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• GAY VILLAGE
• GAY VILLAGE
• CATEGORY:GAY VILLAG
• MANCHTER GAY VILLAGE
• BIRMGHAM GAY VILLAGE

GAY VILLAGE

Synonyms: gay neighbourhood, gay neighborhood, gaybourhood, gayborhood, gay enclave, gay ghetto, gaytto, gay district, gay quarter, gaytown. A gay village (also known as a gay neighborhood, gay ghetto, gay district, gay mec or gayborhood) is a geographil area wh generally regnized boundari, where a large number of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) people live or equent. Gay villag often nta a number of gay-oriented tablishments, such as gay bars and pubs, nightclubs, bathho, rtrants, boutiqu and bookstor.

Today, the neighborhoods n typilly be found the upsle or trendy parts of town like Manhattan, chosen for athetic or historic value, no longer rultg om the socpolil ostracizatn and the nstant threat of physil vlence om homophobic dividuals that origally motivated the muni to live together for their mutual safety. Durg the 20th century, ghetto me to be ed to scribe the areas habed by a variety of groups that mastream society emed outsi the norm, cludg not only Jews but poor people, gay men, bisexuals, and lbians, racial mori, hobos, prostut and bohemians. From one perspective, the spac are plac of margaly created by an often homophobic, biphobic, and transphobic heterosexual muny; om another perspective, they are plac of refuge where members of genr and sexual mori n benef om the ncentratn of safe, nondiscrimatory rourc and servic (jt as other mori do).

Prr to the 1960s and '70s, specialized LGBT muni did not exist as gay villag; bars were ually where LGBT social works veloped, and they were loted certa urban areas where police zong would implicly allow so-lled "viant entertament" unr close surveillance. In New York, for example, the ngregatn of gay men had not been illegal sce 1965; however, no openly gay bar had been granted a license to serve alhol.

GAY VILLAGE

The police raid of a private gay club lled the Stonewall Inn on June 27, 1969, led to a seri of mor disturbanc the neighborhood of the bar over the urse of the subsequent three days volvg more than 1, 000 people. This, along wh several other siar cints, precipated the appearance of gay ghettos throughout North Ameri, as spatial anizatn shifted om bars and street-cisg to specific neighbourhoods.

This transn "om the bars to the streets, om nightlife to daytime, om 'sexual viance' to an alternative liftyle" was the cril moment the velopment of the gay muny. This rource nnects gay villagers om all over, to provi rmatn for arts, travel, bs, gay unselg, legal servic, etc., which provis a safe and gay iendly environment for members of the gay muny. The expansn of the jobs CBDs has nstuted a signifint part of the enomic pull-factor to urban areas for lbians and gay men, plementg the attractn of the ci as centr of gay life.

They argue that the "first wave" of low-wage gay rinc the urban centers paved the way for other, more affluent gay profsnals to move to the neighborhoods; this wealthier group played a signifint role the gentrifitn of many ner cy neighborhoods. The profsors also noted that the prence of gay men the real tate dtry of San Francis was a major factor facilatg the urban renaissance of the cy the 1970s.

CATEGORY:GAY VILLAG

However, the gentrifitn of gay villag may also serve to rerce stereotyp of gays, by phg out gay people who do not nform to the prevailg "gay, whe, affluent, profsnal" image. Such people (cludg gay people of lor, low-e/workg-class gays, and "unsirable" groups such as gay prostut and leathermen) are ually forced out of the "village" due to risg rents or nstant harassment at the hands of an creased policg prence. Ci that have gay villag and are more tolerant towards gays, generally tend to have stronger, more robt, and creative enomi, as pared to ci that are ls tolerant towards gays.

MANCHTER GAY VILLAGE

Paras such as Sydney's Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras and Manchter's Pri events attract signifint vtment and create tourist revenue, and ci are begng to realize, firstly, that the acceptance of lbian and gay culture is fast beg a sign of urban "sophistitn", and sendly, that gay-oriented events, such as pri paras, the World Outgam and the Gay Gam, are potentially lucrative events, attractg thoands of gay tourists and their dollars. The growg regnn of the enomic value of the gay muny is not only associated wh their wealth but also wh the role that lbians and gay men have played (and ntue to play) urban revalizatn. In such s, gay men and lbians have bee priced-out of the ma gay village and move to other, more affordable areas, thereby creatg an entirely new gay village, also thereby furtherg the procs of gentrifitn by pricg-out long held tenants of the areas.

Some exampl clu, Chigo, gays havg moved to the Anrsonville area as an offshoot of the Boystown/Lakeview neighborhood; and New York Cy, gays havg moved to the Chelsea neighborhood as an offshoot of the Greenwich Village neighborhood.

Some gay villag are not neighborhoods at all, but stead are entirely separate municipali om the cy for which they serve as the primary gay enclave, e. "[7][8] Also Provcetown, or Ptown, was voted "Bt Rort Town 2011" by [9] The town had far more gay marriag than straight marriag performed sce 2003 when Massachetts legalized same-sex marriage. The town's var bs sponsor Gay Men's Week, Women's Week, Bear Week, Fay Week (same-sex fai), and their versn of a gay pri para, Carnival.

BIRMGHAM GAY VILLAGE

Dpe s predomantly gay populatn and higher ncentratn of gay venu, the South Beach area Miami Beach, Florida, was never exclively gay, bee of s populary among straight people alike.