Unrstandg Generatn Gaps LGBTQ+ Communi: Perspectiv About Gay Neighborhoods Among Heteronormative and Homonormative Generatnal Cohorts - PMC

Contents:

• THE TOP FIVE EMERGG GAY NEIGHBORHOODS OF AMERI
• MOVG TO LGBT NEW YORK CY, NEW YORK? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
• MOVG TO LGBT WASHGTON DC? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
• UNRSTANDG GENERATN GAPS LGBTQ+ COMMUNI: PERSPECTIV ABOUT GAY NEIGHBORHOODS AMONG HETERONORMATIVE AND HOMONORMATIVE GENERATNAL COHORTS
• WHO ARE THE PEOPLE YOUR GAYBORHOOD? UNRSTANDG POPULATN CHANGE AND CULTURAL SHIFTS LGBTQ+ NEIGHBORHOODS
• MOVG TO LGBT CCNATI, OH? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
• ARE “GAY” AND “QUEER-FRIENDLY” NEIGHBORHOODS HEALTHY? ASSSG HOW AREAS WH HIGH DENSI OF SAME-SEX COUPL IMPACT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF SEXUAL MORY AND MAJORY YOUNG ADULTS

THE TOP FIVE EMERGG GAY NEIGHBORHOODS OF AMERI

Almost 30 years after the first DC Black Pri drew 800 people to Banneker Field for a day themed “Let’s All Come Together, ” more than 300, 000 members of the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny of Ain scent and their alli ntue to scend on Washgton, DC durg Memorial Day Weekend May to celebrate the bety of a shared muny and raise awarens and fundg for HIV/ AIDS the name and spir of Black Pri.

So go ahead and wave that big, betiful rabow flag—and, jt maybe, zero on a place to buy a great new ’s also the perfect time to pse and regnize that while the Uned Stat has e a long way om the 1969 Stonewall rts, which sparked the morn gay rights movement, 2022 is on track to break the rerd for the number of anti-LGBTQ bills troduced stat across the untry, wh at least 320 highly rtrictive bills pendg state legislatur, acrdg to the rights group Freedom for All, as we do each year, ® searched for the most LGBTQ-iendly and affordable ci for homebuyers.

State pal wh an openly gay mayor, David centerpiece of the cy’s annual Pri celebratn, which n attract up to 100, 000 people, is the famed Illumated Night Para featurg floats, performg artists, and marchg of that, and homebuyers n get their hands on this 1, 200-square-foot, three-bed, one-bath charmer the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Province, listed for $275, 000. Dayton, OHDayton, OH(Getty Imag)Median home list price: $95, 000Dayton is one of a handful of Oh ci that are “leadg the way on LGBTQ cln a difficult state, ” acrdg to the Human Rights Oh don’t have statewi, prehensive laws that prohib discrimatn agast LGBTQ dividuals, Dayton is among the 35 loli that have enacted protectns agast discrimatn employment, hog, and public also offers an energetic and flourishg gay scene wh a plethora of clubs and nightclubs, an active LGBTQ-targeted outdoor recreatn group, and plenty of arts and cultural Pri is one of the regn’s longt-nng and largt LGBTQ events, a three-day celebratn.

MOVG TO LGBT NEW YORK CY, NEW YORK? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

Organizers say this year’s event is more important than ever as the Oh Legislature nsirs s own versn of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, as well as a bill that would ban affirmg mental and medil re for LGBTQ Dayton’s LGBTQ muny is loted throughout the charmg cy, one of the more popular neighborhoods is the historic Oregon District, which happens to be listed on the Natnal Register of Historic Districts. In this se, the disntuy between the birth generatn to which each man belonged and the perd durg which their g of age wh regard to their LGBTQ+ inty occurred was shaped not only by the valu, behavrs, and mor of their birth generatn but also overlaid by the generatn to which they “me of age” as a gay man and a member of the LGBTQ+  muny. His g of age occurred early life, which plac his behavr, the outward exprsn of genr inty, and sexual orientatn a much more ntemporary timeame closer behavr to a member of Generatn X (people born about fifty years after Capote) ntrast, Vidal did not publicly acknowledge his sexual orientatn or genr exprsn, and much later life vaguely intified first as bisexual (1999), and later as homosexual (Kaplan 2013).

Their behavrs, outward exprsn of genr, and gree of fort wh intifyg as LGBTQ + varied pendg more on their LGBTQ + generatn than their birth wh Capote, Vidal, and Hudson, a sire or lack of sire to ngregate and be associated wh other LGBTQ + dividuals public impacted the emergence and subsequent velopment of gay neighborhoods. He provid for his followers and for succsive generatns of LGBTQ+ people a type of eedom that he himself seemed reluctant to Homonormative Saeculum and the Events that Shaped a Century of LGBTQ+ CultureThe experience for LGBTQ + people—amed by the unrstandg and treatment of LGBTQ+ dividuals reflected the valu of mastream society—is often que different om that of non LGBTQ+ people. We propose appendg the heteronormative generatnal nam popularized by Strss and Howe to better rporate LGBTQ+ experienc as follows:The Silent Generatn —or the “Closeted Generatn”—gay men me of age jt before, durg, and immediately after World War II and lived a world which there was tense social prsure to nform to genr stereotyp.

Generatn X took notice of members of the Greatt Generatn and Silent Generatn as they stggled—often publicly—to rencile the nflictg valu of their generatns: to acknowledge homosexuals as productive members of society while admtg that prev treatment of LGBTQ + people may have been unkd or ntrast to prev tim when popular cultural referenc implied shame or viance related to homosexualy, many of the cultural touchpots for Generatn X viewed homosexualy as a “normal” part of society, suggtg an openg for the acceptance of LGBTQ + people.

MOVG TO LGBT WASHGTON DC? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

The difference for most LGBTQ+ people is that the product is typilly more plex and multifaceted as the generatnal touchpot is rooted a heteronormative plexy of gay inty durg the middle to later twentieth century—borne of generatns fluenced by social valu and cultural mor stilled their parents by their parents a century before—rulted a nflicted state of existence for gay neighborhoods durg their emergent and formative years. Gay neighborhoods durg this perd om 1980 to 2000 provid a rpe for LGBTQ + people—and pecially gay men—om heteronormative standards and judgment based on the associated men om three generatnal horts—the Silent Generatn, the Greatt Generatn ( like Warhol, Vidal, Hudson, and Capote) and Generatn X —were part of the “great gay migratn” to ci the 1960s through the 1980s (Wton 1995). One notable shift is younger members of the Millennial and Z generatns (who participated ls directly the stggle for LGBTQ + rights) may not fully grasp the importance of gay neighborhoods on LGBTQ+ culture and lbian and gay life (Bterman and Hs 2021) and may have a lser propensy to engage the muny offered by gay neighborhoods.

The closure of gay bars, emergg virtual gay spac, and chang the character of gay neighborhoods are remrs that as the plac transn om beg home to generatns rooted the stggle, to playgrounds of generatns beneftg om that stggle, now may be a cril time to exame the prent plate the trajectory of gay neighborhoods (Coff 2021). The survival of smaller gay districts (and gay districts loted small- and mid-sized ci) is more threatened than tablished gay districts larger metropolan areas (Ghaziani 2021), and some lotns have rmally memorated LGBTQ + signifint plac wh or near gay Possibili for Gay NeighborhoodsThe perspectiv regardg gayborhoods among succsive generatns of LGBTQ + rints is changg. As the stigma associated wh intifitn wh groups unr the LGBTQ + umbrella creas universally, the need/sire for livg plac unrsred by segregatn and self-isolatn may also physil buildg blocks of gay neighborhoods—mercial tablishments ( bars, rtrants, bookstor), servic ( muny centers, health clics), and rinc—may be removed or displaced due to var urban forc cludg neighborhood change, revalizatn, gentrifitn, soc-cultural fluenc (tast, preferenc, and attus), and even equal rights legislatn (Bterman 2020a; Eeckhout et al.

However, if gayborhoods (or elements of gayborhoods) are at risk of or ed disappearg, then the need to prerve the memory spac be urgent so that the social actn that occurred there is documented, (Miller and Bterman 2021) pecially for future, many LGBTQ + dividuals—pecially younger groups of dividuals—embrace a broadly clive fn of sexual orientatn and fd ltle value labels such as “gay, ” “ lbian, ” “transgenr, ” and other sexual mori (Podmore 2021). In ntrast to the “ -gayg” of gay neighborhoods, this shift uld be nsired the “gayg” of heteronormative creased precisn of language to scribe LGBTQ + dividuals reprents signifint chang worldview and perspective led by later generatns who embrace ls prcriptive and ls rigid scriptors related to genr and sexual orientatn.

UNRSTANDG GENERATN GAPS LGBTQ+ COMMUNI: PERSPECTIV ABOUT GAY NEIGHBORHOODS AMONG HETERONORMATIVE AND HOMONORMATIVE GENERATNAL COHORTS

We aim to enlarge scholarship about gaps between generatnal inty for LGBTQ + people sce tradnal generatnal theory has seldom been applied to LGBTQ+ people or particular, we seek to extract om a nsirably tailed vtigatn of the most recent six generatns, a more nuanced unrstandg of how LGBTQ + members of var generatnal horts view the natn of segregated gay neighborhoods and how they have (or have not) ntributed to stag gay neighborhoods to btow them on subsequent generatns of LGBTQ + people.

Takeaway Msage 2: Gentrifitn May Be Killg Gay NeighborhoodsGay neighborhoods are wang as olr rints are sellg or movg, and LGBTQ + people om younger generatns are not replacg observatn may be more related to real tate st and the value placed on homeownership among members of the Millennial generatn than about the value of LGBTQ-supportive muny. In addn, he is the foundg edor of Multi: the Journal of Rponsible Archecture and Dign (, ISSN 1942-3527) a refereed scholarly journal servg a global dience and is the edor and host of the podst that acpani this book, The People Your Gayborhood, available onle at Baldw Hsis Profsor and Chairperson of the Department of Urban and Regnal Planng the School of Archecture and Planng at the Universy at Buffalo, State Universy of New York. 1(Source Image urty of William Ivancic)In Chigo and other ci, rints of gay neighborhoods adapt to COVID-19 guil cludg mask wearg and spatial distancgFull size image2 Nomenclature: Everyone BelongsThe semantics of “gay” have changed over time and the chang reflect shifts attu and shifts the evolutn of mastream perceptn.

WHO ARE THE PEOPLE YOUR GAYBORHOOD? UNRSTANDG POPULATN CHANGE AND CULTURAL SHIFTS LGBTQ+ NEIGHBORHOODS

In this ve, although many gay neighborhoods were historilly anchored by a populatn of gay cis men (Chncey 2008; Podmore 2021), we nsir a “gay” neighborhood to be urban space wh some gree of tolerance clive of gay men, lbian women, trans+ dividuals, tersex dividuals, qutng dividuals, and var other sexual among like-md people, LGBTQ+ rints sought llective secury to addrs their feelgs of disenanchisement and safeguard agast opprsn manifted hostily and vlence (Lria and Knopp 1985). Gay neighborhoods emerged over this perd as a safe haven for ee exprsn and a rpe for all manner of people ostracized or shunned by mastream society om prosecutn, judgement, and gay neighborhoods were seed the settlement and movement pattern of sexual mori begng the first half of the twentieth century, and the history of gay neighborhoods is well documented lerature (Chncey 2008; Ghaziani 2015a; Higgs 1999; Niedt 2021; Orne 2017). Origal and inic LGBTQ+ neighborhoods— large ci such as Berl (Schöneberg), Istanbul (Taksim Square), London (Ltle Compton Street), Los Angel (Wt Hollywood, which beme Ameri’s first gay cy), Mexi Cy (Zona Rosa), Miami (South Beach), New York (Greenwich Village and Chelsea), Paris (LeMarais), Sydney (Oxford Street), San Francis (the Castro), São Plo (Rua Frei Cane), Tokyo (Ni-chōme), Toronto (Church Street), and Washgton, DC (DuPont Circle)—tered maly to gay men (lbians often did not have a notable prence).

Each gay neighborhood has s own unique reasons for beg and circumstanc for velopment (Gorman-Murray and Nash 2021) and nsequently the velopment and evolutn of dividual gayborhoods large urban centers—perceived as the “natural space” for gays and lbians (Higgs 1999)—opportuni gay neighborhoods for leisure and socializatn brought together the formative elements for the velopment of muny. 2(Source Image urty of Daniel Baldw Hs)The gay village Manchter, England, surrounds Canal Street and is one of the largt gay neighborhoods anywhereFull size imageMany people intifyg as LGBTQ+ seek eedom of personal exprsn, while others seek anonymy gay neighborhoods, where they n live their liv ee of judgement or persecutn.

Gay neighborhoods and their rints have been wily accepted as signifint forc leadg and advotg for posive urban change and have rced the effects of LGBTQ+ mory stat by helpg to enhance people’s unrstandg about sexual mori (Doan and Higgs 2011; Gorman-Murray and Nash 2021), and LGBTQ+ muny members—and ed all of society—n experience an improved qualy of life when there is an creased level of neighborhoods also provid a means of entry for mastream society to better unrstand LGBTQ+ dividuals and LGBTQ+ culture. 4(Source Image urty of Daniel Baldw Hs)The Zona Rosa (“Pk Zone” English) is loted near the historic center of Mexi Cy and featur retail outlets and nightlife venu amid a gay munyFull size imageEstablished gay neighborhoods now embody a virtual dimensn for LGBTQ+ nnectn (Mil 2021), perhaps refg the importance of physil place.

MOVG TO LGBT CCNATI, OH? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

The closure of gay bars, emergg virtual gay spac, generatnal disnnect, and chang the character of gay neighborhoods are remrs that as the plac transn om beg home to generatns rooted stggle to playgrounds of generatns beneftg om that stggle, now may be a germane time to exame the prent plate the trajectory of gay neighborhoods. The lol, natnal, and global upheaval related to the COVID-19 panmic will likely change how people live and perceive urban neighborhoods, perhaps stigatg further—and at prent unknowable—transformatn to recent books have provid var perspectiv on the velopment, growth, and change of gay neighborhoods (Notaro 2020; Ryan 2020; Crawford-Lackey and Sprgate 2020; Martel et al. Consequently, chapters wh the book give special attentn to two phenomena particular: (1) the forc of gentrifitn that have changed the character of gay districts durg the last two s (Hs 2019; Bterman 2020), phg out long-time gay and lbian rints as the number of non-LGBTQ+ rints and visors creas; and (2) the changg views toward gayborhoods of succsive generatns of LGBTQ+ rints, wh generatnal-attudal perspectiv as a signifint factor changg mand among LGTBQ+ groups for gayborhoods (see Fig.

We nclu this sectn by observg that while gayborhoods have experienced a certa level of -gayg, the trend toward viewg gayborhoods as clive and gay-iendly plac -emphasiz the self-segregatn aspects of gayborhoods that were important to their ial formatn (Moss 2017); while gay neighborhoods bee ls gay, other neighborhoods bee more gay. Onle environments and apps may perhaps facilate the cle of gay neighborhoods, permtg LGBTQ+ people to stter om gay villag to new rintial settgs across metropolan space: “queer datg and hook-up apps are varly blamed for stroyg gay neighborhoods and celebrated for revigoratg them; dismissed as impediments to queer muny by some and hypothized by others as virtual s for new and often liberatory muni of their own” (Mil 2021, 210). The survival of smaller gay districts (and gay districts loted small- and mid-sized ci (Forstie 2008)) is more threatened than tablished gay districts larger metropolan areas wh cril mass LGBTQ+ muni (Ghaziani 2021) and some lotns have rmally memorated LGBTQ+ signifint plac wh or near gay neighborhoods, as shown Fig.

ARE “GAY” AND “QUEER-FRIENDLY” NEIGHBORHOODS HEALTHY? ASSSG HOW AREAS WH HIGH DENSI OF SAME-SEX COUPL IMPACT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF SEXUAL MORY AND MAJORY YOUNG ADULTS

2021), most rearchers believe that the strs ed by sexual stigma and prejudice is the most signifint factor, and gay neighborhoods n help migate this strs across the lifpan, though younger generatns not directly participatg the stggle for LGBTQ+ civil rights may be unaware of the importance of muny that gay neighborhoods provi and support (Bterman and Hs 2021). Importantly, we note, a spatial diffn of LGBTQ+ culture away om gayborhoods do not suggt a plete or pendg mise of gay neighborhoods; stead, we argue that gay neighborhoods have arrived at a plate om which ntuo and dynamic re-spatializatns across metropolan space (Coff 2021) and the memorializatn of gay neighborhoods and plac wh them (Miller and Bterman 2021) may occur.

While a simple lear mol n be ed to nceptualize the dissolutn of gayborhoods when society has eventually reached full acceptance of LGBTQ+ and segregatn is unneed and unwanted, we n more realistilly image much nuance—provid by the addn of plex centrifugal and centripetal forc that entice LGBTQ+ people and other populatn subgroups toward or away om gayborhoods—to the mol (Doan and Atalay 2021; Duberman 2018). From a posn on this plate, we pse to ntemplate the potential future trajectory of LGBTQ+ urban space, and we suggt that is unwise to fixate on the cle or ath of gay neighborhoods but to stead better unrstand and explore emergg ncentratns of LGBTQ+ rints new formatns across metropolan space, pecially other central cy neighborhoods that have not long been associated wh a LGBTQ+ prence but may acquire one.

Now, the physil buildg blocks of gay neighborhoods—mercial tablishments (bars, rtrants, bookstor), servic (muny centers, health clics), and rinc—may be removed or displaced due to var urban forc cludg neighborhood change, revalizatn, and gentrifitn and soc-cultural fluenc (tast, preferenc, and attus) and even equal rights legislatn (Bterman 2020; Eeckhout et al. However, if gayborhoods (or elements of gayborhoods) are at risk or ed disappearg, then the need to prerve the memory spac be urgent to prerve the plac and document the memori of rints the neighborhoods and social actn that occurred there (Miller and Bterman 2021) pecially for future generatns (Bterman and Hs 2021).