Once predomantly gay neighborhood of Chelsea is changg as fai move and many gay rints head for Hell's Kchen and beyond; classic pattern of gentrifitn clus velopment and creasg home pric; photos (M)
Contents:
- NEW YORK GAY DISTRICT: CHELSEA
- CHELSEA: THE DEATH OF A GAY NEIGHBORHOOD, MURRED BY NEO-HETERO-HOMOPHOB
- ATLANTIC CY TRI FOR A GAYBORHOOD AS THE PARTY RETURNS TO THE BOARDWALK TOWN
- NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: CHELSEA; GAY BS FOLLOW INFLUX OF GAY PEOPLE
- MOVG TO LGBT NEW YORK CY, NEW YORK? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
- GAY NEW YORK CY
- GAYT PLAC IN MASSACHETTS FOR 2020
- 8 POPULAR GAY HOTELS NEW YORK CY
NEW YORK GAY DISTRICT: CHELSEA
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The inic gay neighborhood of the past has been changed for the worse by the neo-hetero-homophobic-heterosexist transplants, who have reloted to New York Cy om small towns throughout the Uned Stat, brgg wh them their small mds. Throughout the recent years, gay men and women have been evicted om Chelsea and have been replaced by heterosexual women and men, whether sgle or upled, younger or olr, llege stunts or workg profsnals, most of whom are not gay-iendly but, ironilly, chose to move to a well-known, predomantly gay neighborhood bee they wanted to live a trendy, pretty, clean and safe area wh a lot of wonrful shoppg opportuni. An important qutn to ask is: do the heterosexuals who relote to Chelsea even know that was once a gay neighborhood, or do their heterosexist and heteronormative thkg and behavr make them obliv and egocentric?
CHELSEA: THE DEATH OF A GAY NEIGHBORHOOD, MURRED BY NEO-HETERO-HOMOPHOB
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) We were faiar wh Chelsea bee, like so many other gay men, we were regular visors sce the mid and late 1990s, pg our own predomantly heterosexual and heterosexist -- and often homophobic -- neighborhoods Brooklyn for a taste of gay life. Years ago, was a place where we were allowed and able to be our gay selv, whout beg embarrassed, ashamed, unfortable, ostracized, hated and judged. Fally, here are new nam for our once-beloved Chelsea: Hetero-sea, Straight-sea, Straight-sgl-sea, Straight-upl-sea, Wt Gramercy, Gramercy Wt, Transplant-sea, Tourist-sea, College-stunt-sea, Spoiled-brat-sea, Tst-fund-baby-sea, Sorory-girl-sea, Frat-boy-sea, Privileged-sea, Entled-sea, Immature-sea, Stupid-sea, Small-town-sea, Wanna-be-sea, Get-a-life-sea, Stroller-sea, Pdish-sea, Luxury-buildg-sea, Big-rporate-bs-sea, Shoppg-sea, Heterosexist-sea, Homophobia-sea and Not-home-for--anymore-sea!
” 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.
ATLANTIC CY TRI FOR A GAYBORHOOD AS THE PARTY RETURNS TO THE BOARDWALK TOWN
In the search for a home, gay men have migrated northward om the Village to Chelsea and now to Hell’s Kchen. Will ever tly feel like home? * chelsea gay neighborhood *
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. 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.
NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: CHELSEA; GAY BS FOLLOW INFLUX OF GAY PEOPLE
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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 NEW YORK CY, NEW YORK? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
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“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. Dpe varyg efforts by sos to market to LGBTQ tourists; Atlantic Cy’s distctn as one of the only ci to have had an openly gay mayor, Don Guardian, who flew a rabow flag over a historilly gay beach (repeatedly torn down); the endurance of the Miss’d Ameri drag pageant long after Miss Ameri self left town; and the town’s generally welg vibe (not to mentn s unrvalued Shore real tate), the cy has some work to do to revive self as a statn for gay culture and muny.
GAY NEW YORK CY
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“I thk that Atlantic Cy is actually a very good place for transgenr girls and guys, ” said Bethea, who was a bartenr at the Rabow Room before closed December 2019, leavg Atlantic Cy aga wh no gay bars.
”There’s the AC Pri anizatn, which is anizg a multiday Pri ftival om June 17 to June 23 that will unveil the historil marker durg a Rabow Ri/Show Us Your Sho para on the Boardwalk on June 18 and also redite the tradnal gay beach ont of the Claridge, this time by patg the archway entrance rabow lors, says board member Lrie Greene.
GAYT PLAC IN MASSACHETTS FOR 2020
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A Be Visible AC group has been anizg gathergs as well, wh one planned for April 20 at Rhythm & Spirs on Tennsee Avenue what’s now lled the Orange next gayborhood? ”Chelsea is not the first neighborhood people thk of when talkg about an Atlantic Cy gayborhood, but Elizabeth Terenik, director of the Chelsea Enomic Development Corp., says the area is ripe for c rearch by thor Richard Florida that ci wh a higher tolerance for genr, racial, and relig diversy perform better enomilly and n draw people om the technology sector.
“There are 60 properti for sale, ” the Chelsea neighborhood, she said, wh Airbnbvtors drivg a cywi surge renovated old Chez Paree DisAnchor Rock Club, on New York Avenue, jt off the Boardwalk, was once the home of the Chez Paree Dis, at the heart of a thrivg gayborhood and playground of the 1970s-era Atlantic is part of the Orange Loop of Tennsee and New York Avenu and St.
Wh people like trendsettg hospaly curator and mixologist Lee Sanchez overseeg the vibe at plac like Rhythm and Spirs and Bar 32, the area has also been nurturg a revived gay party around zigzaggg Wtmster Avenue, the old “Snake Alley” of Atlantic Cy’s historic gay party scene, there is more velopment unrway, cludg hog and some Airbnbs, part of a wave of short-term rental vtment that have spurred the rehab of old hog stock throughout the history ns ep. One old New York Avenue bar was Val’s, one of three New Jersey bars that went to urt to fight discrimatn two years before Stonewall, leadg to a landmark 1967 New Jersey State Supreme Court lg outlawg discrimatn agast gay people. Ocsnally the digizatn procs troduc transcriptn errors or other problems; we are ntug to work to improve the archived May 1, A Different Light will move om the Wt Village to 151 Wt 19th Street between Avenue of the Ameris and Seventh the pany, a fol pot gay lerary circl, cid to move s flagship store to Chelsea seems to nfirm what lol rints have observed recent months: that Chelsea has bee a mag for gay bs, which were once centered the Wt bs are movg , and olr on are migratg.
8 POPULAR GAY HOTELS NEW YORK CY
In the past year, cg space, safety and enomic nsiratns, at least a dozen new bs n by gays or lbians, or that ter mostly to a gay market, have set up shop the area om Avenue of the Ameris to Nth Avenue and between 13th and 23d Streets.