List of gay villages

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This is a list of gay villages, urban areas that unofficially form a social center for LGBT people.[1]

Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

Contents

[edit] Australia

Name of village City Reference
Fortitude Valley Brisbane
New Farm Brisbane
Prahran Melbourne
South Yarra Melbourne
Collingwood Melbourne
Fitzroy Melbourne
Windsor Melbourne
Northbridge Perth
Darlinghurst Sydney
Oxford Street Sydney
Newtown Sydney

[edit] Brazil

Name of village City
Farme de Amoedo Rio de Janeiro
Consolação São Paulo
Largo do Arouche São Paulo

[edit] Canada

Name of village City Reference
Le Village gai Montreal [2]
Bank and Somerset Ottawa [3][4]
Le Quartier gai Quebec City [5]
Church and Wellesley Toronto [6][7]
Queen Street West Toronto [8]
Parkdale Toronto [9]
Cabbagetown Toronto [10]
Hanlan's Point Beach Toronto [11]
Davie Village Vancouver [12][13][14]
Commercial Drive Vancouver [15]

[edit] France

Name of village City Reference
Le Marais Paris
Le Vieux-Lille Lille

[edit] Germany

Name of village City Reference
Motzstraße/Nollendorfplatz Berlin
Hohe Pforte, Cologne
Nordend Frankfurt
Lange Reihe, St. Georg, Hamburg Hamburg
Glockenbachviertel Munich

[edit] Japan

Name of village City Reference
Doyama Osaka
Shinjuku ni-chōme Tokyo
Ueno Tokyo

[edit] Mexico

Name of village City
Zona Rosa Mexico City


[edit] New Zealand

Name of village City
Karangahape Road Auckland
Ponsonby Auckland
Grey Lynn (Lesbian) Auckland

[edit] The Philippines

Name of village City Reference
Malate Manila
Timog Quezon City

[edit] Spain

Name of village City Reference
Sitges Sitges
Gaixample Barcelona
Chueca Madrid
Playa del Inglés Maspalomas
Torremolinos Málaga

[edit] United Kingdom

Name of village City Reference
England
Hurst Street Birmingham [16][17]
Kemptown Brighton [18][19][20]
Lower Briggate Leeds [21]
Stanley Street Liverpool
Old Compton Street London [22]
Soho London [23]
Vauxhall London
Earl's Court London
Camden Town London
Islington London
Canal Street Manchester [24][25]
Pink Triangle Newcastle-upon-Tyne [26][27]
Northern Ireland
Cathedral Quarter Belfast
Scotland
Broughton Street Edinburgh
Merchant City Glasgow
Wales
Charles Street Cardiff

[edit] United States

Name of village City or County Reference
Arizona
Melrose District Phoenix

[28]

Arkansas
Eureka Springs Carroll County
California
Tower District Fresno
Guerneville Sonoma County
The Broadway Corridor Long Beach
Laguna Beach Orange County

[29]

Adams Point Oakland
Silver Lake Los Angeles
West Hollywood Los Angeles [30]
Hollywood Los Angeles
Lavender Heights Sacramento
Hillcrest San Diego
The Castro San Francisco
South of Market San Francisco
The Alameda San José
Colorado
Capitol Hill Denver
Delaware
Rehoboth Beach
District of Columbia
Dupont Circle Washington
Logan Circle Washington
Florida
Key West
South Beach Miami Beach
Wilton Manors
Seminole Heights Tampa
Georgia
Ansley Park Atlanta
East Atlanta Village Atlanta
Grant Park Atlanta
Kirkwood Atlanta
Midtown Atlanta
Decatur
Illinois
Lakeview (Lakeview East, a.k.a. Boystown) Chicago
Edgewater Chicago
Indiana
Chatham Arch Indianapolis
Herron-Morton Place Indianapolis
Old North Side Indianapolis
Kentucky
Berea Madison County
Louisiana
Faubourg Marigny New Orleans
French Quarter New Orleans
Cotton Street Shreveport
Maine
Ogunquit
Maryland
Mount Vernon Baltimore
Massachusetts
Jamaica Plain Boston
South End Boston
Davis Square Somerville
Northampton
Provincetown Cape Cod
Michigan
Kerrytown Ann Arbor
Ferndale Detroit
Saugatuck
Heritage Hill Grand Rapids
Minnesota
Loring Park Minneapolis
Missouri
Westport Kansas City
Central West End St. Louis
Soulard St. Louis
South Grand, Tower Grove Park St. Louis
Nevada
Fruit Loop Las Vegas [31]
New Jersey
Asbury Park
Cape May
Collingswood
Lambertville
Maplewood
Montclair
Plainfield
New York
Chelsea New York City
Eighth Avenue New York City
Christopher Street New York City
Greenwich Village New York City
West Village New York City
Park Slope New York City
Cherry Grove Long Island
Fire Island Pines Long Island
Allentown Buffalo
Park Avenue Rochester
Hawley-Green Historic District Syracuse
Lark Street Area Albany
North Carolina
Plaza-Midwood Charlotte
Warehouse District Raleigh [32]
Asheville
Ohio
Northside Cincinnati
Lakewood Cleveland
Clintonville Columbus
German Village Columbus
The Short North Columbus
Olde Towne East Columbus
Victorian Village Columbus
Oklahoma
39th Street Oklahoma City
Oregon
Burnside Triangle Portland
Pennsylvania
Capitol District Harrisburg
Midtown Harrisburg
New Hope
Squirrel Hill Pittsburgh
Shadyside Pittsburgh
Liberty Avenue (Downtown) Pittsburgh
Washington Square West (a.k.a The Gayborhood) Philadelphia
South Carolina
Peninsula Charleston
Tennessee
Midtown Memphis
Texas
Bishop Arts District Dallas
Oak Lawn Dallas
Montrose/Neartown Houston
Uptown Houston Houston
Midtown San Antonio [33]
Galveston [34]
Utah
The Avenues Salt Lake City
Washington
Capitol Hill Seattle
Wisconsin
Walker's Point Milwaukee

[edit] Other

Name of village Country City Reference
Barrio Bellavista and Barrio Bellas Artes Chile Santiago de Chile
Recoleta Argentina Buenos Aires
Gazi Greece Athens
Torre del Lago Italy Viareggio
Heera Mandi Pakistan Lahore
Bairro Alto Portugal Lisbon
De Waterkant South Africa Cape Town

[edit] Cities without gay villages

Cities that have an openly gay society but where gay culture is not concentrated in one specific area. Gay bars will often be found near other bars.

Country City Reference
Israel Tel Aviv [35][36]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lauria, Mickey and Lawrence Knopp 1985. “Toward an Analysis of the Role of Gay Communities in the Urban Renaissance” Urban Geography 6(2): 152-169.
  2. ^ MONTREAL GAY VILLAGE _ GO Montreal _ Discover Areas _ Gay Village
  3. ^ Mayor offers olive branch to city’s gay community
  4. ^ Capital Xtra - What about the gaybourhood?
  5. ^ Canada : gay Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Toronto, Quebec, Homosexuality in Canada, Montreal
  6. ^ Toronto Pronto - Map of the Village
  7. ^ http://www.torontotourism.com/Visitor/WhatToSeeAndDo/Neighbourhoods/TheGayVillage.htm
  8. ^ Gay Toronto's Queer West Village visitor information
  9. ^ Gay Toronto's Queer West Village visitor information
  10. ^ http://www.glbtevents.com/travel/toronto.html#things
  11. ^ Toronto Pronto - Gay Toronto Tourism Guild - [ Gay Toronto Links ]
  12. ^ Vancouver's West End The Gay Village
  13. ^ Travel: Edmonton, Canada
  14. ^ vancouver.htm
  15. ^ vancouver.htm
  16. ^ gaybrum.com
  17. ^ BBC - Birmingham - Your Community
  18. ^ Gay Brighton and Hove, Gay Village, Gay Guide
  19. ^ Brighton venue issues apology over homophobic performer- from Pink News- all the latest gay news from the gay community - Pink News
  20. ^ GAY.COM: Gay Dating, Personals, News, Local Events and Information
  21. ^ Leeds Gay Scene
  22. ^ Soho London - Local information for Soho London, Soho Restaurants and Bars
  23. ^ Soho London - Local information for Soho London, Soho Restaurants and Bars
  24. ^ Gay Manchester and Manchester Gay Village
  25. ^ GAY.COM: Gay Dating, Personals, News, Local Events and Information
  26. ^ Newcastle Gay
  27. ^ Scene Map | Newcastle
  28. ^ Guide to Gay old Phoenix
  29. ^ [1]
  30. ^ Which way, WeHo? - STYLE & CULTURE - Los Angeles Times - calendarlive.com
  31. ^ Navigaytion - Gay Vacations - Lesbian Vacations - Gay and lesbian travel community, featuring articles and destination info related to gay & lesbian destinations worldwide. ()
  32. ^ About Downtown :: Downtown Raleigh Alliance :: Districts
  33. ^ QSanAntonio.com - On the Town
  34. ^ Houstonvoice.com
  35. ^ Features
  36. ^ Tel Aviv | Bars, Cafés & Nightlife | Gay & Lesbian | AA Destination Guide