Luckily, travelers are spoiled for choice when it comes to gay-friendly cities in America. According to a 2019 survey by Community Marketing and Insights, the number-one reason LGBTQ people travel is to relax - and for them, relaxing means visiting somewhere they know is queer-friendly, like a well-established gayborhood. What hasn’t changed is the necessity for gay-friendly cities. Areas like the Castro, the West Village, and Boystown have grown, shrunk, and sometimes changed their names to reflect the ever-changing communities that live there.
It’s been a tumultuous journey since early cradles of queer civilization sprouted in major American metropoles following World War II. America the beautiful: purple mountain majesties, fruited plains, and enough rainbow-waving gay-friendly cities to make LGBTQ travelers feel at home across the country.
