Florida fails to land any city in top 20 most LGBT-friendly list

Release Date

06/10/2014

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By Mitch Perry

To hear Bill O'Reilly describe it, Seattle has now transcended San Francisco (thanks to legalizing pot) as the most liberal enclave in America. Whether the Fox News host's take is accurate or not, the Emerald City has now come out ahead of the city by the bay in another category — it surpassed San Fran to reach the #1 spot on a list of the top 20 LGBT-friendly cities in America, according to the financial website NerdWallet.

And despite the advances made by Tampa and St. Petersburg recently, neither they nor any other Florida town cracks the top 20 list (though both cities' LGBT communities continue to make strides — see below).

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Florida fails to land any city in top 20 most LGBT-friendly list

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