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In May 2019, the Illinois General Assembly passed a bill (HB246) with 46 Democratic co-sponsors (passing the House by 60 votes to 42 and the Senate by 37 votes to 17) to implement an LGBT curriculum that would require public schools to educate students on contributions made by the LGBT community to Illinois and United States history.
The U.S. state of Illinois has an active LGBT history, centered on its largest city Chicago, where by the 1920s a gay village had emerged in the Old Town district. Chicago was also the base for the short-lived Society for Human Rights, an early LGBT rights advocacy organization (1924). In 1961 Illinois became the first U.S. state to ...
LGBT identification was higher among women (8.5%) than men (4.7%), with women more likely to identify as bisexual and men equally likely to identify as bisexual or gay. 28.5% of Gen Z women identified as LGBT compared with 10.6% of men, as well as 12.4% of Millennial women and 5.4% of Millennial men.
With a population of around 3 million, Chicago is the third biggest city in the US, and around 150,000 of those people identify as lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender, questioning, or other. [1] Gay neighborhoods in Chicago have existed since the 1920s, when there was homosexual nightlife in Towertown, adjacent to the Water Tower.
Population: 84,683. Travel and Leisure readers voted Santa Fe one of the best cities for gay travel, in part for its sizable LGBTQ population, its year-round outdoor amenities, and its unique history.
Pixabay/Public Domain. 15. Oklahoma City. Percentage of population identifying as LGBT in 2018: 9. Percentage of population identifying as LGBT in 2019: 5
LGBT culture in St. Louis is characterized by a long history of progressive activism as well as racial divisions and the city/county divide. St. Louis city is relatively liberal with multiple gayborhoods and several LGBT organizations. In 2019, Realtor.com dubbed St. Louis the 8th most LGBT-friendly city. [1] Due to hostile legislation at the ...
Homebuyers in LGBTQ+-friendly areas must earn $150,364 annually to afford the median-priced home, nearly 50% more than the requirement in areas without the protections.According to a Redfin report ...