9. Arizona
Percentage of people who are gay: 3.9%
Total gay population in the state: 255,577
Arizona was ahead of the country as a whole in terms of its acceptance of homosexuals, as it repealed its sodomy laws in 2001, two years before they were repealed on a federal level. While same-sex couples can adopt children without any restrictions by the state, the state still asks adoption agencies to give preference to heterosexual married couples. Arizona has also gone one step further by prohibiting homosexual discrimination in public employment.
