Gay Gui to Brooklyn - LGBTQ Travel Tips (NYC)

Contents:

• MOVG TO LGBT NEW YORK CY, NEW YORK? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
• THE TOP FIVE EMERGG GAY NEIGHBORHOODS OF AMERI
• NEW YORK CY GAY TRAVEL
• MOVG TO LGBT BROOKLYN? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
• THE 30 BT GAY BARS NYC
• MEET THE NEW GAYBORHOODS OF THE US
• 8 POPULAR GAY HOTELS NEW YORK CY
• LGBTQ BROOKLYN – A GAY GUY’S WEEKEND GUI TO BROOKLYN
• ONCE A CCIAL REFUGE, ‘GAYBORHOODS’ LOSE L.G.B.T.Q. RINTS MAJOR CI

MOVG TO LGBT NEW YORK CY, NEW YORK? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

” The uprisg, largely led by transgenr women, put the Village, and New York Cy, on the map as a gay mec, and spurred the creatn of LGBT rights groups natnwi.

THE TOP FIVE EMERGG GAY NEIGHBORHOODS OF AMERI

The list shows that gayborhoods have evolved om plac anchored by servic, bars, and large queer muni — like the Village and Chelsea — to smaller, more diffe enclav throughout the boroughs. Although the servic and bars are ls ncentrated, the existence of newer gayborhoods monstrate the ntued need for LGBTQ safe havens, s for anizg and ristg the stat quo, and plac to socialize and love eely are still need.

In many neighborhoods, New York Cy’s openly gay and lbian elected officials not only reprent their muni, but have been a drivg force makg their muni more welg to LGBTQ dividuals.

(There are currently five members of Cy Council’s LGBT Cc, four openly gay or lbian state legislators, and gubernatorial ndidate Cynthia Nixon is openly bisexual. Chelsea is home to proment natnal LGBTQ anizatns, like the media watchdog, GLAAD; the Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network (GLSEN); and a Servic & Advocy for GLBT Elrs (SAGE) office. “It is still one of the largt centers of LGBTQ bars, anizatns, historic s and monuments, like the Stonewall Natnal Monument and the Gay Liberatn sculpture, and remas the disputably appropriate lotn for the NYC Pri March to culmate, ” Kancilia said.

NEW YORK CY GAY TRAVEL

The ftival was anized by the Third Avenue Bs Improvement District, which held a fundraiser for — lled the “Big Gay Bronx Bnch” — at Charlie’s Bar & Kchen Mott Haven’s hip, historic clock tower buildg. Earlier this year Dtatn Tomorrow announced plans to build an LGBT center Melrose to further provi safe spac for the Bronx LGBT muny and work to end homophobia and transphobia.

Beyond this clter of nightlife optns, the neighborhood is home to the Queens Pri Hoe, the Queens Center for Gay Senrs and the Dari Project, a grassroots group aimed at creasg acceptance of LGBTQ people of Korean scent Korean Amerin muni. “Dpe havg the send largt pri para the cy, LGBTQ muny groups are still workg hard to fight homophobic and transphobic vlence the area, ” Kancilia said.

MOVG TO LGBT BROOKLYN? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

“Followg two recent attacks on gay and trans dividuals, one that reportedly occurred hours after this year’s pri para and another jt four days later, lol groups quickly mobilized to hold a rally to voice ncerns and promote tolerance. The analysis also looked at the Natnal Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce’s public list of LGBT-owned bs, intified out LGBTQ elected officials currently office and referenced the NYC LGBT Historic S Project for further ntext. No other neighborhood New York Cy (and perhaps, the untry) holds as much historil and cultural signifince for s role the gay liberatn movement as Greenwich Village.

Ed data sets, cludg cens data and the Natnal Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce’s public list of LGBT-owned bs, to velop an algorhm that intified the amount of LGBTQ bars, venu, social servic, muny anizatns, and var groups wh neighborhoods. Dpe havg homophobic and transphobic vlence the area recent years, Jackson Heights Queens was regnized sce is home to the send largt pri para the cy and has plenty of grassroots anizatns that are workg to crease acceptance the muny.

THE 30 BT GAY BARS NYC

It was home to a handful of gay bars like The Eagle and The Spike, as well as one of the first known gay dance clubs, Seventeenth Saloon, where an eclectic range of gay men mgled. Rent was nsirably cheaper than the popular, next-door neighborhood of the Wt Village, and gay-owned shops eventually opened along Eighth Avenue.

Through the s, gay bars ntued to open, like Splash, Barracuda, and G Lounge, and morn, gay-owned boutiqu like Mal + Goetz started replacg ubiquo sex shops. No other neighborhood was more gay-approved, though Chelsea’s strength beme s weakns: the neighborhood was gettg crowd, mercialized, and too expensive for longtime rints. When nobody thought Chelsea uld be out-gayed, gay men and women started headg north where they sentially found Hell’s Kchen at the turn of the 21st century.

Hell’s Kchen was rough around the edg, but paratively cheaper and already settled by a small muny of gay artists, dancers, and performers nsirg s close proximy to the Theater District. Two relatively unknown gay bars were slgg cktails and blastg show tun and, soon enough, the unr-the-radar Hell’s Kchen somewhat rivaled Chelsea, boastg more than a dozen gay bar opengs wh the past 15 years, and beg home to a thrivg LGBT muny.

MEET THE NEW GAYBORHOODS OF THE US

Hell’s Kchen beme the new Chelsea, though too fell victim to gay gentrifitn where rents often doubled, rporatns set up shop, and many rints uld no longer afford .

Like Chelsea and Hell’s Kchen, many distctive neighborhoods across Ameri have served as a bastn for gay men and women, providg a safe space and forward-thkg muny sce the morn gay movement began.

The Castro San Francis, Wt Hollywood Los Angel, the French Quarter New Orleans, Midtown Atlanta, and the South End of Boston are natnally known, trendsettg, and predomately gay neighborhoods that celebrate gay culture and liftyle. For s, the neighborhoods have served as exemplary mols for rints and travelers alike, and they’ll always be legendary pneers the gayborhood movement.

8 POPULAR GAY HOTELS NEW YORK CY

As the world turns, other neighborhoods grow wh gay pri, fueled by progrsive men and women seekg affordable rent, bigger spac, a sense of muny, and overall nvenience, both for livg and bs.

The emergg neighborhoods also give gay travelers plenty more to explore when visg their favore ci, and there’s nothg more excg than immersg the next great gay neighborhood when ’s g to s own. We traveled the untry to fd the most excg, emergg neighborhoods that are on the brk of natnal gay fame thanks to an flux of LGBT rints and bs, outstandg qualy of life, and, most importantly, a welg muny. From Los Angel to New Orleans, the dynamic ci are home to flourishg gayborhoods that are rapidly growg, and they are sted to bee perennial favor for s to e.

LGBTQ BROOKLYN – A GAY GUY’S WEEKEND GUI TO BROOKLYN

The Mile High Cy hosted one of the first pri paras the USA, gay anizatns (like The Colorado Gay Roo Associatn) were thrivg the early 80s, was one of the first municipali to adopt an anti-discrimatn policy 1990, and PriFt ranks as one of the largt gay pri week- ends Ameri wh more than 350, 000 people celebratg.

ONCE A CCIAL REFUGE, ‘GAYBORHOODS’ LOSE L.G.B.T.Q. RINTS MAJOR CI

Today, the gays are quietly migratg north to the burgeong River North (RiNo) Art District neighborhoods, the hottt new area Denver wh recently erected ndos and lofts, sprawlg parks, trendy new bs, and art galleri mixed wh historic wareho and factori.

Tracks was RiNo before RiNo was even on the map, and the club is known for s themed nights cludg Bab Around Denver, an after-hours social group for gay women. The state is also the world headquarters of the Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats, which has been very active monstratg s anti-gay beliefs on the muny. Openly gay Utah State Senator Jim Dabakis, who -found the Utah Pri Center and Equaly Utah, was appoted to office December 2012, and Jackie Biskupsi was sworn as Salt Lake Cy’s first openly gay mayor January 2016.