List of gay villages
This is a list of gay villages, urban areas with generally recognized boundaries that unofficially form a social center for LGBT people.[1] They tend to contain a number of gay lodgings, B&Bs, bars, clubs and pubs, restaurants, cafés and other similar businesses. Some may be gay getaways, such as Provincetown or Guerneville.
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Gayvillage in Berlin
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The Gayborhood in Philadelphia
Argentina
Name of village | City | Reference |
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Barrio Norte | Buenos Aires | |
Lanús | Buenos Aires | |
San Telmo | Buenos Aires | [2] |
Australia
Belgium
Name of village | City | Reference |
---|---|---|
Rue du Marché au Charbon | Brussels |
Brazil
Name of village | City | Reference |
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Farme de Amoedo Street | Rio de Janeiro | [3] |
Frei Caneca Street (Shopping center, many bars, saunas, etc.) | São Paulo | [4] |
Jardins (mainly in the area of Alameda Itu, and Al. Franca, bars and gay-friendly restaurants) | São Paulo | |
Huáscar de Figueiredo Street | Manaus |
Canada
Name of village | City | Reference |
---|---|---|
Jasper Avenue | Edmonton | [5] |
Le Village gai | Montreal | [6][7][8] |
The Village/Le village (Bank Street between Nepean and James Streets) | Ottawa | [9][10][11] |
Church and Wellesley | Toronto | [12][13] |
Queen Street West/Parkdale "Queer West Village" | Toronto | [14] |
Davie Village | Vancouver | [15][16][17] |
Chile
Name of village | City | Reference |
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Horcones | Caleta Horcon, Puchuncavi, Valparaiso Region | [18] |
Denmark
Name of village | City | Reference |
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Strædet | Copenhagen | |
Skolegade | Aarhus |
France
Name of village | City | Reference |
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Le Marais | Paris | [19] |
Sallèles-d'Aude | Narbonne | |
Beaubourg/Les Halles | Paris | |
Saint Pierre | Bordeaux | |
Le Vieux-Lille | Lille | |
Quartier Boisnet | Angers | |
La Croisette | Cannes | |
Vieux Port, the Plaine and the Cours Julien | Marseille | |
Canal du Midi banks in Saint-Aubin neighborhood, Port Saint-Sauveur | Toulouse | |
Place du Marché-aux-Fleurs, Promenade du Peyrou | Montpellier | |
Grosso Quarter | Nice | |
Rue Royale, Opéra, Hôtel de Ville | Lyon | |
Place du Marché, Place Hoche | Versailles |
Germany
Name of village | City | Reference |
---|---|---|
"Nollendorfkiez"; Nollendorfplatz / Motzstraße / Eisenacher Straße / Fuggerstraße /Viktoria-Luise-Platz in the west of Schöneberg | Berlin | |
The area around Helmholtzplatz in Prenzlauer Berg | Berlin | |
Lange Reihe in St. Georg, Hamburg | Hamburg | |
Schaafenstraße in Innenstadt, Cologne | Cologne | |
Nordend | Frankfurt | |
Glockenbachviertel | Munich | |
Gurlarn Ziegelviertel | Fürstenzell |
Greece
Name of village | City | Reference |
---|---|---|
Gazi (Gay Bars & Clubs.) | Athens | |
Saint Eirini's Square, and part of Aiolou Street (Gay and gay-friendly cafés) | Athens | |
Mykonos | Mykonos |
Italy
Name of village | City | Reference |
---|---|---|
Torre del Lago | Viareggio, Tuscany | |
Porta Venezia | Milan | |
San Giovanni in Laterano street | Rome | |
Parco del Ninfeo (Eur) | Rome |
Japan
see also Gay villages of Japan
Name of village | City | Reference |
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Shinjuku ni-chōme | Tokyo | |
Doyama | Osaka | |
Ueno (Mainly Nana-chome, Higashi-Ueno) | Tokyo | |
Fukuoka (Mainly Sumiyoshi & Haruyoshi) | Fukuoka | |
Sakae (Mainly Yon-chome) & Fushimi | Nagoya | |
Asakusa (Mainly Ni-chome, San-chome) | Tokyo | |
Shinbashi (Mainly San-chome, Yon-chome) | Tokyo | |
Namba (Mainly Yon-chome, Nambanaka It-chome) | Osaka | |
Noge (Sakuragichō Station) | Yokohama | |
Susukino (Mainly Southwestern area) | Hokkaidō | |
Nagarekawa | Hiroshima | |
Ikebukuro | Tokyo | |
Sakurazaka | Okinawa | |
Shinsekai | Osaka |
Mexico
Name of village | City | Reference |
---|---|---|
Zona Rosa | Mexico City | |
Zona Romantica | Puerto Vallarta | |
Zona Rosa | Guadalajara | |
Zona Rosa | Tijuana |
Netherlands
Name of village | City | Reference |
---|---|---|
Reguliersdwarsstraat | Amsterdam |
New Zealand
Name of village | City | Reference |
---|---|---|
Karangahape Road | Auckland | |
Ponsonby | Auckland | [20] |
Wellington Central | Wellington | based upon NZ census records of same sex couples |
The Philippines
Name of village | City | Reference |
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Malate | Manila | |
Timog | Quezon City |
Portugal
Name of village | City | Reference |
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Bairro Alto | Lisbon | |
Chiado | Lisbon | [21] |
Príncipe Real | Lisbon | [22] |
South Africa
Name of village | City | Reference |
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Rosebank | Johannesburg | |
Parkhurst | Johannesburg | |
Melville | Johannesburg | |
Green Point | Cape Town | |
De Waterkant | Cape Town | |
Sea Point | Cape Town |
Spain
Name of village | City | Reference |
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Chueca | Madrid | |
Lavapiés | Madrid | |
Malasaña | Madrid | |
La Latina | Madrid | |
Gaixample | Barcelona | |
Sitges | Sitges (Province of Barcelona) | |
Barrio del Carmen | Valencia | |
Ruzafa | Valencia | |
Alameda | Sevilla | |
Barrio del Arenal | Sevilla | |
Alfalfa | Sevilla | |
Old Town | Benidorm | |
Muelle de la Marzana | Bilbao | |
Elvira | Granada | |
Calle de la Virgen | Ibiza | |
Plaza de Ferray | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | |
Playa del Inglés | Maspalomas (Gran Canaria) | |
Barrio de La Merced | Málaga | |
Barrio de Santa Eulalia | Murcia | |
Gomila | Palma, Majorca | |
Avenida del Generalísimo | Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife) | |
Old town north east - Entremuros | Santiago de Compostela | |
Salto del Caballo | Toledo | |
La Nogalera | Torremolinos (Málaga) | |
Areal | Vigo | |
Puerta del Carmen | Zaragoza |
Sweden
Name of village | City | Reference |
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Mariatorget | Stockholm |
United Kingdom
Name of village | City | Reference |
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England | ||
Hurst Street | Birmingham | [24][25] |
The Triangle | Bournemouth | |
Kemptown | Brighton | [26][27][28][29] |
Old Market | Bristol | [30] |
Lower Briggate/The Calls | Leeds | [31] |
Liverpool gay quarter | Liverpool | Berkmoes (2001, p. 575) |
Old Compton Street/Soho | London | [32] Masters, Fallon & Maric (2008, p. 332) |
Vauxhall | London | Masters, Fallon & Maric (2008, p. 336) |
Earl's Court | London | Masters, Fallon & Maric (2008, p. 174) |
Canal Street | Manchester | [33][34][35][36] |
Pink Triangle | Newcastle upon Tyne | [37][38][39] |
Northern Ireland | ||
Cathedral Quarter | Belfast | [40] |
Scotland | ||
Broughton Street | Edinburgh | [41] |
Merchant City | Glasgow | [42][43][44][45][46] |
Wales | ||
Charles Street and Churchill Way | Cardiff | [47] |
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- Berkmoes, Ryan Ver (2001), Britain (4 ed.), Lonely Planet, ISBN 978-1-86450-147-6
- Masters, Tom; Fallon, Steve; Maric, Vesna (2008), London: city guide (6 ed.), Lonely Planet, ISBN 978-1-74104-712-7
United States
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