Chelsea: The Death of a Gay Neighborhood, Murred by Neo-Hetero-Homophob | HuffPost Voic

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• NEW YORK GAY DISTRICT: CHELSEA
• THE 30 BT GAY BARS NYC
• CHELSEA: THE DEATH OF A GAY NEIGHBORHOOD, MURRED BY NEO-HETERO-HOMOPHOB
• TOP GAY CLUBS & BARS CHELSEA (NEW YORK CY)GAY CLUBS & BARS CHELSEA
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS NEW YORK
• A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF NEW YORK CY'S GAY & QUEER BARS
• FD & PARE GAY WELG HOTELS CHELSEA, NEW YORK
• THE BT GAY HOOK-UP SPOTS NYC
• BOXERS - CHELSEANEW YORK CYMENUHOTELS · LUXURYHOTELS · MID-RANGEON TODAYBARSLBIAN BARSDANCE CLUBSCISE CLUBSSNASMASSAGECULTURESHOPSLGBT+ ATTRACTNSCY GUIGAY TOURSRTRANTSGAY BEACHGAY MAPGAY WEDDGSBOXERS - CHELSEA
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS NEW YORK
• A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF NEW YORK CY'S GAY & QUEER BARS

NEW YORK GAY DISTRICT: CHELSEA

New York is a mag for gays, wh the LGBT muny reprentg an timated 500, 000 people. Wh such a robt muny, 's clear that New York's populatn is one of the most gay-iendly the world.

Ined, there are plenty of gay plac throughout the cy. It's here where the gay civil rights movement started after the rt 1969. Dpe this history, 's Chelsea that holds the torch as the gayt neighborhood New York.

Gay bars Chelsea. If you fancy venturg outsi of Chelsea, don't dispair, there are many more gay bars New York. Disver the Metropolan Communy Church of New York (446 Wt 36th St) which serv as the church for the LGBT muny, and where gays n get married.

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After beg lled "faggot" three tim durg the past summer while walkg the once-predomantly-gay neighborhood of Chelsea New York Cy, we cid to move. We loved Chelsea, but we had to leave her bee she is not the same gay neighborhood that we remember. 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.

CHELSEA: THE DEATH OF A GAY NEIGHBORHOOD, MURRED BY NEO-HETERO-HOMOPHOB

Throughout the recent years, gay men and women have been evicted om Chelsea and have been replaced by heterosexual women and men, whether sgle or upled, younger or olr, llege stunts or workg profsnals, most of whom are not gay-iendly but, ironilly, chose to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. The old, wise sayg that the gays betify a neighborhood for the straights to va and occupy is so very te and real.

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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?

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Bee we wanted to feel weled, accepted, fortable and safe a predomantly gay neighborhood. ) 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.

We gays were once the majory Chelsea, and was empowerg. Obvly, most of the new heterosexist, homophobic, straight transplants Chelsea have never seen real live gay men and women. Contrary to what some dividuals believe, a gay ghetto was never a bad thg.

A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF NEW YORK CY'S GAY & QUEER BARS

And a gay diaspora is not necsarily a good thg.

We gays have been forced to disperse, which mak more difficult for to une and fight for our rights and equaly. What is the next gay neighborhood? This month we moved to Astoria, Queens, orr to be around more native New Yorkers and more gay men.

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At least we have not noticed the neo-hetero-homophob Astoria. 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!

If you’re not too full after dner, the Big Gay Ice Cream shop is a short walk. Big Gay Ice Cream. If you love ice cream, then you need to drop by Big Gay Ice Cream.

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If you are the Big Apple for Gay Pri, you’ll see a le out the door at the Village lotn. I don’t eat soft serve — except at Big Gay Ice Cream.

We always rerve a table at Rasa for the Gay Pri March. It is loted the middle of 8th Street and the Gay Pri March go right past the wdows of the rtrant.

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We uldn’t end this list whout mentng Juli’, the olst gay bar NYC.

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From private rooms and apartments to LGBTQ-iendly hotels, you have the optn to stay the heart of gay districts as well as other neighborhoods the plac you vis.

A loft Soho, a shared room Barcelona or the Castro, a gay-iendly hotel Le Marais or Chelsea, experience misterb&b all gay travel statns!

A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF NEW YORK CY'S GAY & QUEER BARS

Manhattan's Chelsea has all – nightlife, art, shoppg, recreatn at the piers, and a happeng gay scene. S., if not the world, for gay — and more clively, queer — nightlife.

Whether you're celebratg NYC Pri late June, planng a future trip to the Big Apple, or a lol lookg for a new bar to check out, here is a prehensive list of nearly every gay and queer bar NYC.

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