Neighborhoods that emerged as havens for gay Californians are now feelg the effects of risg home pric and shiftg cultural norms.
Contents:
- JT HOW GAY IS WT HOLLYWOOD?
- LOS ANGEL GAY DISTRICT: WT HOLLYWOOD (WEHO)
- GAY LOS ANGEL
- GENTRIFITN IS CHANGG CALIFORNIA’S INIC GAY MUNI
JT HOW GAY IS WT HOLLYWOOD?
At the base of the Hollywood Hills, the cy of Wt Hollywood is the centre of LGBTQ Los Angel. In 1984, Wt Hollywood beme the first majory-gay municipaly the untry, and ever sce, s rich tradn of pri and acceptance has been enjoyed by lols and visors alike. Today, LGBTQ rints prise more than 40 per cent of the 1.9-square-e muny, and the pestrian crossgs are pated as welg rabows. * west hollywood gay community *
Wt Hollywood has more gay men than many California ci have rints.
Fdg Cens-like numbers about the cy’s gay muny is challengg. The report suggts that between 30% and 40% of the cy’s adults are gay men.
It found that 39% of adults are gay men. 2% of US men self-intified as gay. There are also numbers for unmarried and married gay male upl.
LOS ANGEL GAY DISTRICT: WT HOLLYWOOD (WEHO)
The bt gay bars, dance clubs, gay-rated hotels, gay snas and gay cise clubs Los Angel. * west hollywood gay community *
Between 2012 and 2016, Wt Hollywood had an average of roughly 1, 200 unmarried gay male upl. Wt Hollywood had more unmarried gay male upl by far than Santa Moni (which had over 150 of them), Beverly Hills (ls than 50), and Culver Cy (ls than 50).
Palm Sprgs, on the other hand, had more unmarried gay upl than Wt Hollywood, both total and per hoehold. The available Cens data on married gay male upl b Wt Hollywood wh Beverly Hills and Hollywood Hills Wt. Based on the rough timat, only Palm Sprgs, San Francis’s the Castro, and part of San Diego had more married gay upl than Wt Hollywood and the adjacent areas.
To fd out more, see the full report, How many Wt Hollywood rints are gay men?
GAY LOS ANGEL
Head to the centre of gay culture Los Angel.
In 1984, Wt Hollywood beme the first majory-gay municipaly the untry, and ever sce, s rich tradn of pri and acceptance has been enjoyed by lols and visors alike. One of the most famo gay bars and nightclubs the world, The Abbey has everythg om go-go dancers to high-end cktails, and surprisgly good food. Jimmy's Backyard, a short-lived speakeasy tucked away on Cosmo Street Hollywood, opened 1929 and was one of LA's first openly gay bars.
GENTRIFITN IS CHANGG CALIFORNIA’S INIC GAY MUNI
Durg the Prohibn era, speakeasi beme a popular avenue for gay-d the “Pansy Craze” between the late 1920s and early 1930s, drag shows (before they had that name) were gag unrground populary. Jimmy’s Backyard, one of Hollywood’s first openly gay bars that opened on New Year’s Eve 1929, along wh B. Listen: When LA's Gays Went Wt.
Harassment durg the Deprsn and beyondIt wasn’t jt booze that uld get you arrted durg prohibn — gay spac were also illegal. The LAPD was jt mercils their raids of gay bars.
“The LAPD was jt mercils their raids of gay bars, ” acrdg to Lillian Farman, LGBTQ historian and a -thor of the book “Gay L. Government officials began to view the populary of “impersonator” (drag) revu — and by extensn the visibly gay muny — as part of what plunged the cy to bad enomic tim, acrdg to historil someone was nvicted of “masqueradg” (drsg drag), they uld be charged a fe or required to serve a 10-day jail stt 1930. “So, I thk that was why Wt Hollywood beme ‘the gay spot’ … was an pe om the real vicns of the LAPD.