5:00pm | One of the nation’s leading LGBT magazines, the Advocate, has named Long Beach, CA to the list of the 15 Gayest Cities in America. Other cities making the list include Orlando, Denver and Austin. Long Beach, ranked #14 should have been ranked higher, but the magazine appears to have made a calculation error in the category of LGBT elected officials. It notes that Long Beach only has one openly gay LGBT elected official, when it in fact it has two.  

From the Advocate:  

How gay is Long Beach? Its pride celebration is one of the country’s biggest, and the Long Beach Pride float seems to make its way to every other Pride event within 500 miles! There are a ton of gay and lesbian bars, restaurants, a big boat suitably named the Queen Mary (QueenMary.com; it’s also haunted, and a hotel). The sunny, welcoming city provides a more relaxed alternative to nearby Los Angeles.   

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