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.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by
expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
United Kingdom
Sources
- 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
Name of village |
City or County |
Reference |
Arkansas |
Eureka Springs |
Carroll County |
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California |
Tower District |
Fresno |
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Guerneville |
Sonoma County |
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The Broadway Corridor |
Long Beach |
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Laguna Beach |
Orange County |
[48] |
Adams Point |
Oakland |
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Laurel |
Oakland |
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Silver Lake |
Los Angeles |
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West Hollywood |
Los Angeles County |
[49] |
Palm Springs (centered on Indian Canyon Avenue and Arenas Drive) |
Riverside County |
[50] |
Lavender Heights |
Sacramento |
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Hillcrest |
San Diego |
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The Castro |
San Francisco |
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SoMa |
San Francisco |
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Polk Gulch |
San Francisco |
|
Hayes Street |
San Francisco |
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The Alameda |
San José |
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Colorado |
Capitol Hill |
Denver |
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Delaware |
Rehoboth Beach |
Sussex County |
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District of Columbia |
Dupont Circle |
Washington |
|
Logan Circle |
Washington |
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Florida |
Key West |
Monroe County |
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South Beach |
Miami Beach |
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Upper Eastside |
Miami |
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Wilton Manors |
Broward County |
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Oakland Park |
Broward County |
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Lake Worth |
Palm Beach County |
[51] |
GaYbor |
Tampa |
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Seminole Heights |
Tampa |
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Grand Central |
St. Petersburg |
|
Riverside and Avondale |
Jacksonville |
|
Springfield |
Jacksonville |
|
Thorton Park |
Orlando |
|
ViMi District |
Orlando |
|
Georgia |
East Atlanta Village |
Atlanta |
|
Grant Park |
Atlanta |
|
Kirkwood |
Atlanta |
|
Midtown, Cheshire Bridge Road, and Ansley Mall area |
Atlanta |
|
Illinois |
Andersonville |
Chicago |
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Edgewater (esp. Hollywood Beach, a.k.a. Osterman Beach) |
Chicago |
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Uptown (a.k.a. Hauteville) |
Chicago |
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Lake View East (esp. North Halsted Street, a.k.a. Boystown) |
Chicago |
|
East Rogers Park (esp. the Glenwood Arts District) |
Chicago |
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Wicker Park |
Chicago |
|
Indiana |
Chatham Arch |
Indianapolis |
|
Mass Ave |
Indianapolis |
|
Stonegate |
New Castle |
|
Kentucky |
Berea |
Madison County |
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The Highlands |
Louisville |
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Lexington |
Fayette County |
[52] |
Louisiana |
Faubourg Marigny |
New Orleans |
|
French Quarter |
New Orleans |
|
P-Town, also called Pigeon Town / Pension Town |
New Orleans |
|
Cotton Street |
Shreveport |
|
Maine |
Ogunquit |
York County |
|
Hallowell |
Kennebec County |
|
Maryland |
Mount Vernon |
Baltimore |
|
Bolton Hill |
Baltimore |
|
Massachusetts |
Jamaica Plain |
Boston |
|
South End |
Boston |
|
Central Square |
Cambridge |
|
Davis Square |
Somerville |
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Northampton |
Hampshire County |
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Provincetown |
Barnstable County |
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Michigan |
Kerrytown |
Ann Arbor |
|
Ferndale |
Detroit |
|
Saugatuck |
Saugatuck |
|
Heritage Hill |
Grand Rapids |
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Minnesota |
Loring Park |
Minneapolis |
[53] |
Nordeast Arts District |
Minneapolis |
[54][55] |
North Loop |
Minneapolis |
[56] |
Pine City |
Pine County |
[57][58][59] |
Powderhorn Park |
Minneapolis |
[60] |
Uptown |
Minneapolis |
[61] |
Missouri |
The Grove |
St. Louis |
|
Central West End |
St. Louis |
|
Soulard |
St. Louis |
|
South Grand, Tower Grove Park |
St. Louis |
|
Nebraska |
Old Market |
Omaha |
[62] |
Nevada |
McNeil Estates |
Las Vegas |
|
Fruit Loop |
Las Vegas |
[63] |
New Jersey |
Asbury Park |
Monmouth County |
|
Atlantic City |
Atlantic County |
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Cape May |
Cape May County |
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Collingswood |
Camden County |
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Highland Park |
Middlesex County |
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Hoboken |
Hudson County |
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Jersey City |
Hudson County |
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Kingston |
Middlesex County |
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Lambertville |
Hunterdon County |
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Maplewood |
Essex County |
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Mill Hill (Trenton) |
Mercer County |
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Montclair |
Essex County |
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New Brunswick |
Middlesex County |
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Ocean Grove |
Monmouth County |
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Plainfield |
Union County |
|
Rahway |
Union County |
|
South Orange |
Essex County |
|
New York |
Chelsea |
New York City (Manhattan) |
|
Christopher Street, West Village/Greenwich Village |
New York City (Manhattan) |
|
Hell's Kitchen |
New York City (Manhattan) |
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Washington Heights |
New York City (Manhattan) |
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Park Slope |
New York City (Brooklyn) |
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Jackson Heights |
New York City (Queens) |
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Nyack |
Rockland County |
|
Cherry Grove |
Suffolk County |
|
Fire Island Pines |
Suffolk County |
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Hudson |
Columbia County |
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Ithaca |
Tompkins County |
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Allentown |
Buffalo |
|
Park Avenue |
Rochester |
|
South Wedge |
Rochester |
|
Hawley-Green Historic District |
Syracuse |
|
Lark Street |
Albany |
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North Carolina |
Asheville |
Buncombe County |
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Carrboro |
Orange County |
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NoDa Arts District |
Charlotte |
[64] |
Plaza-Midwood |
Charlotte |
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South End |
Charlotte |
|
Historic District |
Wilmington |
|
Ohio |
Highland Square |
Akron |
|
Northside |
Cincinnati |
|
Detroit-Shoreway |
Cleveland |
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Lakewood |
Suburb of Cleveland |
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Ohio City |
Cleveland |
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Tremont |
Cleveland |
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Clintonville |
Columbus |
|
The Short North |
Columbus |
|
Olde Towne East |
Columbus |
|
Victorian Village |
Columbus |
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Italian Village |
Columbus |
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German Village |
Columbus |
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Oklahoma |
N.W. 39th Street |
Oklahoma City |
|
Brady Arts District |
Tulsa |
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Oregon |
Old Town |
Portland, Oregon |
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Burnside Triangle |
Portland, Oregon |
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Pennsylvania |
Capitol District |
Harrisburg |
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East Passyunk Crossing |
Philadelphia |
[65][66][67] |
Midtown |
Harrisburg |
|
New Hope |
Bucks County |
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Shadyside |
Pittsburgh |
|
Mexican War Streets |
Pittsburgh |
|
Washington Square West (a.k.a. The Gayborhood) |
Philadelphia |
|
West Mount Airy[68] |
Philadelphia |
|
United States Territory of Puerto Rico |
Condado |
San Juan |
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South Carolina |
Peninsula |
Charleston |
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Tennessee |
Midtown |
Memphis |
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Texas |
Oak Lawn |
Dallas |
|
Bishop Arts District |
Dallas |
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Neartown |
Houston |
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Montrose |
Houston |
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Westbury |
Houston |
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Uptown Houston |
Houston |
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Midtown |
San Antonio |
[69] |
Travis Heights |
Austin |
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Warehouse District |
Austin |
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Galveston |
Galveston County |
[70][71] |
Denton |
Denton County |
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Utah |
The Avenues |
Salt Lake City |
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Vermont |
Burlington, Vermont |
[72] |
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Virginia |
Ghent |
Norfolk |
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23rd St (Aurora Highlands) |
Arlington |
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Washington |
Capitol Hill |
Seattle |
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West Virginia |
East End |
Charleston |
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Wisconsin |
Walker's Point |
Milwaukee |
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References
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There are plenty of pubs, clubs and cafes to choose from, many of them downtown at the gay village in the Merchant City.
- ↑ Susan Flockhart (Mar 7, 1999), Glasgow's queer streets, Sunday Herald - Glasgow (UK),
What gives Glasgow the edge is the quality of its gay venues and the fact that many of them are owned by one man, an entrepreneur with a mission to develop the gay village concept in Glasgow - who happens to be straight.
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With Delmonicas and now Café Latte and the Polo Lounge next door, King has given Glasgow its first gay village.
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