The Top Five Emergg Gay Neighborhoods of Ameri ⋆ Passport Magaze

Contents:

• MEET THE NEW GAYBORHOODS OF THE US
• THE TOP FIVE EMERGG GAY NEIGHBORHOODS OF AMERI
• 100+ GAYBORHOODS, GAY VILLAG, AND GAYTN DTATNS THE USA
• THE PAST & PRENT OF GAY NEIGHBORHOODS (GAYBORHOODS) THE UNED STAT
• TOP 17 GAYT CI AMERI [REPORT 2023]
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• DISVER THE COOLT, QUIRKIT, AND PROUST GAYBORHOODS THE U.S.
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• THE TOP TEN GAYBORHOODS NORTH AMERI
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
• GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN
• BT GAY NEIGHBORHOODS AMERI
• THE 9 BT GAY-FRIENDLY CI THE US

MEET THE NEW GAYBORHOODS OF THE US

7 acr of the Wt Village, cludg ty Christopher Park, home to Gee Segal’s strikg “Gay Liberatn” sculptur, and, as of June 1, 2022, the first flagpole on feral land to fly a rabow flag. ” The cy’s downtown Gayborhood (y, that’s really what lols ll ) is home to gay-owned bars, rtrants and shops, cludg Philly AIDS Thrift, the rner store that once hoed famo queer bookstore Gvanni’s Room; you’ll see s historic marker out ont.

There are a few Cap Hill mts for LGBTIQ+ visors, cludg gay-owned Hamburger Mary’s and s zty queens; new--2019, bear-spired Denver Sweet bar; and Blh & Blu, the cy’s lbian-centric ffee and cktail outpost. While the French Quarter has several fun LGBTIQ+ bars and clubs, ’s well worth the walk east, past Frenchmen Street, to reach the Bywater’s classic div, hidn urtyard eateri, vtage shops and the always-worthwhile, gay-owned Country Club (rerve early for smashg weekend drag bnch). Soclogist Am Ghaziani suggts that LGBTQ urban are foregog the ia of a sgular gayborhood exchange for what he refers to as cultural archipelagos: queer pockets throughout a cy’s landspe that reflect a diverse exprsn of sexuali and liftyl.

THE TOP FIVE EMERGG GAY NEIGHBORHOODS OF AMERI

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. 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.

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. There’s only one gay waterg hole of which to speak — Port Bar, which opened 2016 — and while a brand-new LGBTQ Comuny Center opened 2017, there isn’t much else the vicy directly related to queer life. Buckhead, home to Woof’s, Atlanta’s only gay sports bar, is a popular statn close to queer waterg hol around Ansley Mall (Osr’s Bar, Mixx, and Felix’s Atlanta are jt a few worthy of note).

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Sure, the area is home to JR’s and a handful of other popular gay bars, but as rents have bee too expensive for all but the wealthy, many queer rints are head eastward and takg the gay tablishments wh them.

Both gay tablishments mix wh a ser cuise scene (check out Le Diplomate for lic French lici), world-class performance venu (see what’s playg at Stud Theater), and classic Victorian archecture that rivals what you’ll fd the old ‘hood.

THE PAST & PRENT OF GAY NEIGHBORHOODS (GAYBORHOODS) THE UNED STAT

The recently opened 3 Dollar Bill, a queer event and performance space, attracts an eclectic crowd wh parti thrown by people like nightlife legend Sanne Bartsch, pop-mic prce Ty Sunrland, and the hedonistic homos behd Bt.

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.

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.

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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. 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.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

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. 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.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

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. 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. 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.

On The Marlama’s ial “gay-trifitn, ” lols would pot their fger to Club JAM, a gay bar that opened 2007 and first planted LGBT roots the neighborhood, “When Club JAM opened 2007, was the first domo that got thgs movg the Marmala neighborhood, ” says club owner and young entreprenr Jason Olsen. The Marlama is close to other gay hot spots, rent is cheap, there is easy accs to major eeways and roads, and ’s nveniently loted near downtown, where visors n stay at gay-iendly hotels like Kimpton Hotel Mona Salt Lake Cy, which is close to the hood. As harmful anti-LGBTQIA legislatn ntually pass the US, ’s important now more than ever to protect and support gayborhoods, LGBTQ-owned bs, and statns that go above and beyond for LGBTQ+ travelers and lols.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

California Tower District, Frno Guerneville The Broadway Corridor, Long Beach Castro District, San Francis Palm Sprgs Lavenr Heights, Sacramento Hillcrt, San Diego San Jose Wt Hollywood, Los Angel Oakland Colorado Capol Hill, Denver River North, Denver Connecticut New Haven Delaware Rehoboth Beach “The New P-Town” Move over P-Town, there’s a new flamg gay beach statn town.

Petersburg Wilton Manors, Fort Lrdale Geia Midtown, Atlanta Chhire Bridge Road, Atlanta Ansley Mall, Atlanta Detur Idaho North End, Boise Illois Anrsonville, Chigo Edgewater (Hollywood Beach – gay beach) Northalsted, Chigo (aka “Boystown”) Indiana Beverly Shor Bloomgton Downtown, Indianapolis Herron-Morton Place, Indianapolis Mass Ave Arts District, Indianapolis Kentucky The Highlands, Louisville Lols say Louisville is the gayt cy Kentucky (though Lexgton is a close send). Louisana Fbourg Marigny, New Orleans French Quarter, New Orleans P-Town (aka Pigeon Town/Pensn Town), New Orleans Mae Ogunqu “Mae’s Official Gay Neighborhood” If Mae had an official gay neighborhood, would be Ogunqu. Maryland Mount Vernon, Baltimore Frerick Massachetts Jamai Pla, Boston South End, Boston Salem Somerville Northampton Provcetown (aka “P-Town”) For s, Provcetown, aka P-Town, has been one of the most popular (if not, THE most popular) gaytn spots the US, and the world.

Michigan Douglas Ferndale, Detro Eastown, Grand Rapids Kerrytown, Ann Arbor @urtneytheexplorer Geo, geo, Grand Rapids ⭐️ (AD) Jt 3 hours om Chigo, you’ll fd Grand Rapids, Michigan, an up-and-g queer-iendly cy recently ranked one of the gayt ci Ameri! (For me: art/culture, good food, shops, and ol archecture) #lgbttravel #lgbtqtravel #lbiantravel #grandrapids #ExperienceGR #ExperienceGrandRapids #lgbtqgrandrapids #gaygrandrapids #midwttravel #wlwtravel ♬ home – hello! Louis Nebraska Old Market, Omaha Nevada F Loop, Las Vegas New Hampshire Keene Somersworth New Jersey Asbury Park Atlantic Cy Cape May Collgswood Jersey Cy, Hudson County Maplewood, Essex County Mill Hill (Trenton), Mercer County Ocean Grove, Monmouth County Plafield, Unn County South Orange, Essex County New Mexi Albuquerque Santa Fe New York Chelsea, New York Cy (Manhattan) Christopher Street, Wt Village/Greenwich Village, New York Cy (Manhattan) Hell’s Kchen, New York Cy (Manhattan) Inwood, New York Cy (Manhattan) Washgton Heights, New York Cy (Manhattan) Park Slope, New York Cy (Brooklyn) Jackson Heights, New York Cy (Queens) Allentown, Buffalo Park Avenue, Rochter Hawley-Green Historic District, Syrace Lark Street, Albany Cherry Grove & Fire Island P Wele to “Ameri’s First Gay and Lbian Town.

DISVER THE COOLT, QUIRKIT, AND PROUST GAYBORHOODS THE U.S.

The Gayborhood), Philalphia Wt Mount Airy, Philalphia New Hope, Bucks County Shadysi, Ptsburgh Mexin War Streets, Ptsburgh Puerto Ri Condado, San Juan Puerto Ri is one of the most acceptg travel statns the Caribbean for los gays and ranked one of the bt plac to travel for lbians. Salt Lake Cy was the first cy Utah to pass anti-discrimatn ordanc based on sexual orientatn, had an openly lbian mayor and has a street named after the famo gay rights activist Harvey Milk. The ntemporary homosexual rights activism is said to have begun New York, and there’s no doubt that the Stonewall Inn rt 1969 marked a turng pot for gay people worldwi.

Although the Hays Co prohibed any reference films and “immoraly rtrictns” performers’ als forced them to rema the dark, gay life Los Angel existed for a very long time before did most other ci the US.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

There’s the Chigo Gay and Lbian Hall of Fame, the Natnal Gay and Lbian Sports Hall of Fame, the Gerber/Hart Library, the Leather Archiv and Mm and the Legacy Walk – the world’s only outdoor queer history mm. Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league. Logan Circle, Washgton, DC | Nile Glass Photography/ShutterstockLogan Circle, Washgton, DC | Nile Glass Photography/ShutterstockAcross the US, ci large and small, gay neighborhoods (gayborhoods) stand rolute as welg havens for travelers om every lor of the rabow.

Along wh popular ins like The Castro San Francis or Chelsea New York Cy, which mand a queer pilgrimage and of themselv, you’ll fd all styl of gay neighborhoods elsewhere, om up-and-g Pri muni to the vnted streets of Wt Hollywood. The are our picks for some of the bt gayborhoods the Marmala District, Salt Lake CyFor a place known for s Mormonism, Salt Lake Cy certaly has one of the cutt and quirkit on-the-rise gayborhoods the US: the Marmala District.

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More peaceful and rintial than the typil gayborhood, The Marmala exus an almost small-town pastoral charm, where the air is agrant wh u tre, rabow flags flap the breeze, and same-sex upl share humm at queer-owned Laziz rtrant. The Mass Ave Arts District scratch all of those ch, wh s queer-adored venu like the District Theatre for queer shows like The Goln Gays, Metro gay bar for late-night dancg, Zonie’s Closet for drag shows, and Forty Five Degre for shi and cktails. Today, though, thgs have taken an extraordary turn, as RiNo is home to queer-n galleri (like artist Tracy Weil’s); street murals clad wh rabows and hearts; Bee Sweet, a trans-iendly hair salon that pric by the hour rather than the genr; and Tracks, one of Denver’s premier gay clubs, which has been spng dis balls and hostg Pri parti long before the neighborhood had a hip nickname.

Wynwood, Miami When to inic—or dare we say stereotypil—gay culture Miami, South Beach tends to take the spotlight for s late-night clubs, neon lights, and ee-flowg vodka sodas. Wynwood began hostg s own pri ftival 2019, providg a more chill gayborhood optn for LGBTQIA+ lols and visors wh live mic, drag performanc, and llaborative programmg wh area bs like art galleri, rtrants, shops, and breweri. The rt of the year Wynwood, where rabow murals are evergreen and queer artists are well reprented at the famed Wynwood Walls, the neighborhood is home to one of the cy’s most popular drag bnch at the gay-owned R Hoe, as well as the equally popular weekly drag night seri, Double Stubble, at Circle, Washgton, DCHome to the US Supreme Court and the Human Rights Campaign, DC is the epicenter of many major ton for the LGBTQIA+ muny.

Fally, treat yourself to a lash lift at the queer-owned Logan 14 Aveda Salon Spa, which puts particular emphasis on welg and supportg the trans Hollywood, Los Angel County In 1970, Wt Hollywood hosted the first permted gay pri para the world. Northalsted, Chigo It’s hard to believe that a baseball’s toss om Wrigley Field and Wrigleyville, an area on Chigo’s north si known for straight bro stereotyp, li one of the most vibrant and expansive gayborhoods the natn. Instantly regnizable by s soarg rabow pylons lg the ma thoroughfare of North Halsted Street (hence the neighborhood name, Northalsted, a more clive name change om s prev moniker of Boystown), this is one of the olst areas the US to be officially regnized as a gay neighborhood.

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The touristy Quarter, home to the cy’s inic Mardi Gras celebratns and the annual Southern Dence gay event, will always be an LGBTQIA+ mec, but jt beyond the her reach of Bourbon Street li a lmer, grtier, and arguably more thentic alternative for queer-iendly spac.

Before jog Jacksonville’s achg staff, he was a strength ach for the football teams at Baylor and Febary 2022, Maxen reached out to NFL player Carl Nassib, who me out as gay 2021, to seek advice. If you're lookg for a great gayborhood be sure to read uld be argued that there is ls need for distct gayborhoods the 21st century, as the wave of LGBT+ rights and growg acceptance of genr inti and sexual orientatns. What's more, many of them are numbered among the world's bt party our roundup of the top 10 bt gay districts Quarter, New OrleansFew ci n strike a balance between prerved historil signifince and a lively, thrivg, and tablished gay scene que like New Orleans.

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New York’s gayborhood ed to be centered around the bohemian neighborhoods of the East Village and Greenwich, however, recent years Hell’s kchen has solidified s reputatn as the cy’s primary gay district. Much like many of the world’s other gay districts, Hell’s Kchen was once a dangero, grotty, and squalid neighborhood of New York - as the name suggts - before beg veloped and transformed to the shg upmarket home of the cy’s gay populatn.

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The gayborhood has a long history of providg a safe haven to the outsirs and outsts of Chigo, wh thoands of LGBT+ people movg here throughout the end of the 20th Anrsonville has undoubtedly bee more gentrified recent tim, the area still retas s somewhat grty and thentic charm. Read More: A Gay Gui to Mexi Hollywood, Los AngelWt Hollywood is the primary statn for the gay muny and culture Los Angel and is arguably the most regnizable and well-known gayborhood the world. The area has a strong and enigmatic gay populatn, wh over 40% of WeHo’s populatn intifyg as LGBT+, and this is noticeable whilst strollg down any of s inic boulevards.

The area is also a hub of upmarket liftyle and retail, wh the streets of Wt Hollywood hostg flagship stor om some of fashn's biggt neighborhood is home to one of the USA's most ncentrated and promisg gay nightlife scen wh 25 gay bars and clubs terg to a variety of terts and tast.

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The epicenter of Wt Hollywood after nightfall is Santa Moni Boulevard when the street alive wh gay lols and tourists alike keen to experience a taste of Wt Hollywood party culture. Read More: Thgs To Do Wt Village, MontrealYou wouldn’t necsarily expect to fd a vibrant, forward-thkg, and btlg gay district the pal of French Canada, but Montreal has actually been one of North Ameri’s gayt ci for s, leadg the way for gay rights across the ntent and settg a global standard for the treatment of LGBT+ people.