Best gay retirement cities

Cost of housing is average, but all other metrics are good. Expats find its laid-back vibe appealing. South Tampa hosts the Tampa Pride festival and is home to numerous LGBT venues and businesses. As it continues to grow in popularity, Palms Spring’s cost of living has increased to an average of $2,800 per month, which is lower than other towns and cities in California.  The local airport and airlines provide retirees with the flexibility to hop on direct flights to visit other cities in the US and Canada, and Los Angeles is just a two-hour drive away.

LGBTQ+ retirees have been attracted to the city for decades because of the local carefree lifestyle and sunny weather.

The town began to establish its reputation as an LGBT-welcoming place several years ago when over 500 of its 5,000 residents turned out to participate in Moab’s first-ever Pride parade and festival. With the Equality Act still stuck in Congress, many states don’t offer protections to LGBT seniors – that’s scary!

That’s why the list above and the facilities with the SAGECare certification are so important.

Amsterdam is a great home base for LGBTQ+ retirees who can afford it and want to explore more of Western Europe. 

The picturesque City of Canals offers a variety of cuisines and diverse cultures, and it is home to rich architectural history and famous museums, such as the Van Goh Museum and Anne Frank House.  

Amsterdam has accessible public transportation via the metro, trams, buses, ferries, trains, and bicycles.

Same-sex sexual activity has been legal in Hawaii since 1973, and the state has one of the highest percentages of transgender people in the nation, reflecting the acceptance of gender fluidity in Polynesian culture in general. It’s home to both the state capital and the University of Wisconsin. Since Moab is situated in an arid high desert region, it experiences chilly winters and warm summers with light annual precipitation and snowfall.

However, Moab is remote.

Saugatuck’s Oval Beach has been named one of the top 25 beaches in the world by Conde Nast and the nearby sand dunes are visually stunning. The Turtle Creek Chorale has been one of the country’s best-regarded men’s choruses for decades. It:

• Protects against creditors: Debts don’t disappear when you die. While still not a gay mecca (its MEI is score 90 but it suffers with regard to LGBT-friendly hospitals), it scores better than average in cost of living, real estate, healthcare, and crime rate.

  Las Vegas, Nevada

  Las Vegas has the lowest MEI score of these cities, with a still-respectable 87.

  So, if you’re spending $50,000 a year, you’ll likely need between $35 and $ 40,000 a year.

  3. The cost of living, house prices, and taxes are all relatively affordable in Dallas.

  Denver, Colorado

  The Denver area is home to the nation’s ninth largest per-capita LGBT population, as well as a thriving LGBT and cultural scene.

  Warm days and balmy nights make for easy living, and for people who don’t like to wear a lot of clothes, it’s an opportunity to show and see some skin. Summer temps can reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit for weeks in a row.

  In terms of healthcare, Palm Springs has good, world-class options for medical care and hospitals. Likewise, while employment discrimination based on sexual orientation was legal federally until 2020, California has protected its citizens based on sexual orientation and gender identity since 2003.

  We need a community to stay personally engaged and mentally stimulated.

  Not being out to our financial network

  People find it only slightly less challenging to come out of the closet about their finances than they do their sexual orientation or gender identity. House prices and cost of living are close to the national averages.

  The gay community helped revitalize tourism in South Beach (at the southern tip of Miami Beach) in the 1990s after decades of stagnation, and even if South Beach isn’t exactly the gay mecca that it was during the Clinton years, the LGBTQ community is still extremely visible.

  “There are people from Manhattan who have dreamed of moving to Miami,” says real estate advisor Brian Rokicki.

  In pre-colonial Hawaii, there was no stigma attached to partners of the same gender, called aikāne, while māhū (the term refers to people with both male and female spirits) were also accepted, even revered, in pre-colonization times.