the gay district (San Francisco: calculated, living in, zip code)

[sonarrat]

Let's take a look at CD's top 101 list.. and for fairness' sake, cities of 50,000+ only..

Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households) (population 50,000+)

Hmmmmmmmmmm. Of course, this is about households.. not individual preferences/orientations.

[cvanripe10]

Yeah, 2.7% sounds right. I've always thought of San Fran to be diverse. 40% would hardly be diverse.

[gizmo980]

Originally Posted by cvanripe10

40%? that can't be true. That would mean like....there are 300,000 gay men in san fran.

He didn't say men only, so I'm assuming that number included lesbians... I still think 40% is a high estimate, but it's obviously more than city-data's 2% (which, as someone already pointed out, only counts registered domestic partner households). Considering the national average is around 10%, I'd guess it is closer to 20% here.

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by skytrekker

About 40% of San Francisco is gay- if this figure needs to be corrected-please do.

Where do you get that percentage from?

Dont get me wrong, itd be nice, but I dont think its really that high.

[gizmo980]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

Where do you get that percentage from?

Dont get me wrong, itd be nice, but I dont think its really that high.

Yes it would be nice, but I agree that's a high number... this is a snippet from Wikipedia - which I don't normally use as a source (since it's user-run), but I can't find much else. According to them it's more like 15%, but once again I think the numbers are off, and we'll probably never know!

"San Francisco's frontier spirit and wild and ribald character started its reputation as a gay mecca in the first half of the twentieth century. World War II saw a jump in the gay population when the US military actively sought out and dishonorably discharged homosexuals. From 1941 to 1945, more than 9000 gay servicemen and women were discharged, and many were processed out in San Francisco.[9] The late 1960s also brought in a new wave of lesbians and gays who were more radical and less mainstream and who had flocked to San Francisco not only for its gay-friendly reputation, but for its reputation as a radical, left-wing center. These new residents were the prime movers of Gay Liberation and often lived communally, buying decrepit Victorians in the Haight and fixing them up. When drugs and violence began to become a serious problem in the Haight, many lesbians and gays simply moved "over the hill", to the Castro replacing Irish-Americans who had moved to the more affluent and culturally homogenous suburbs. The Castro became known as a Gay Mecca, and its gay population swelled as significant numbers of gay people moved to San Francisco in the 1970s and 1980s. The growth of the gay population caused tensions with some of the established ethnic groups in the western part of the city. On November 27, 1978 Dan White, a former member of the Board of Supervisors and former police officer, assassinated the city's mayor George Moscone and San Francisco's first openly gay elected official, Supervisor Harvey Milk. The murders and the subsequent trial were marked both by candlelight vigils and riots within the gay community. In the 1980s, the AIDS virus wreaked havoc on the gay male community there. Today, the gay population of the city is estimated to be approximately 15%, and gays remain an important force in the city's life. San Francisco has a higher percentage of gays and lesbians than any other major US city."

History of San Francisco, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Btw, I also think it's interesting how the military's anti-gay policies caused a jump in our gay population... they were discharged & dumped here, and then people (like a poster on the "values" thread) wonder why we're not the most pro-military city in the U.S.

[gizmo980]

Btw, I also have to wonder if these "statistics" include people who are bisexual? I would assume not, since the numbers would be even higher in that case.

[Milliano]

For the region as a whole: Demographics of sexual orientation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a list from wikipedia, sourced, listing the supposed 10 metro areas in the USA with the highest number of gay/lesbian/bisexual individuals. SF/Oakland/Fremont was #4 with a quarter million people.

[WillySnowMan]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

Where do you get that percentage from?

Dont get me wrong, itd be nice, but I dont think its really that high.

This figure includes the metrosexuals.

[Suzer]

Originally Posted by WillySnowMan

This figure includes the metrosexuals.

Too funny! ...

[gizmo980]

Originally Posted by WillySnowMan

This figure includes the metrosexuals.

LOL... I think we have more of those than homosexuals. As for myself, I'll take a manly man over a "sensitive" one any day.