2. Portland, Oregon
Hand in hand with its next-door-neighbors, Vancouver and Hillsboro, Portland has become one of the strongest spots for LGBT-rights activism, holding a 5.4% share of the population. The reason for this city’s outspoken attitude is that that the state hasn’t precisely been gay-friendly so far, and has actually passed many anti-gay laws. This has pushed LGBT population out of the rural areas (which are more conservative) and into the cities. This migration made the “political division on gay civil rights” progressively evident, thus encouraging the community to fight back.
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