List of gay villages

This is a list of gay villages, 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 adding missing items with reliable sources.

The Gayborhood in Philadelphia

Gayvillage in Berlin

The original Rainbow Crossing on Oxford Street Sydney's "gayborhood" of Darlinghurst

Australia

Name of suburb	City	Reference
Brunswick	Melbourne	[2]
Collingwood	Melbourne	[3]
St Kilda	Melbourne	[4]
Darlinghurst	Sydney	[5]
Daylesford	Daylesford	[2]
New Farm	Brisbane	[2]
Paddington	Sydney	[5]
Potts Point	Sydney	[5]
Surry Hills	Sydney	[5]
Alexandria	Sydney	[5]
Newtown	Sydney	[5]
Marrickville	Sydney	[5]
Dulwich Hill	Sydney	[5]
Maylands	Perth	[6]
East Victoria Park	Perth	[7]

Argentina

Name of village	City	Reference
Barrio Norte	Buenos Aires	[8]
San Telmo	Buenos Aires	[8]

Belgium

Name of village	City	Reference
Brussels-Capital Region
Saint James' Quarter	City of Brussels	[9]

Brazil

Name of village	City	Reference
Farme de Amoedo Street	Rio de Janeiro	[10]
Frei Caneca Street (Shopping center, many bars, saunas, etc.)	São Paulo	[11]

Canada

Name of village	City	Reference
Jasper Avenue	Edmonton	[12]
Le Village gai	Montreal	[13][14][15]
The Village/Le village (Bank Street between Nepean and James Streets)	Ottawa	[16][17][18]
Church and Wellesley	Toronto	[19][20]
Queen Street West/Parkdale "Queer West Village"	Toronto	[21]
Davie Village	Vancouver	[22][23][24]

Chile

Name of village	City	Reference
Pueblo de Horcón	Valparaíso	[25]
Barrio Lastarria	Santiago	[26]

France

Name of village	City	Reference
Le Marais	Paris	[27]

Greece

Name of village	City	Reference
Gazi	Athens	[28]
Mykonos	Mykonos	[29]

Ireland

Name of village	City or County	Reference
Parliament Street	Dublin	[30]

Japan

Name of village	City	Reference
Shinjuku Ni-chōme	Tokyo	[31]
Dōyamachō	Osaka	[32]

Mexico

Name of village	City	Reference
Zona Rosa	Mexico City	[33]
Zona Romántica	Puerto Vallarta	[34]

New Zealand

Name of village	City	Reference
Ponsonby	Auckland	[35]

Papua New Guinea

Name of village	Reference
Hanuabada	[36][37][38]

Portugal

Name of village	City	Reference
Chiado	Lisbon	[39]
Príncipe Real	Lisbon	[40]

South Africa

Name of suburb	City	Reference
De Waterkant	Cape Town	[41]

Spain

Name of village	City	Reference
Chueca	Madrid
Eixample	Barcelona
Sitges	Barcelona
Maspalomas	Gran Canaria
Torremolinos	Málaga

Taiwan

Name of Village	City or County	Reference
Ximending	Taipei	[42]
Zhongshan	Taipei	[42]

Thailand

Name of Village	City or County	Reference
Boyztown	Pattaya	[43]

United Kingdom

See also: Gay villages in England

Name of village	City	Reference
England
Hurst Street	Birmingham	[44][45]
Kings Heath	Birmingham	[46]
Kemptown	Brighton	[47][48][49][50]
Old Market	Bristol	[51]
Lower Briggate/The Calls	Leeds	[52]
Liverpool gay quarter	Liverpool	Berkmoes (2001, p. 575)
Chigwell	-	[53]
St Helens	Merseyside	[54]
Old Compton Street/Soho	London	[55] Masters, Fallon & Maric (2008, p. 332)
Vauxhall	London	Masters, Fallon & Maric (2008, p. 336)
Camberwell (aka Vauxhall adjacent)	London	[56]
Earl's Court	London	Masters, Fallon & Maric (2008, p. 174)
Canal Street	Manchester	[57][58][59][60]
Pink Triangle	Newcastle upon Tyne	[61][62][63]
Wolstanton	Stoke on Trent	Masters, Fallon & Maric (2008, p. 212)
Northern Ireland
Cathedral Quarter	Belfast	[64]
Scotland
Broughton Street	Edinburgh	[65]
Merchant City	Glasgow	[66][67][68][69][70]
Wales
Charles Street and Churchill Way	Cardiff	[71]

United States

Main articles: Stonewall Riots and LGBT culture in New York City § Gay villages

Map of Same-Sex Couples in Manhattan

The Stonewall Inn is in the gay village of Greenwich Village, Manhattan. ^[72][73][74]

Name of village	City or County	Reference
California
Tower District	Fresno	[75]
Guerneville	Sonoma County	[76]
The Broadway Corridor	Long Beach	[77]
Silver Lake	Los Angeles	[78]
Castro District	San Francisco	[79]
Laguna Beach	Orange County	[80]
West Hollywood	Los Angeles County	[81]
Palm Springs	Riverside County	[82]
Hillcrest	San Diego	[83]
Colorado
Capitol Hill	Denver	[84]
River North	Denver	[85]
Delaware
Rehoboth Beach	Sussex County	[86]
District of Columbia
Dupont Circle	Washington, D.C.	[87]
Logan Circle	Washington, D.C.	[87]
Columbia Heights	Washington, D.C.	[87]
Florida
Riverside and Avondale	Jacksonville	[88]
Key West	Monroe County	[89]
Lake Worth	Palm Beach County	[90]
Miami Beach	Miami Beach	[91][92]
Audubon Park	Orlando	[93]
Coytown	Orlando	[93]
Wilton Manors	Broward County	[92]
Ybor City	Tampa	[94]
Grand Central	St. Petersburg	[95]
Georgia
Midtown	Atlanta	[96]
Cheshire Bridge Road, and Ansley Mall area	Atlanta	[96]
Idaho
North End	Boise	[97]
Illinois
Andersonville	Chicago	[98]
Edgewater (esp. Hollywood Beach, a.k.a. Osterman Beach)	Chicago	[98]
Uptown	Chicago	[98]
Lake View East (esp. North Halsted Street, a.k.a. Boystown)	Chicago	[99][98]
Indiana
Beverly Shores	Beverly Shores	[100]
Downtown (esp. Mass Ave Cultural Arts District and St. Joseph)	Indianapolis	[101]
Herron–Morton Place	Indianapolis	[102]
Kentucky
The Highlands	Louisville	[103]
Louisiana
Faubourg Marigny	New Orleans	[104]
French Quarter	New Orleans	[105][104]
P-Town, also called Pigeon Town / Pension Town	New Orleans	[104]
Maine
Ogunquit	York County	[106]
Maryland
Mount Vernon	Baltimore	[107]
Massachusetts
Jamaica Plain	Boston	[108]
South End	Boston	[109][108]
Provincetown	Barnstable County	[110]
Michigan
Douglas	Douglas	[111]
Saugatuck	Saugatuck	[111]
Ferndale	Detroit	[112]
Kerrytown	Ann Arbor	[113]
Minnesota
Downtown Duluth	Duluth	[114]
Loring Park	Minneapolis	[115]
Nordeast Arts District	Minneapolis	[116][117]
North Loop	Minneapolis	[118]
Powderhorn Park	Minneapolis	[119]
Uptown	Minneapolis	[119]
Pine City	Pine County	[120][121][122]
Missouri
Westport	Kansas City	[123]
The Grove	St. Louis	[124]
Nebraska
Old Market	Omaha	[125]
Nevada
Fruit Loop	Las Vegas	[126]
New Hampshire
Somersworth	Strafford County	[127]
New Jersey
Asbury Park	Monmouth County	[128]
Atlantic City	Atlantic County	[128]
Cape May	Cape May County	[128]
Collingswood	Camden County	[129]
Ewing	Mercer County	[130]
Jersey City	Hudson County	[128]
Lambertville	Hunterdon County	[128]
Maplewood	Essex County	[128]
Mill Hill (Trenton)	Mercer County	[131]
Ocean Grove	Monmouth County	[128]
Plainfield	Union County	[132]
South Orange	Essex County	[128]
New York
Chelsea	New York City (Manhattan)	[133]
Christopher Street, West Village/Greenwich Village	New York City (Manhattan)	[133]
Hell's Kitchen	New York City (Manhattan)	[133]
Inwood	New York City (Manhattan)	[134]
Washington Heights	New York City (Manhattan)	[134]
Park Slope	New York City (Brooklyn)	[133]
Jackson Heights	New York City (Queens)	[135]
Cherry Grove	Suffolk County	[136]
Fire Island Pines	Suffolk County	[136]
The Hamptons	Suffolk County	[137]
Allentown	Buffalo	[138]
Park Avenue (Rochester)	Monroe County	[139]
Hawley-Green Historic District	Syracuse	[140]
Lark Street	Albany	[141]
North Carolina
NoDa Arts District	Charlotte	[142]
Plaza-Midwood	Charlotte	[142]
South End	Charlotte	[142]
Five Points	Raleigh	[143]
Warehouse	Raleigh	[143]
Ohio
Highland Square	Akron	[144]
Northside	Cincinnati	[145]
Detroit-Shoreway	Cleveland	[146]
Edgewater	Cleveland	[146]
Lakewood	Suburb of Cleveland	[147][better source needed]
Clintonville	Columbus	[148]
The Short North	Columbus	[148]
German Village	Columbus	[148]
Oklahoma
N.W. 39th Street	Oklahoma City	[149]
Oregon
Old Town	Portland	[150]
Burnside Triangle	Portland	[150]
Pennsylvania
Midtown	Harrisburg	[151]
East Passyunk Crossing	Philadelphia	[152][153][154]
Washington Square West (a.k.a. The Gayborhood)	Philadelphia	[155][156]
West Mount Airy	Philadelphia	[157]
New Hope	Bucks County	[158]
Shadyside	Pittsburgh	[159]
Mexican War Streets	Pittsburgh	[159]
United States Territory of Puerto Rico
Condado	San Juan	[160]
Texas
Midtown	San Antonio	[161]
Galveston	Galveston County	[162][163]
Oak Lawn	Dallas	[164]
Montrose	Houston	[165]
Utah
Marmalade District	Salt Lake City	[166]
Vermont
Burlington	Burlington	[167]
Washington (state)
Capitol Hill, Seattle	Seattle

See also

• Gay Street

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