Far Beyond the Gay Village: LGBTQ Urbanism and Generatn Montréal’s Mile End | SprgerLk

Contents:

• PARIS GAY DISTRICT: LE MARAIS
• THE 10 BEST PARIS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS PARIS
• GAY TOURS IN ENGLISH
• GAY PARIS
• GAY NATURIST MEN OFFERG YOU THE E OF A GUT ROOM
• 'GAY PAREE' TAK ON NEW MEANG
• TORONTO GAY DISTRICT: THE VILLAGE
• GAY VILLAGE
• FAR BEYOND THE GAY VILLAGE: LGBTQ URBANISM AND GENERATN MONTRéAL’S MILE END

PARIS GAY DISTRICT: LE MARAIS

The Marais, a rintial and entertament district for the LGBTQ+ muny; Pigalle and s former lbian barets; the Palais Royal, the place for male enunters the 18th century, and even Père Lachaise cemetery wh s tombs of well-known gay ins … Gay Paris has existed for a very long time and a range of guid tours now allows visors to disver s Gay VillageOne of the bt ways of disverg gay and lbian Paris is wh Paris Gay Village. Explore the quarter of the Malee and learn all about Jean Cocte’s life; walk around Sat-Germa-s-Prés, the hub of the LGBT muny the 1950s and 60s; and stroll through cemeteri on the lookout for the tombs of homosexual upl, uned for eterny…More on Paris Gay VillageMeetg the FrenchWant to disver the secrets of the Marais?

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THE 10 BEST PARIS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS PARIS

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GAY TOURS IN ENGLISH

Disver wh the history of homosexualy and the gay and lbian cultur Paris om the 17th century up to the 1980s thanks to our guid tours, only Paris. The major gay neighborhood, and the one that never sleeps, is the Marais, a once primarily Jewish district that sce the 1980s has been known for s many gay bars, loung and sex clubs.

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GAY PARIS

Gay B&B (28 e la Fontae Roi), gay hoehold apartment share near place la République; private room/balny/toilet, your own keys, WiFi nnectn, terrace cy views, livgroom/ kchen accs, breakfast served on your schle. Hotel Louvre Richeli (51 e Richeli; 331-4297-4620), rooms near Opera, Palais Royal Garns, Louvre, Galleri Lafayette; gay-iendly, multi-lgual staff, WiFi, breakfast.

Le Banana Cafe (13 e la Ferronnerie), young gay and mixed crowd, mostly guys and iends; affable staff, energetic go-go dancers, Oriental Ssns Middle-East/Asian mic nights, quieter chill-out piano bar downstairs. El Hombre (15 e la Reynie), gay tapas bar for bears, mic, nightly happy hours, nversatn-level mic, dance nights, drag and special events; smokers' pat.

GAY NATURIST MEN OFFERG YOU THE E OF A GUT ROOM

Gossip (16 e s Lombards), fe/ rtrant on by pestrian street, gay-popular vered terrace; men, women young and chic mix; breakfast, bnch and cktails, WiFi accs. The Labo (37 e s Lombards), day and night gay sports and karaoke men's bar, varied mic, special parti, large terrace on pestrian street, theme nights, former Wolf se.

'GAY PAREE' TAK ON NEW MEANG

CLOSED: Feelg Bar (43 e Ste-Croix--la-Bretonnerie), hole--the-wall gay neighborhood favore; Spyce Bar (23 e Ste-Croix--la-Bretonnerie), DJ cktail lounge, mostly men, baret, go-go dancers.

TORONTO GAY DISTRICT: THE VILLAGE

M'sirs Dam (30 ave Parmentier), neighborhood LGBT bar, DJ sets, gam, drag, theme party nights; QueerMs, DRH, Karaogay, Bragi Pufferfish crew and Hole Inclive events.

Krash (12 e Simon Le Franc), Marais gay fetish, cise and sex club; total-black-out, bber, leather, sports, naked and unrwear party nights - the former QG bar.

GAY VILLAGE

Gib (18 e du Fbourg du Temple, Marais), Tuday + Thursday-Saturday gay Hoe and Pop dance club near place la Republique; weekends until 7am wh sexy performers, theme nights and special events, cludg BBB, Dence, It's B* Party, MECX, Menergy, ORGY, Utopia, and more. La Boe a Frissons at Tango Ballroom (13 e Maire) Friday/ Saturday all-ag gay dance nights, tangos, waltz, cha-chas until 1am, then '70s, '80s pop hs.

Le Queen (22 e Quent Bchard, off av s Champs Elyse), mixed crowd, gay-iendly, large dance club, open nightly; Sundays ADN Deep Hoe & Hip-Hop mic. Sna Mykonos (71 e s Martyrs), zy homo enclave otherwise mostly hetero Pigalle, patrons always naked; sna, hammam, bs, slg, glory hol, vios, juice bar. Tilt Sna (41 e Sate Anne), France's first gay sna sce 1974, open daily noon to 7am, near Palais Royal amid the many Japane shops and rtrants, open all day and all night; steam, sna, cubicl, slg, backroom, glory hol and porn vios.

Café Voulez-Vo (18 e du Temple), Le Marais gay fé/bar, Italian menu, food service until midnight, weekend bnch, laid-back mostly male crowd. Jaja (37, e Qumpoix), gay-favoured chic bistro, seclud garn pat, seasonal anic menu, genero and creative artisan plat, extensive we list.

FAR BEYOND THE GAY VILLAGE: LGBTQ URBANISM AND GENERATN MONTRéAL’S MILE END

Le Who's (14 e Sat Merri), bar/rtrant open daily/nightly noon to 6am, Saturday and Sunday bnch, gay-central between L Hall and Le Marais, old Curix Spaghetti se. Legay Choc (45 e Ste-Croix la Bretonnerie, Marais) handma breads, irristible quich, k and tarts of many flavors; penis-shaped bagett, brch, and mergu sell out fast.

IEM (16 e Ste-Croix la Bretonnerie; 43 e l'Arbre-Sec), big gay DVD sectn, sex magaz, books, ics, guis, toys, accsori, unrwear, pl latex and bber attire and gear.