Gay and Lesbian Atlas Displays First Detailed Portrait of Same-Sex Households across U.S.; Available May 3.

AScribe Law News Service, March, 2004

Byline: The Urban Institute

WASHINGTON, March 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- While it may come as no surprise that San Francisco and Provincetown host large gay and lesbian populations, few might guess that Albuquerque and Jersey City are among the country's "gayest" cities or would rank North Dakota and Alabama among the states with the highest concentrations of senior gay and lesbian couples.

The Gay and Lesbian Atlas, by Urban Institute demographer Gary Gates and researcher Jason Ost, is the first book to give a detailed geographic account of America's gay and lesbian households. Published by the Urban Institute Press and available May 3, The Gay and Lesbian Atlas mines Census 2000 data on the characteristics of 594,391 same-sex "unmarried partner"...

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