb in offensive language might not be surprising, said Matthew Crehan Higgins, senior director of the Pride Center of Western New York.
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