These Are The Best And Worst Cities For Families, According To WalletHub
A new report from personal finance social network WalletHub ranks the best and worst cities for families in 2015.

The top five family-friendly cities are Overland Park, KS; Plano, TX; Virginia Beach, VA; Lincoln, NE; and Sioux Falls, SD — while the bottom five were Jackson, MS; Birmingham, AL; Detroit, MI; Miami, FL; and Baton Rouge, LA. To see each more city rankings, hover over the map below.

Looking at metrics like health, safety, education, child care, affordability and availability of family activities, researchers compared and ranked the 150 most populated U.S. cities.

WalletHub’s report also highlights some more specific statistics about median family salaries, divorce rates, playgrounds per capita, and more. For example, Madison, WI was shown to have the highest number of playgrounds per capita while Hialeah, FL had the fewest.

Visit WalletHub for more information about the rankings and methodology behind this report.

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Welcome to the future…of Towleroad

Welcome to the first phase of the Towleroad redesign which includes our new logo; a cleaned up design from top to bottom; the addition of channels and other ways to better navigate the depth of content in the site; and a more organized site structure that reflects our staggering growth over the past 12 years.

Towleroad has transformed from Andy’s personal blog into the more sophisticated news site produced by our team of more than 25 employees and freelance contributors.

A lot of thought and work went into this, and we had the benefit of the expert mind and design sense of Tadeu Magalhães, a New York-based graphic designer and art director who was already a part of the Towleroad team as one of three founders of the house music collective Occupy the Disco, whose OXD Mirror column inspires us every week.

Said Tadeu: “It has been a pleasure and honor to be involved in the redesign as well as being a collaborator in such an important website for the gay community…I truly hope the redesign of Towleroad is well received as a major improvement to a website that constantly works to keep our community strong, united and up-to-date.”

We’ve wanted to change many things for a long while but have been held back by our legacy technology platform. So, we finally bit the bullet. A huge part of this redesign you can’t see — a migration of the whole site to the industry-leading WordPress platform. And while it was far from trivial to move the 50,000 posts and close to 1 million comments, it means we can now be more agile and responsive going forward. (Though it also means some features may take a few days to update. Patience. Thanks.)

Since the two of us joined forces to became business partners almost 10 years ago, we’ve come a long way because of your intense and ongoing support! And we still need it…

As online media consolidates, it’s harder and harder to publish independently, especially maintaining the journalistic, eclectic, quality, and safe-for-work mix we are committed to. (Rest assured that while we’re updating the look, we’re not changing that.)

It really does makes a material difference when you share our posts on Facebook and elsewhere. Please do when you like a post. (And please, like our page on Facebook if you haven’t).

And you’re in good company! Towleroad continues to reach more gay influentials than any other. You are more engaged, more social, and more involved than the audience of any other LGBT site.

We hope you’re as excited about the new directions and opportunities as we are.

Andy Towle and Michael Goff

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Surprising No One, Jeb Bush Announces Presidential Campaign

With a sigh, the former Florida governor said the words he’s been holding back for months: He’s running for president.

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Chobani Debuts Stunning — And Sexy — Lesbian-Themed Commercial

Greek yogurt giant Chobani is celebrating LGBT Pride Month with a stunning — and sexy — new commercial. 

Released June 15, the “Simply 100” commercial shows a lesbian couple sharing an intimate moment before breakfast in bed. 

The new clip is part of Chobani’s “Love This Life” creative campaign, which aims to highlight “real, authentic moments in life — modern American stories.” The inclusive message of the ad, a Chobani spokeperson told The Huffington Post via email, is in line with the company’s longtime support of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. 

“As part of our founding mission to make better food for more people, inclusiveness is at the heart of Chobani,” the spokesperson added. “We’re proud that our products are enjoyed by all and we celebrate that diversity whenever — and however — we can.”

It isn’t the first time that Chobani has spoken out in support of LGBT rights. Last year, officials released an image of stacked yogurt cups representing the colors of the rainbow with the tagline “Naturally Powering Everyone,” just days after the the company, which was a sponsor of the United States Olympic Committee and Team USA, publicly denounced Russia’s “gay propaganda” laws. 

At the time, the Russian legislation, which imposes fines and even jail time on individuals who are deemed to be distributing “gay propaganda” to minors, had sparked an international backlash in advance of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. 

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Jeb Bush Launches Campaign Days Before SCOTUS Ruling on Marriage Equality: Here’s Where He Stands

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush made his long-expected campaign launch official today, entering the race just days before the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue its ruling in Obergefell v Hodges
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The Most Common (And Ridiculous) Gay Myths Debunked

The good folks over at BuzzFeed have done the world a favor with a short film debunking misunderstandings about the gays just in time for Pride and, with any luck, marriage equality.

Related: Five Straight Guy Myths About Gay Guys In The Locker Room

The video answers the most common (and ridiculous) questions some people maintain well after they have been debunked: Are gay people more promiscuous than straight people? Are lesbians repulsed by men? Do gay parents produce gay children? Can a person be gay and religious?

Related: Is It True What They Say About Black Men?

Check out the video below. And feel free to send it along to your crazy Uncle Jim who dwells in the right-wing echo chamber.

Graham Gremore

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News: Jurassic World, Baptists, Janet Jackson, North Carolina

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PHOTOS: Tatum, Bomer Help Make Magic at L.A. Pride

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Emotional Dove Men+Care Ad Shows Unsuspecting Men Finding Out They're Going To Be Dads
The moment a dad-to-be learns he’s going to become a parent typically involves an overwhelming rush of emotions.

Dove Men+Care celebrates this powerful time in a dad’s life with a new Father’s Day-themed ad. Titled “First Fatherhood Moments,” the video features personal clips from 13 real dads, as they share “their authentic authentic and unfiltered reactions” to this life-changing news.

As part of Dove Men+Care’s #RealStrength campaign, the ad showcases masculinity in relation to caregiving and features the caption, “Real strength means showing you care even from the very first moment.”

Happy Father’s Day!

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Exclusive Video: Expert Shares Story Behind Hollingsworth v. Perry

In a new exclusive video, author Kenji Yoshino shares highlights behind the historic marriage equality case Hollingsworth v. Perry.
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