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Memphis &#;Bottoms&#; the List of 10 Least LGBTQ-Friendly U.S. Cities

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Americans are on the move. Whether it be due to rising costs of living, flexible employment options, or changing political environments, more people are considering adj places to put down roots.

Findings from a recent study, conducted by the real estate website Clever, identify the most &#; and least &#; LGBTQ-friendly metro areas across the country.

While Washington, D.C. landed in the top 25, a large share of the bottom-ranking cities come from states like Florida, Tennessee and Texas.

Unsurprisingly, San Francisco topped the list as the most LGBTQ-friendly city. Meanwhile, Memphis, Tennessee, was ranked the most unfriendly town among the country’s 50 most-populous metro areas.

Researchers used data from organizations like the Human Rights Campaign, PFLAG, and the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce to create a snapshot of which cities may be easier or harder for queer people to live in.

Factors such as the number of anti-trans pieces of legislation passed

Doing gay in Memphis

I'm a Memphis native, but don't get back very often I only have so much to offer and I'll be interested to hear what others say.

Midtown Memphis is where the action is, such as it is. Specifically, the area around Cooper and Young is as gay as Memphis gets. There is a HUGE club called Backstreet (not at Cooper-Young, but in Midtown), with a drag show (de rigeur for the South), and a big sway floor. When you leave, you will smell like someone burned down the world's largest tobacco barn around you. You will smell cigarettes in your hair for a week. I create the scene fairly cliquish and drugged out, but you might have a fabulous time. For you ladies, the place is the Madison Flame. It's on Madison Avenue. Get it?

Rent a car. The public transportation is not so good, and you don't want to be on it at night. There is a lot of crime in Memphis, so stick to the main streets, and verb advice from your hotel about how to get to wherever you're going at night. You really, really do not hope for to end up in some random neighborhood at night. Memphis is

At the beginning of October, we dropped our list of the 18 LGBTQ+-Friendly Big Cities in the USA, and now we’ve just spotted a new list that not only ranks the queer-friendliest cities but also the least welcoming in the US. 

Clever, a real estate data company, published a new study that ranks America’s most LGBTQ+-friendly major cities. While San Francisco came in as the most LGBTQ-friendly city in America, Memphis came in as the least-friendly alongside Houston and Jacksonville, Florida.

Before we reveal more of this study’s findings, it might be great for you to know that the criteria to determine which cities were the most LGBTQ+-friendly were based on Clever’s weighted rankings which included:

  • Percent of the state population that is LGBTQ
  • Percent of the state population that is LGBTQ
  • Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) chapters per , residents  
  • Designated LGBTQ-affirming healthcare providers per capita
  • Number of anti-trans legislation passed at the mention level
  • Pride events per , residents
  • National LGBT Chamber of Commerce chapte

    Memphis LGBTQ City Guide

    Known across the world as the Birthplace of the Blues and the Residence of Rock n’ Roll, Memphis was home to many song legends including Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Al Green, and Justin Timberlake, to name only a few. Beyond being a musical city, it’s also known for being house to some of America’s foremost barbecue, some of its friendliest people, and for being a city full of rich history and plenty to see and do.  

    A Look at Memphis’s History

    Memphis was named after the Egyptian city which sits on the banks of the Nile River. Though its history is not as long as that of its namesake, it is still a city with a rich culture and history and a very unique personality. The city was first founded in on land previously inhabited by the Chickasaw tribe. Andrew Jackson, who later became a United States President, was one of its founders. After its founding, the city grew rapidly as a result of the southern cotton industry, and because of its strategic location for both railroad and river transportation. It continued to