Santa Fe makes a lot of Top 10 lists when it comes to travel and tourism. Now, the state's capital city has a new distinction.
According to a travel piece published in The Advocate, a national gay and lesbian magazine, Santa Fe is the second "gayest" city in America.
The Advocate reports that RainbowVision, a retirement community for gays, lesbians and others in Santa Fe, "has raucous drag shows at the Silver Starlight Lounge."
Mayor David Coss called The Advocate's accolades fantastic. He said Santa Fe is a tolerant community and that includes being gay-friendly.
Ranked first on The Advocate's list was Minneapolis. San Francisco rated 11th.
It's the second year The Advocate has produced the list. Author Mike Albo writes that a "completely unscientific" but "still strangely accurate" method was used to generate the rankings.
For each city, The Advocate added up numbers for Gay.com profiles, listed officiants for gay weddings within a 50-mile radius, openly gay elected officials, performances by lesbian sisters musical duo Tegan and Sara over the past five years, lesbian bars, gay and gay-friendly religious congregations and entries in YellowPages.com with "gay" in the business name or description.
The total for all factors was then divided by the city's population.
Santa Fe received zeros for gay marriage officiants and Tegan and Sara shows, The Advocate says. But it made up for that with nine gay-friendly congregations, seven lesbian bars and four openly gay elected officials.
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