From Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to Lake Merrt, Oakland, here are the new gayborhoods of the US.
Contents:
- MEET THE NEW GAYBORHOODS OF THE US
- THE TOP FIVE EMERGG GAY NEIGHBORHOODS OF AMERI
- THE GAY-FRIENDLY CI HAVE LOTS TO OFFER LGBTQ BUYERS—INCLUDG AFFORDABLE HOM
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
- JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
MEET THE NEW GAYBORHOODS OF THE US
* up and coming gay towns *
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THE TOP FIVE EMERGG GAY NEIGHBORHOODS OF AMERI
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Halstead Street has been the central ve nng through Chigo’s OG gayborhood, Boystown, for 50-pl years, but Clark Street, the mercial artery the heart of nearby Anrsonville, is emergg as the new ontier for LGBTQ rints.
THE GAY-FRIENDLY CI HAVE LOTS TO OFFER LGBTQ BUYERS—INCLUDG AFFORDABLE HOM
While many gay-centric bs Boystown have recently shuttered and reopened as more straight-iendly tablishments, the queer offergs Anrsonville are expandg.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
Anrsonville is proof that “gay” isn’t the only thg that mak a neighborhood great for queer rints. Cooper Do-nuts, loted on Ma Street DTLA, was once a popular fe sandwiched between two gay bars and equented by the lol queer muny. After an attempt by police to arrt patrons 1959, an army of drag queens, trans women, lbians, and gay men fought back what’s believed to be the first LGBT uprisg the Uned Stat.
LA’s LGBTQ rints began reclaimg their historic turf after three new gay bars opened 2015. Wh no need to worry about the cy’s notorly bad traffic, ’s surprisg the gay muny didn’t e home to this ‘hood sooner.
JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
The Castro San Francis is the crowng jewel of the US’s gayborhoods, but as the cy ntu gentrifyg wh the onslght of the tech dtry, many lament the loss of the neighborhood’s queer inty. Here, Lake Merrt is tchg on as an up-and-g gayborhood, but not the ways one might thk.