The Daily Show says, “Minneapolis is the new gay”

San Francisco may be known for the gay rights movement, the village of Castro, and a rainbow-bedecked annual parade that’s been marching for more than 40 years, but Minneapolis is still on top. That was the news in January, anyway, when national gay mag The Advocate declared Minneapolis the queerest city of all. (Don’t pay any attention to the fact that one of the determining factors in our gayness was the number of Tegan And Sara shows held here in the past five years. And just to extend this sidenote about ridiculous national rankings: Does St. Paul not make this queer list solely because it was once named Pig’s Eye, or something? Are our Twin Cities not equally gay? They’re practically snuggling.) Anyway, The Daily Show finally stomped on this survey in a segment Monday, framing the issue as the sad decline of a once-great American city. The show visits a balls-out kind of San Franciscan, who seems outraged at the city’s paltry gay rank. He’s the type of dude who thinks that being gay means seeing leather, boas, and naked people while out on your evening stroll. Then the show visits a straight-laced gay Minneapolis couple, whose idea of homo involves frequent trips to Target. The mishmash, delivered in exaggerated reporter deadpan by correspondent Jason Jones, is hilarious.