di amerika utara juga ada yakni west hollywood di wilayah los angeles, gayborhood di philadelphia, lingkar dupont di washington d.c., boystown di chicago, desa le di montreal, montrose di houston, hillcrest di san diego, wilayah st leo di san jose.
populasi lgbt teratas di kota-kota brasil
pada 2009, sebuah survei yang dilakukan oleh universitas so paulo dalam 10 ibukota negara brasil, memperkirakan bahwa 7.8% dari populasi laki-laki brasil adalah gay dan 2.6% adalah biseksual (total 10.4%), sementara 4.9% dari populasi perempuan diperkirakan adalah lesbian dan 1.4% biseksual (total 6.3%).(bahasa portugis)
di kota rio de janeiro 19.3% dari populasi laki-laki diperkirakan adalah gay atau biseksual.
di antarapopulasi perempuan di manaus, 10.2% diperkirakan adalah lesbian atau biseksual.
1 rio de janeiro 14.30% 1
2 fortaleza 9.35% 2
3 manaus 8.35% 3
4 so paulo 8.20% 4
5 salvador 8.05% 5
6 braslia 7.95% 6
7 belo horizonte 6.85% 7
8 curitiba 6.55% 8
9 porto alegre 5.95% 9
10 cuiab 5.65% 10
populasi lgbt teratas di as
kota as dengan populasi gay tertinggi adalah new york dengan sekitar 272,493 penduduk gay.
los angeles berada di peringkat kedua dengan angka 154,270, disusul oleh chicago dengan angka 114,449 dan san francisco dengan angka 94,234.
menurut kota as
1 new york city 4.5% 272,493 1
2 los angeles 5.6% 154,270 2
3 chicago 5.7% 114,449 3
4 san francisco 15.4% 94,234 4
5 phoenix 6.4% 63,222 5
6 houston 4.4% 61,976 6
7 san diego 6.8% 61,945 7
8 dallas 7.0% 58,473 8
9 seattle 12.9% 57,993 9
10 boston 12.3% 50,540 10
11 philadelphia 4.2% 43,320 11
12 atlanta 12.8% 39,085 12
13 san jose 5.8% 37,260 13
1 san francisco 15.4% 94,234 4
2 seattle 12.9% 57,993 9
3 atlanta 12.8% 39,805 12
4 minneapolis 12.5% 34,295 16
5 boston 12.3% 50,540 10
6 sacramento 9.8% 32,108 20
7 portland 8.8% 35,413 14
8 denver 8.2% 33,698 17
9 washington 8.1% 32,599 18
10 orlando 7.7% 12,508 36
11 salt lake city 7.6% 14,201 32
menurut wilayah metropolitan as
1 san francisco 8.2% 256,313 4
2 seattle 6.5% 156,051 11
3 boston 6.2% 201,344 5
4 portland 6.1% 94,027 21
5 tampa 5.9% 119,044 16
6 austin 5.9% 61,732 29
7 denver 5.8% 99,027 19
8 minneapolis 5.7% 130,472 15
9 orlando 5.7% 81,272 24
10 hartford 5.6% 49,000 33
rank consolidated metropolitan statistical area glb glb% population
1 new york city  northern new jersey  long island, new york 568,903 2.6%
2 los angeles  long beach, california  santa ana, california 442,211 2.7%
3 chicagonapervillejoliet, illinois 288,478 3.1%
4 san francisco  oakland  fremont, california 256,313 3.6%
5 boston  cambridge, massachusetts  quincy, massachusetts 201,344 3.4%
6 washington metropolitan area 191,959 2.5%
7 dallas  fort worth  arlington, texas 183,718 3.5%
8 miami  pantai miami  fort lauderdale 183,346 4.7%
9 atlanta  marietta, georgia  sandy springs, georgia 180,168 4.3%
10 philadelphia  camden, new jersey  wilmington, delaware 179,459 2.8%
menurut negara bagian as
1 california 5.2% 1,338,164 1
2 florida 4.6% 609,219 2
3 new york 4.2% 592,337 3
4 texas 3.6% 579,968 4
5 illinois 3.8% 345,395 5
6 ohio 4.0% 335,110 6
7 pennsylvania 3.5% 323,454 7
8 georgia 4.3% 278,943 8
9 massachusetts 5.7% 269,074 9
10 washington 5.7% 266,983 10
1 distrik columbia 8.1% 47,651
2 new hampshire 6.6% 81,561
3 washington 5.7% 335,964
4 massachusetts 5.7% 361,898
5 maine 5.2% 66,295
6 california 5.2% 1,895,792
7 colorado 5.1% 219,364
8 vermont 5.1% 31,050
9 new mexico 4.9% 99,085
10 minnesota 4.7% 231,215
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