Posted on 01/11/2013 1:42:15 PM PST by matt04
The City of Firsts has ranked as the second-most gay friendly city in the nation according to a new list compiled by the LGBT publication Advocate magazine.
Springfield, coming in just behind Tacoma, Wash., nearly topped the 2013 list based on several factors including the number of LGBT elected officials, embracing marriage equality and the existence of a roller derby league based in the city.
Providence, R.I. was the only other New England city named by the magazine in its list, which looked only at municipalities with a population of at least 150,000.
"The city is among the top 10 cities in the U.S. in percentage of same-sex couples, according to the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, and it's a desirable place to relocate from the metropolises because of its location near skiing, shores, Boston, and Provincetown," the magazine wrote. "LGBTs appreciative of art and architecture inhabit gay-popular (neighborhoods) Downtown, (in) McKnight, Forest Park, and the Ridgewood/Maple Hill area of Six Corners."
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Just another reason to never go there, NEVER EVER~!
So do all the lesbian groupies wait outside for the Roller Derby queens to roll out wearing their Snap on tools.
I was in Provincetown 30 years ago with my wife to be. We kept getting wolf whistles from men. My wife was shocked when I explained they weren’t directed at her.
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