Topic > The Difference Between Prejudice and Discrimination

For example, according to GayCities.com, Dupont Circle, in Washington, DC, is a gay-friendly neighborhood and has more than 60 gay-friendly venues. These places include gay-friendly restaurants, bars, nightclubs, galleries, hotels, clinics, among others. Pentagon City, Virginia, however, lists only two gay-friendly places. In an article in the New York Times, Jeremy Peters states that according to Gallup, the District of Columbia has the highest percentage of adults who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. Additionally, he adds that the Census Bureau found that the District of Columbia had the highest percentage of same-sex couple households in the United States, and "ranked much higher than the 50 states, at 4 percent." In 2013, the national average was just 1%. (Peter,