It’s no secret that cities are typically more tolerant of the LGBTQ+ community, and a larger city allows for greater opportunities in general, as well as a larger dating pool. But how did the iconic gay neighborhoods we all know and love come to be?
In this episode, we're taking a look at the history of gay villages, their core themes that attract LGBTQ+ people, and how gayborhoods have fallen victim to gentrification.
Additional Resources:
• Between World Wars, Gay Culture Flourished In Berlin (https://www.npr.org/2014/12/17/371424790/between-world-wars-gay-culture-flourished-in-berlin)
• The Wall Street of 16th-Century Venice : The Ghetto of Venice (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-11-01-bk-17999-story.html)
• Gayest Cities in America 2022 (https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-city-rankings/gayest-cities-in-america)
• Top 10 Gay Cities in the World (https://www.ucityguides.com/cities/top-10-gay-cities-and-gayest-destinations.html)
• World's Best Gay Cities (https://www.outofoffice.com/blog/worlds-best-gay-cities/)
• Why Gayborhoods Matter: The Street Empirics of Urban Sexualities (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7978650/)
• A Survey of LGBT Americans (https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2013/06/13/chapter-3-the-coming-out-experience/)
• Once a Crucial Refuge, ‘Gayborhoods’ Lose L.G.B.T.Q. Residents in Major Cities (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/03/us/lgtbq-neighborhoods-nyc-houston.html)
• When It Comes to Gentrification, LGBTQ People are Both Victim and Perpetrator (https://www.vice.com/en/article/nz5qwb/when-it-comes-to-gentrification-lgbtq-people-are-both-victim-and-perpetrator)
• Why Gayborhoods Matter (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-02-13/why-gayborhoods-matter)
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