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Related: About this forumGeorgia Ranked Among 10 Worst States for Gay Tourists
Interesting article on various places in the world. The PDF file gives a listing from the Spartacus ranking system.
Article: http://www.fenuxe.com/2012/03/23/georgia-ranked-among-10-worst-states-for-gay-tourists/
PDF file list: http://www.spartacusworld.com/gaytravelindex.pdf
(I bolded below in article.)
The Peach State checks in at No. 41 on the Spartacus list, which grades states based on eight categories: anti-gay discrimination laws, marriage equality, adoption laws, LGBT marketing, the same age of consent for heteros and gays, religious influence, anti-gay laws and whether the locals are hostile.
Age of consent? Adoption laws? What kind of tourism is Spartacus promoting?
The Spartacus list hints at a larger issue: the tenets of the gay rights movement (marriage, anti-discrimination laws, adoption, etc.) dont necessarily jive with the quality of life experienced by LGBT individuals across the country.
While Georgia might not be the most evolved state, anyone living in metro Atlanta would probably take offense with our bottom-of-the-barrel ranking. You might not be able to marry in the ATL, but you can have the time of your life while visiting and searching for Mr. Right (such as at next Saturdays Fenuxe Best Bachelor Party!).
I have a hard time believing that a gay tourist would have a queerer time in Maryland or Iowa than he would in Midtown Atlanta.
The Spartacus Top 10 is weighted with east coast states, with New York leading the pack, followed by Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Oregon, Illinois, Maine, Maryland and California. Joining Georgia at the bottom of the list are Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Idaho, Montana, South Carolina, Utah, North Carolina and drumroll for last place Alabama.
unhappycamper
(60,364 posts)Brian had been up to Boston before, but Josh had never been up here.
We did a 10 day let's-see-New-England tour: P-town, the Cape, Maine, Newport, Freedom Trail, etc. etc.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)unhappycamper
(60,364 posts)I moved to Boston in 1973 after I got our of uncle's army and have been here ever since.
Since I grew up in I-O-WAY it was a dramatic change. We have pretty much everything up heah: beaches, Boston and all its history, the Cape, Maine (lobstah), Newport, RI, and most importantly, blue people.
Granted we have had Republican governors (Bill Weld and Mitt the Shit) but generally Dems. My Democratic Rep (Steve Lynch) is a fucking warmonger but they are like dogshit these days: everywhere.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)would have moved from MA, but my job kept moving and it was too good to give up. I got hit by the tech collapse in MA in the late 80's. Here, it's way too red.
William769
(55,147 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Kurovski
(34,655 posts)teh gay has made it great!
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)The only state that doesn't have even ONE gay bar!!!
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)offense to be gay.