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Same-sex couples in the U.S. have increased rapidly and the cities where they live have also changed dramatically.
There has been a 50 percent increase in the number of same-sex couples since 2000 according to demographer Gary Gates of UCLA Law School's Williams Institute, a think tank dedicated to sexual orientation and gender-related law and public policy, the New York Times reported on Thursday.
Provincetown, Mass., is the city with highest number of same-sex couples, occupying 163.1 per 1,000 people. Second and third on the list are Wilton Manors, Fl., and Palm Springs, Calif., with 136.9 and 115.2 same-sex couples per 1,000 households, respectively.
San Francisco, which was well known as mecca of homosexual couples, is pushed back on the top 10. Once the city ranked third in 1990, but dropped gradually, ranking 11th and 28th in 2000 and 2010, respectively.
West Hollywood, Calif., was the gayest city but also pushed out of top 5 to the 6th.
"What may be happening is this idea that baby boomers were the first generation to really have a visible LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) community, and of course, they're starting to retire now," Gates said. “Growing social acceptance of homosexuality has led to a greater willingness to report it,” he added.
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