I would bet, without looking, there is a direct correlation between the “Gayest” and the most urbanized.
Oregon “urbanized?” Nope...correlates to something else.
...thirty-five years have passed since the infamous Stonewall riots of 1969 in New York, the Lexington and Concord of the gay liberation movement. During that time, homosexuals have carved out for themselves public spaces in every major American city, and many of the minor ones as well. They have had the chance to create whatever they wanted in those spaces, and what have they created? New spaces for locating sexual partners.-- Ronald G. Lee, "The Books Were a Front for the Porn: The Truth About the Homosexual Rights Movement," Virtue Online (https://virtueonline.org/books-were-front-porn)
A great essay, if you haven't already had the chance to read it.
“I would bet, without looking, there is a direct correlation between the “Gayest” and the most urbanized.”
Vermont and New Hampshire are not exactly urban jungles, yet they are high on the list.
This is about percentages of population.
Rural states will score high.