Third Place of Most LGBTQ Parents: Raleigh-Durham (and Chapel Hill/Carrboro...or so we'll assume)

This newsclip from News and Observer (Raleigh):

Raleigh is one of the highest-ranked metropolitan areas in the nation for gay parents. Nearly one-third of the same-sex couples who live here are raising children under the age of 18.

The American Community Survey says Raleigh has the third-highest percentage of same-sex couples with kids among metro areas that have a population of more than 1 million. San Antonio is first, with 33.9 percent of same-sex couples raising children, and Jacksonville, Fla., is second, with 32.4 percent.

Southern cities tended to rank high in the survey, which was conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau and used population and housing data collected between 2005 and 2009.

Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/01/23/938123/raleigh-no3-in-gay-parents.html#ixzz1Btqt7vW4.

OK: I admit it: I'm surprised. Shocked. I thought that there would be other cities way ahead of us. I feel pretty much alone in being a gay parent in this area, with little awareness of other LGBTQ parents.

Bravo to us!

Pace!

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