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- Gay_village abstract "A gay village (also known as a gay neighborhood, gay enclave, gayvenue, gay ghetto, gaytto, gay district, gay mecca or gayborhood) is a geographical area with generally recognized boundaries, inhabited or frequented by a large number of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. Gay villages often contain a number of gay-oriented establishments, such as gay bars and pubs, nightclubs, bathhouses, restaurants, boutiques and bookstores. Among the most famous gay villages are London's Soho, Birminghams's Birmingham Gay Village, Toronto's Church and Wellesley, New York's Chelsea, San Francisco's Castro, Madrid's Chueca, Berlin's Schöneberg, Manchester's Canal Street, Le Marais in Paris and Melville in Johannesburg, South Africa.In North America also Los Angeles County's West Hollywood, Philadelphia's Washington Square West, Washington D.C.'s Dupont Circle, Chicago's Boystown, Atlanta's Midtown, Montreal's Le Village, Houston's Montrose, San Diego's Hillcrest, San Jose's St Leo neighborhood.Such areas may represent a LGBTQ-friendly oasis in an otherwise hostile city, or may simply have a high concentration of gay residents and businesses. Much as other urbanized groups, some LGBT people have managed to utilize their spaces as a way to reflect their cultural value and serve the special needs of individuals in relation to society at large.Today, these neighborhoods can typically be found in the upscale or trendy parts of town like in Manhattan, chosen for aesthetic or historic value, no longer resulting from the sociopolitical ostracization and the constant threat of physical violence from homophobic individuals that originally motivated these communities to live together for their mutual safety.However, these neighborhoods are also often found in working-class parts of the city, or in the neglected fringe of a downtown area – communities which may have been upscale historically but became economically depressed and socially disorganized. In these cases, the establishment of a LGBT community may eventually turn these areas into more expensive neighborhoods, a process known as gentrification – a phenomenon in which LGBT people often play a pioneer role. However, this process does not always work out to the benefit of these communities, as they often see property values rise so high that they can no longer afford them as high rise condominiums are built and bars move out. (Or the only LGBT establishments that remain are those catering to a more upscale clientele.)Today's manifestations of \"queer ghettos\" bear little resemblance to those of the 1970s.".
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- Gay_village wikiPageWikiLink California.
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- Gay_village wikiPageWikiLink Canal_Street_(Manchester).
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- Gay_village wikiPageWikiLink Castro_District,_San_Francisco.
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- Gay_village wikiPageWikiLink Georgia_(U.S._state).
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- Gay_village wikiPageWikiLink Greater_Orlando.
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- Gay_village wikiPageWikiLink Hebden_Bridge.
- Gay_village wikiPageWikiLink Helsinki.
- Gay_village wikiPageWikiLink Hillcrest,_San_Diego.
- Gay_village wikiPageWikiLink Hobo.
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- Gay_village wikiPageWikiLink Homotopia_(festival).
- Gay_village wikiPageWikiLink Houston.
- Gay_village wikiPageWikiLink ITV_(TV_network).
- Gay_village wikiPageWikiLink Illinois.
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- Gay_village wikiPageWikiLink LGBT_culture_in_Philadelphia.
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