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Seattle is often touted as an LGBTQ-iendly cy. But the high st of livg and rapidly shiftg characteristics of “gayborhoods” like Capol Hill, are makg livg the cy often... * seattle gay news *
“A group of naked men participated the Seattle Gay Pri para – exposg themselv to small children along the para route, ” said nservative rad host Todd Starn a post.
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Holzer said he knew he was gay sce age 4 and the queer culture and muny he grew up wh Seattle shaped his inty.
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But Holzer’s experience exemplifi the challeng faced by many LGBTQ+ people Seattle, where the high st of livg and rapidly shiftg characteristics of “gayborhoods” like Capol Hill have bed to make livg the cy unsirable and often untenable, if not impossible. Natnally, The Washgton Post reported that 45% of gay bars closed sce 2002. Queer spac and muni provi a rpe om the daily grd of homophobia and transphobia and create a rare cril mass of safety to be yourself.
“It’s not the same thg anymore”Dpe what some media pictns might have thk, LGBTQ+ people are not all affluent, cisgenr, whe, gay men.
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In a 2014 story tled “Is Seattle’s ‘gayborhood’ vanishg?, ” Balk found that due to multiple factors cludg enomic forc like gentrifitn (as well as greater acceptance outsi the neighborhood), the number of LGBTQ+ uple hoeholds on Capol Hill dropped by 23% between 2000 and don’t regnize what Seattle has bee. He said gay bars like Pony changed their management, Capol Hill changed and many iends moved away. I really didn’t do anythg [anymore] — gay, fun, drag, dancg, ” he a month ago, Holzer cid to pull up stak and move back to Billgs, Mont., where he lived before movg to Seattle as a Billgs, he said, “I haven’t been this happy a long time, to be hont.