Seattle Next Gay Ghetto - The Stranger

Contents:

• MOVG TO LGBTQ SEATTLE? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
• SEATTLE GAY CY GUI - THE EMERALD CY
• SEATTLE NEXT GAY GHETTO
• VLENCE CAPOL HILL: IS THIS THE END OF THE LE FOR SEATTLE'S GAY NEIGHBORHOOD?
• SEATTLE’S BT GAY CLUBS, SHOPS, AND BARS
• MAP: IS SEATTLE’S ‘GAYBORHOOD’ VANISHG?
• THERE GO THE GAYBORHOOD
• SEATTLE GAY BARS
• THE STRANGER'S GUI TO THE BT GAY CLUBS, SHOPS, AND BARS SEATTLE

MOVG TO LGBTQ SEATTLE? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

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Jt east of downtown, Capol Hill has long been the Seattle’s gay epicenter and home to artists, hipsters, stunts and now-famo micians, not to mentn some of the bt rtrants, bars, ffee shops, live mic venu and public parks. Non-prof social/charable anizatn whose purpose is to provi funds and servic to other non-profs wh the gay and lbian muny of Seattle and Kg County Washgton. Found 1994, NWLGHMP is an anizatn which rearch, terprets and munit the history of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people the Pacific Northwt for the purpos of study, tn and enjoyment.

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SEATTLE GAY CY GUI - THE EMERALD CY

The Capol Hill neighborhood is known as Seattle’s gay epicenter and featur rabow-lored crosswalks and an array of ways to get to the cy’s LGBTQ scene.

When relotg to LGBTQ Seattle, you should be aware that there are a few areas that are close to all the fantastic gay clubs and nightlife, allowg you to pull your U-Hl up to your new hoe a gay-iendly neighborhood of town. If you’re a lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or queer person seekg a welg neighborhood wh facili you’ll cherish, start wh the top gay and gay-iendly Seattle neighborhoods to disver your perfect new home. This might sound a ltle odd at first, but there are plenty of reasons why a gay realtor Seattle is your bt bet lookg for the home of your dreams.

Everyone should be assured of a pleasant, smooth home buyg or sellg experience while beg fully reprented – and that is why we believe you should let a gay realtor help you fd your next home. Instead of jt beg ncerned by how by, trendy, or up-and-g a neighborhood is (or what may look like), gay realtors do a ep dive to the areas they sell ho to make sure they are safe for their clients.

SEATTLE NEXT GAY GHETTO

Thankfully, you no longer have to hunt for a realtor whout knowg if they are acceptg of others, as you n e a directory of gay, lbian, and gay-iendly agents Seattle to do all the legwork for you.

Jt vis the page, and you’ll stantly be prented wh a ee list of gay, lbian, and gay-iendly agents who uld not only assist you wh your move but also provi other beneficial rmatn such as help wh LGBT+iendly schools, shoppg, storage pani, ntractors, etc. Boastg the send largt LGBTQ populatn the Uned Stat after San Francis, as no surprise that there is a very dynamic and lively gay area Seattle.

VLENCE CAPOL HILL: IS THIS THE END OF THE LE FOR SEATTLE'S GAY NEIGHBORHOOD?

Most of the Seattle gay...Boastg the send largt LGBTQ populatn the Uned Stat after San Francis, as no surprise that there is a very dynamic and lively gay area Seattle. While the area is nsirably large, you n fd the majory of gay life on Pe and Pike Streets, which are spillg wh plenty of gay bars, rtrants, and clubs. Beyond the gay nightlife, there are so many thgs to do Capol Hill, cludg shoppg for hidn treasur, attendg shows at mic and theater venu, and (of urse) eatg at some of the cy’s bt rtrants.

When out gay men and lbians moved to ndown urban neighborhoods the late '60s and early '70s, they rented apartments no one else wanted, started bs on blocks where no one else thought bs uld thrive, and had sex unr bh that no one else wanted to have sex unr. Neighborhoods like New York's East Village, San Francis's Castro, Chigo's Lake View, and Seattle's Capol Hill slowly gentrified, wh hors of gays and lbians makg the once dicey neighborhoods safe for florists, rd shops, and sex clubs.

SEATTLE’S BT GAY CLUBS, SHOPS, AND BARS

The clost most gays and lbians ever e to fdg a promised land is movg to the Gay Ghetto -- an urban neighborhood that is populated by, and reasonably tolerat, a large number of queers. For years, first-wave gay ghettos were kept lively and relevant by a nstant stream of young queer migrants arrivg om upstate New York, downstate Illois, ral California, and eastern Washgton. And for years, young queers movg to the gay ghettos uld rely on three thgs: cheap apartments, low-payg retail jobs, and lots of other young queers wh cheap apartments and low-payg retail jobs wh whom they uld swap sp and var sexually transmted diseas.

The social ntract that kept young queer migrants pourg to gay ghettos has been ptured; while the average Capol Hill apartment rented for $449 1990, go for $723 now. Gay ghettos are slowly turng to gay retirement muni, where the only queers who n afford to live the East Village or on Capol Hill are the on who bought apartments and ho 20 years ago when they were still relatively cheap.

All over the Uned Stat, young gays and lbians priced out of tablished gay ghettos are lonizg new neighborhoods, seekg out cheap rents and openg trendy rtrants. While 's clear that Seattle's young queers are turng away om Capol Hill, 's not clear which Seattle neighborhood will emerge as Seattle's next big gay ghetto.

MAP: IS SEATTLE’S ‘GAYBORHOOD’ VANISHG?

In orr to facilate the mass migratn of Seattle's low-e and recently arrived queer migrants, we sent three wrers to three potential new gay ghettos. In asssg the fns of var neighborhoods for gay-ghettoizatns, we looked at four creria: Average rent for a stud apartment, potential for a gay dance club, potential public sex environment, and average age of current rints (on the theory that the olr the average rints, the faster the apartment turnover). WEST SEATTLE Average Rent for Stud Apartment: $569 Potential Gay Dance Palace: Any empty warehoe on Wt Margal Way Potential Public Sex Environment: Lln Park Average Age of Rints: 38 s Seattle's old-guard queers tire of battlg wannab and lossal monthly rents, they are abandong the once sacred Hill by the fistful.

An abundance of factors, cludg accsibily, shoppg, nightlife, reasonable rent, and at least one public park wh foliage ample enough to nceal midnight discretn all terme a neighborhood's potential as a gay ghetto. First is important to intify the number of public schools, dayre facili, nursg hom, muny centers, church, and siar tablishments that are not only of posively no e to queer people, but may even reprent a tangible threat to attag the cril mass necsary to create a tly gay ghetto. The ever-tougheng dnk drivg laws and the general repulsivens of public transportatn would make livg Wt Seattle and partyg at Seattle's current gay hotspots -- now exclively Capol Hill and downtown -- nearly impossible.

Although none are exclively gay (yet), Wt Seattle is home to a few funky and potentially queer bars and loung that are ripe for vasn: the Pagoda Room (spicly remiscent of the Hill's Ja Pagoda) and the Lizzard Lounge among them. "The Junctn, " Wt Seattle's hoppg and chic bs district, provis many tablishments dispensable to gay life: mic, book, and retail stor, hairdrsers, galleri, naturopathic physicians and acupuncturists for the immune-impaired, and f. A young woman who intified herself as Kenlee (a non-tradnal name -- a good sign) answered the phone and gave the followg rponse, "I don't get the whole gay thg, really, but que a few of my iends are gay and they are the olt people I know.

THERE GO THE GAYBORHOOD

-- Adrian Ryan COLUMBIA CITY Average Rent for Stud Apartment: $408 Potential Gay Dance Club: Cy Electric Potential Public Sex Environment: The shbbery ont of Columbia Funeral Home Average Age of Rints: 32 he ia of a gay neighborhood passed om stunng to obv as I moved om Boston's Northampton, to D. When you're a ltle olr, you're happy to have a cent grocery store (wh upon-clutchg homos wanrg the aisl) and a florist wh the sense not to stock rnatns. But evably, jt as a gay neighborhood attas the peak mix of salons wh aromatherapy neck massage centers, f wh sexy baristas, and newsstands that rry Wallpaper, the Para of Idts begs.

SEATTLE GAY BARS

" And so, wh Capol Hill ultimately fallg to people who are willg to pay $1, 600 a month to live close to Wrapp Around the Clock, 's time to pack up our makp s and t rriers, and bravely lonize the Next Gay Neighborhood, like so many fashnable bacteria a h petri dish. -- Mary Martone BALLARD Average Rent for Stud Apartment: $532 Potential Gay Dance Club: The Old Pequliar Potential Public Sex Environment: Railroad tracks at far end of Goln Garns Park Average Age of Rints: 43 mage this scenar: Three gay men are kidnapped om ont of the Starbucks at Broadway and Republin on Capol Hill.

THE STRANGER'S GUI TO THE BT GAY CLUBS, SHOPS, AND BARS SEATTLE

Starbucks, Seattle's Bt Coffee, an archecturally signifint Seafirst Bank, Ta Del Mar, Payls Sho, flower shops, thrift shops, send-hand cloth, a greasy 24-hour rtrant -- abandoned Ballard, our gay kidnap victims may be far om home, but they quickly feel right at home. Not only do Ballard's ma drag feature many of the same shops and f as Capol Hill's Broadway, but Ballard has many gay-iendly ameni that gay-iendly Broadway sorely lacks. Nathan Cole at the Ballard Chamber of Commerce assured me that while Ballard wel people of all rac, creeds, lors, and sexual tast, the neighborhood isn't tryg to bee the new gay ghetto.

" But if Ballard isn't tryg to bee Seattle's new gay ghetto, how else do one expla the posh new health club that opened the old Backstage space? Open for 18 months now, Ballard Health Club not only boasts an imprsive weight room and all the latt rd equipment, but two elements that no health club hopg to attract gay and lbian clientele n be whout: attractive personal traers and an image-the-erotic-possibili dry sna each locker room. " While BHC wel gay members (at $35 a month), they're not terted beg an exclively gay gym along the l of the late, great Body Ntil or the current, y World Gym at the Conventn Center.