America’s Gayest States in 2024 

Thank you QK ❤️❤️❤️

Well, that and the chiles 😊

It is called the land of enchantment, when I was there, the people seemed so laid back, like live and let live, 😊

​​@@frankcorrea8691That's my ruling philosophy for everything I do or support: Live and Let Live, and do unto others as you would want them to do unto you. BTW I am from and live in New Mexico and am gay.

And your GOP governor is awesome

Well that is awesome! I love NZ! Been to 59 countries but not yet NZ. Maybe one day. ✈️

NZ is on my top list to seek refugee from these woke/religious/racist/transphobic fanatics

I'm from Canada and we have a high rating for being gay friendly, I would love to visit your country for many reasons.

This isn't about Kiwis.

You mean, "be" yourselves.

This is so encouraging to read. Thank you for sharing 😊

Oooooo honey how’s the rent and job scene there? cuz I gotta leave CA!

@@titulaveau3092literally my everyday mission

Sounds great! Arizona is currently at 11% LGBTQ which would put it pretty high up the list, tied with a few other states for the number 9 slot!

@@QueerKingdomOfficial I can believe it! Gays love warm weather and good scenery. It also doesn’t hurt that it’s only a 4 hour drive to Palm Springs. The gays are even turning AZ blue and it’s fabulous.

"Home Depot lesbians..." LOL. It was "Black and Decker Dykes" when I was coming out.

im a phoenix gay 😻

Broke back mountain

@@oo-jj9xvClose. Neighboring state. Brokeback Mountain was in Wyoming.

oh definitely

Nebraska keeps a LOT of secrets, lol.

@@notorioustori I'm sure! My parents grew up on farms in NE. Are you from there?

Very glad to hear that this video was helpful. I hope you are soon able to make it to a safer and more secure environment and state soon. Best wishes my friend. 😊

I came out when at USC in the late 60s. I had to move to NYC for the sake of freedom and well-being. Now, luckily there are more choices, especially since NYC is so expensive.

I am one state to the north of you NC and I am looking at options to get out of dodge if things go south in the next election. I have picked up and moved cross country before and I can do it again. I only came back to take care of my parents and that era of my life is over now.

I feel you. I live in Texas. It is terrible here.

That is a good point, I think the data situation is an issue but would make for an epic video if possible. I’ll see what I can do 😊

Appreciate it very much! I just made this channel at the end of last year so I’m still learning but hopefully getting better each video haha Just want to provide interesting and helpful information for our community. Very glad to have you here Charles!

I'll be with you watching and commenting. Thank you.

Gen Z is the first to grow up in a mostly free and safe environment to be openly queer and it really shows in the data! I remember hearing as a kid that only 4-5% of people were LGBT but now nearly every statistic shows that number being closer to 1 in 7 like you have mentioned. Amazing what some human rights and basic freedoms will do. 😍

I’m almost certain you two will love it here. Incredible state that really takes care of its people.

Thank you for these sweet words and for watching. Happy to have you here. 😊

I hear you! I’m currently living in Eastern Europe and am experiencing the same lack of community. For now, I hope that this channel can at least start to grow into a community of sorts for us and people like us around the world. 😊

Tennessee isn't safe, but they do tend to have decent LGBTQ+ support groups for adults and young adults. Kentucky is also not safe.

To be honest, I was actually talking about this exact thing with my boyfriend. It felt safer in say 2015 than nearly a decade later now in 2024. It’s sad, and scary. That is one of the main reasons why I wanted to make this channel. To eventually become a resource for news, info, and a general safe space etc for our community. Thanks for being here and I hope this channel and its content and its community can help make things feel a little bit less hopeless for all of us.

Right. No mention of the start of Gay Pride

This video has nothing to do with that, it’s about the states with the highest percent of out queer people statistically in 2024. This is not about top states for queer culture or history. That would obviously be a separate video. 😂

Too many people in the larger states so the percentage goes way down. CA at almost 40 million people isn't going to have a huge percent share of lgbt people even though their might be more total lgbt people in that state.

@@danielm4436Agreed! CA has more str8 ppl in it now

Major cities yes in NY but up north not so much as I found out when I lived in Watertown. The further you go north the redder that part of the state gets.

As a newcomer in Nebraska, I can totally vouch this comment 💯

My late aunt, a Nebraska lifer, told me that right after WWII, Lincoln developed a huge gay community. No doubt that's diminished since, but she tried to get me to move there so I would be "safe".

NYC would probably be number 1 if the rest of the state was not so different! Currently both NY and CA are in the upper middle at around 11% 😊

This is also by percentage of gay residents out of the total State population and not sheer numbers. Also if you look at the counties with more lgbt+ people by percentage than the national average, they are mostly in New England, the Midwest cities, the Pacific Coast, and Florida.

Yes! I’ve always greatly enjoyed my time in Puerto Rico and totally agree! Great recommendation! 💯😎

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Aren't Koreans against LGBT?

Currently Korea is lagging behind other developed countries in LGBTQ rights but there are multiple bills and court cases in the works that could legalize civil unions or even full marriage equality in the near future. Korea, especially religious Christian Koreans, have been slow to progress on social issues, yet being queer in Korea is still generally safe and the country remains one of the best for LGBTQ people in Asia after only countries like Taiwan, Thailand, Nepal, Hong Kong, and Japan which generally score higher across metrics. Hopefully Korea will be catching up to the rest of the developed world on these issues soon. My hopes are high they will!

You are safe and accepted and loved here and while the world is still not perfect I’m grateful for how far things have come and for the ability to keeping fighting to make things even better in the future. Thank you for being here and for your comment. 🏳️‍🌈 🤗

They have some of the largest queer communities by raw numbers, but not by % of total. Large immigrant communities in these states where children are not safe or free to come out is likely one possible reason for their low standing in % terms compared to states with less immigration from close minded countries outside European/Latin world.

too big! not even close😂

I can imagine it's awful in the rural Eastern Oregon areas, but I've lived in Western Oregon now for 34 years, and as a 74 year old married, gay man, I can say we have never run into a problem here. In fact, just the opposite. Our experience has been wonderful---my employer had (I'm retired) a non-discrimination policy and my husband and I were always included and openly accepted in work-related social events. And the state laws regarding discrimination are some of the best in the country. I've never spent any time in Eastern Oregon other than Bend, and we have experienced no problems there either. There are always going to be some communities in every state that are more socially conservative, but what matters are the state laws that protect LGBTQ. Oregon has one of the best records when it comes to protecting us from discrimination. Our last governor was openly bisexual and the current governor is openly Lesbian and married. I'm not sure how much better it could get, other than convincing the extreme right wingers in the eastern part of the state and a couple counties in the southern part of the state to fix themselves.

@@Gloren50 I am glad it has worked out for you. Maybe it’s better with gay couples being more accepted. Rather than being a single gay men? I would consider myself a liberal conservative. Blending in / passing as best as possible is what I have always done. So it’s not like I am trying to draw negative attention to myself. Perception is everything. I don’t have a partner unfortunately. So I get this vibe that maybe people think something is wrong with me? I just feel working in an office setting things can be a bit subtle. While the heterosexual married couples talk about their married lives and children and grandchildren. I have nothing to contribute in that area. I am deliberately left out while the other heterosexual sexual couples go to business dinners. Overlooked for promotions even though I have stellar reviews each year. Good ole boys. I try to share about my life but careful it’s not too much. It has been made clear that my “lifestyle” is not approved of. Not by all but enough. It’s the subtle underhanded jabs of “I don’t need to hear it.” When all I was going to share in a conversation was maybe doing something mundane like going to the gym or riding my bike. Like they assume I am going to spill some x rated lust filled night out. (I could only wish lol) They make nice to your face but say another behind your back. Many religious people that know I am gay. They definitely treat me differently. I have worked for private sector family business for many years. I often think maybe, if I worked for the government things would be different. Hard to say. The LGBTQ drama in headlines lately hasn’t helped either.

@@BennyB5555 I suggest checking Buddhist, Unitarian Universalist, Unity Church or if none of these exist Roman Catholic Church. Your family business makes it difficult for you to move. The White Christian Nationalists Protestants culture makes it difficult for you. On the other hand - being a point of light creates wiggle room for other people who are in the closet.

Utah sits at 9% identifying as LGBTQ which has them just about in the middle of the pack. It is incredible how truly decent Utah is for queer people despite the religious views in the area. I have an overall very positive opinion on Utah these days. Really interesting and impressive state. Should be an example to other red leaning states.

Pretty much in the middle I image. There are a lot of POC from extremist religious backgrounds who would be afraid to come out, more so than in less diverse states where most feel feel safe to express themselves as radical religious ideas are less important to people.

BOTTOM! 😂

probably right behind all the states in this video, the thing of it is that California pretty much operates likes its own country, & has such a large & diverse population that can’t be considered more pro-gay than all the listed, smaller states with higher LGBT people as a proportion of the population, California literally passed proposition 8 (banning same-sex marriage) with a slight majority of votes.

California is *far* from being LGBT friendly 😂😂 Speaking from a transwoman born and raised in CA with unimaginable experiences there

@@bc1907Girl Preach!

Probably safer as things are going backwards in a lot of ways :( that is one reason I keep my identity privet making these videos!

Home means Nevada to me! 💖

Very kind of you to say, thank you! 😊

Ohio is at 11% of the population which means it does not make it into the top 8 but is still quite high nevertheless.

Hi John I,m Gay 42 years old from a small town of Kenton Ohio That is Northwest of Ohio can we talk

Two separate things for two separate videos!

Immigration from countries where parents threaten their children into staying in the closet. So much migration from South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East over recent years to those states compared to the states on this list that increasingly entire neighborhoods are becoming dangerous for queer people, especially if you are apart of the given group. Hopefully within a few generations or less it will change but for now it is a tragic reality for many children of people from less developed and religiously extremist societies.

It was quite high 🏔️ but barely did not make the cut!

@QueerKingdomOfficial Great video btw. When it comes to the MAP website, Colorado also ranks in it's overall tally a 43/44.5 which is the single highest if any state for LGBT rights which I'm very proud of as a gay Coloradoan.

That is awesome! Maybe I should do a video about the top ten highest ranking by rights! Love Colorado by the way, I woke up early and hiked up Mount Elbert alone at age 14 while my Dad was still sleeping at camp. 😂 Good memories and an incredible state. 💯

@QueerKingdomOfficial Yes definitely. I'll definitely be watching your videos now. Hiking a 14er at age 14 is so cool. I bet your dad wasn't too happy about that one lol.

Nope he was not happy at all haha, and when I got back I was so dehydrated that I felt sick the rest of the day, but it is was worth it. And thank you, glad that you’re sticking around! 😊

At 11% it is actually much closer to the middle of the ranking in 2024!

That is Arizona you are looking at. How embarrassing for you to not be able to understand a map of the USA. 😂😂😂

Damn you are stupid af lol have you ever even looked at a map before?

New Mexico is a blue state by population density. Hillary and Biden easily won NM and Biden will win it again because rural red land doesn't vote, people do and most people in the State are solid Democrat.

Because white people are far more tolerant on average than people of color, also they are less religious and treat their children with more respect.

NM is doesn't really fit that description.

@@trish8964 Good point, I meant white/latino or more broadly “European.” If you look at a map of Gay Marriage for example, every country currently other than Taiwan and South Africa are White/Latino and generally support for queer people and women rights are always the highest by a wide margin in white/latino European influenced societies. Easy to see when you look at any issue like trans rights, gay rights, women’s rights, children’s right etc on a map. It’s always Europe, North America, and Latin America + Australia and New Zealand.

Maybe it could be because white people generally may be more open minded than minority groups to homosexuality.

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