Vlence Montreal's Gay Village has lols up arms over safety - and future of gay tourism | Montreal Gazette

Contents:

• GAY VILLAGE
• THE BATE OVER '-GAYG' MONTREAL'S VILLAGE
• IS MONTREAL'S GAY VILLAGE BEG LS GAY?
• STAYG AT GAY VILLAGE - MONTREAL FOM
• VLENCE MONTREAL'S GAY VILLAGE HAS LOLS UP ARMS OVER SAFETY - AND FUTURE OF GAY TOURISM
• JUNKIES, NOT SAFE!!! - GAY VILLAGE
• MONTREAL’S GAY VILLAGE
• GAY VILLAGE
• STAYG AT GAY VILLAGE - MONTREAL FOM
• HAPPY PEOPLE & FAY SAFE DURG THE... - GAY VILLAGE
• MONTREAL’S GAY VILLAGE

GAY VILLAGE

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THE BATE OVER '-GAYG' MONTREAL'S VILLAGE

Wrten July 18, 2021Gay Village BluI had the displeasure of visg the gay village recently. Montreal's gay village has seen better days and has clearly been eefall cle recent years.

Vised June 2019Traveled on bsWrten June 20, 2019ZachsMontreal, Canada6 ntributnsGay Village lost 's edgeI startg visg Montreal about 5 years ago.

IS MONTREAL'S GAY VILLAGE BEG LS GAY?

In those days the Gay Village was vibrant wh sexual energy and had an edge that was excg. Montreal's Gay Village has been rced to a play ground for straights, twks and girls. It seems that Montreal's Gay Village will share the same fate as other ci North Ameri, where they have ma Masculy out of style thereby removg the generatg force that fueled this once vibrant and edgy place to be.

No the kd of thg you see other ci and siar gay villag.

STAYG AT GAY VILLAGE - MONTREAL FOM

One vis to the gay village and was a plete turn off.

VLENCE MONTREAL'S GAY VILLAGE HAS LOLS UP ARMS OVER SAFETY - AND FUTURE OF GAY TOURISM

I'm no snob, but this Gay Village is cheap and lacks a lot and I mean a lot of class.

Montreal has a lot more to offer - fet the gay village is not worth the money. Good luck Gay Village! Montreal is a betiful cy and the myth that "you n only be gay the village" is somethg the gay merchants society there created.

Read our transparency report to learn 2022I suppose this is the heart of the LGBT muny, and you n fd gay-owned bs along St. Gay Villag were once a cultural hub of class and sophistitn. Where style and sign were ont & centre, sought out and pied by the outsi world, who me and walked the welg, lovg and non judgg embrace the gay is no longer the se.

JUNKIES, NOT SAFE!!! - GAY VILLAGE

What is left of the gay “muny” is a a shell of s former self that died a long time ago. Read our transparency report to learn RJersey Cy, NJ51 ntributnsAug 2022 • CouplPretty borg gay village that's also que dirty and chaotic, filled wh aggrsive panhandlg.

There are far better gayborhoods elsewhere. Read our transparency report to learn 2022Stumbled upon the Gay Village while walkg down St. LunaLoveLondon, Canada1, 053 ntributnsMay 2022 • CouplYou don't have to be gay to enjoy walkg around here.

MontrealA group of lol merchants wants to drop the word "gay" om the Gay Village, argug will make the neighbourhood and s bs more clive. (Jean-Cl Taliana/CBC)When he first arrived Montreal to study nursg, Kelly Zanth said the Gay Village's vibrant character moved him. "I saw lours and flags and amazg gayns that spired me, " he the neighbourhood that troduced him to Montreal nightlife might take on a new inty.

MONTREAL’S GAY VILLAGE

A group of lol merchants is mpaigng to change the Gay Village's name to "Montreal's Village" or jt "the Village, " a mon nickname for the neighbourhood jt east of social media posts published Wednday, the Montreal Village Bs Development Corporatn (SDC) ced the wispread e of the term 2SLGBTQ+ as one of the ma reasons behd the Millaire Laflr, a board member of the lol bs velopment group, says she wants the neighbourhood's name to reflect more members of margalized muni.

GAY VILLAGE

(Chloë Ranaldi/CBC)Lee-Anne Millaire Laflr, who is on the board of the SDC, said removg the word "gay" wouldn't erase the neighbourhood's historic relatnship wh the muny. "We're not discrimatg agast anyone that associat themselv wh gay, " she said. "The word gay reprented a lot of people that today may not still fd themselv reprented by that one term, " Laflr movement to '-gay'Julie Podmore, a profsor and chair of geoscienc at John Abbott College, says she's skeptil about whether a name change will brg about clivy.

"There's a real tensn between a sire to mastream, to crease the number of mercial tablishments and open to everyone to make [the neighbourhood] viable, and that's been gog on sce the 1990s, " Podmore Zanth says changg the Gay Village's name may e the neighbourhood to lose sight of the muny protected. (Chloë Ranaldi/CBC)Removg referenc to the gay muny, she says, may exacerbate the -gayg of the neighbourhood, a growg problem found districts across North Ameri terg specifilly to the gay muny. "Erasg the word gay mak more accsible to all.

"Wh most bars the neighbourhood operated by — and tailored to — gay men, Podmore says a name-change alone isn't likely to drastilly expand the panmic might change queer spacIs Montreal's Gay Village beg ls gay? "Havg the Gay Village, we knew that was the gay safe space, " Zanth said.

STAYG AT GAY VILLAGE - MONTREAL FOM

When Daniel Lsier opened his first bar Montreal's Gay Village, nearly 30 years ago, the east-end strip along Ste-Cathere Street featured maly leather bars, massage parlours, nightclubs and sex shops. "It's leadg to the ia that the Village isn't actually gay or queer anymore.

HAPPY PEOPLE & FAY SAFE DURG THE... - GAY VILLAGE

"Julie Podmore, a geography profsor at Conrdia Universy who specializ LGBTQ spac, lls the "-gayifitn" of the rise of Mado Lamotte, queen of Montreal's Gay Village"Mastreamg has been gog on sce the late 1990s, " said Podmore, who also teach at John Abbott College. "[The Village] is not necsarily specific to the gay muny anymore but one of the many s where people will go as urban tourists. "People are openg to the gay muny, " said Lsier.

MONTREAL’S GAY VILLAGE

"If there are gay iendly people g, why not?