Following the Supreme Court's decision earlier this week, 27 states and the District of Columbia are now issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. David Mendoza, using US Census Bureau, Williams Institute, and Gallup data, estimated that 57.4 percent — a majority — of LGBT Americans live in states that allow them to marry.
Update: Added a current version of the map.
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