The Gayest City in America is...

Minneapolis, the city that's an enigma wrapped in a riddle wrapped in a ring of urban lakes and Scandinavian stoicism, has done it again.

In its second annual list of the Gayest Cities in America, the Advocate.com ranks Minneapolis No. 1. There's always next year, St. Paul.

West Hollywood? Not on the list of 15. 

San Francisco? The 11th gayest.

Among the factors the Advocate used in its equation: 

• Gay.com profiles
• Number of listed officiants for gay weddings
• Number of openly gay elected officials
• Lesbian bars
• Gay friendly religious congregations

And this is what they came up with:

   1. Minneapolis
   2. Santa Fe, N.M.
   3. Las Vegas
   4. Orlando, Fla.
   5. Pittsburgh
   6. Vancouver, Wash.
   7. Atlanta
   8. Washington, D.C.
   9. Seattle
  10. St. Louis
  11. San Francisco
  12. Cleveland
  13. Denver
  14. Oakland
  15. Miami

Advocate commenter Mike, from Las Vegas, disagreed with the rankings:

You've got to be kidding me. Las Vegas, #3? Above S.F. and Atlanta, listed while NYC or WeHo are not?

A few other LA residents, are probably asking the same question.

The online publication admitted its calculations were completely unscientific, but claims they are "strangely accurate." The key to the findings may be that the list is looking for a per capita number.

Doug commented: 

And it is based on precentage of population.Now if it had been based on grandiloquence LA CLEARLY would have won.

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