List of Gay Villages

Gay village in Berlin, Germany.

This is a list of gay villages, urban areas that unofficially form a social center for LGBT people.

Argentina

Name of village	City
Barrio Norte	Buenos Aires
Lanús	Buenos Aires
San Telmo	Buenos Aires

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Australia

Name of village	City
New South Wales
Darlinghurst	Sydney
Newtown	Sydney
Surry Hills	Sydney
Waterloo	Sydney
Marrickville	Sydney
Paddington	Sydney
Petersham	Sydney
Victoria
Prahran	Melbourne
South Yarra	Melbourne
Collingwood	Melbourne
Fitzroy	Melbourne
Windsor	Melbourne
Daylesford	Daylesford
Queensland
Fortitude Valley	Brisbane
New Farm	Brisbane
Teneriffe	Brisbane
Western Australia
Northbridge	Perth

Brazil

Name of village	City
Farme de Amoedo Street	Rio de Janeiro
Frei Caneca Street (Shopping center, many bars, saunas, etc.)	São Paulo
Jardins (mainly in the area of Alameda Itu, and Al. Franca, bars and gay-friendly restaurants)	São Paulo

Canada

Name of village	City
Jasper Avenue	Edmonton
Le Village gai	Montreal
Osborne Village	Winnipeg
The Village/Le village (Bank Street between Nepean and James Streets)	Ottawa
Church and Wellesley	Toronto
Queen Street West/Parkdale "Queer West Village"	Toronto
Davie Village	Vancouver
Commercial Drive	Vancouver

Colombia

Name of village	City
Chapinero	Bogotá

Czech Republic

Name of village	City
Vinohrady	Prague

France

Name of village	City
Le Marais	Paris
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
Saint-Cyprien, Jeanne d'Arc.	Toulouse
Place du Marché-aux-Fleurs, Promenade du Peyrou	Montpellier
Grosso Quarter	Nice
Rue Royale, Opéra, Hôtel de Ville	Lyons
Place du Marché, Place Hoche	Versailles

Germany

Name of village	City
Nollendorfplatz / Motzstraße / Eisenacher Straße / Fuggerstraße	Berlin
Mehringdamm	Berlin
Schönhauser Allee	Berlin
Lange Reihe, St. Georg, Hamburg	Hamburg
Hohe Pforte	Cologne
Nordend	Frankfurt
Glockenbachviertel	Munich

Greece

Name of village	City
Pedion tou Areos (Cruising spot)	Athens
Zappeion (Cruising spot)	Athens
Gazi (Gay Bars & Clubs. Not that a vibrant gay spot anymore)	Athens
Saint Eirini's Square, and part of Aiolou Street (Gay and gay-friendly cafés)	Athens
Mykonos	Mykonos

Italy

Name of village	City
Torre del Lago	Viareggio (Tuscany)
Porta Venezia	Milan

Japan

see also Gay villages of Japan

Name of village	City
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
Zona Rosa	Mexico City
Zona Romantica	Puerto Vallarta
Prisciliano Sanchez St. & Chapultepec (Zona Rosa)	Guadalajara

New Zealand

Name of village	City
Karangahape Road	Auckland
Ponsonby	Auckland
Grey Lynn (Lesbian)	Auckland

The Philippines

Name of village	City
Malate	Manila
Timog	Quezon City

Portugal

Name of village	City
Bairro Alto	Lisbon
Chiado	Lisbon
Príncipe Real	Lisbon

South Africa

Name of village	City
Rosebank	Johannesburg
Parkhurst	Johannesburg
Melville	Johannesburg
Green Point	Cape Town
Camps Bay	Cape Town
De Waterkant	Cape Town
Sea Point	Cape Town
Clifton	Cape Town
Gardens	Cape Town

South Korea

Name of village	City
Jongro	Seoul
Itaewon	Seoul

Spain

Name of village	City
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
Plaza Nueva	Alicante
Plaza de San Andrés	Badajoz
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
GomilaTemplate:Dn	Palma de Mallorca
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

United Kingdom

Name of village	City	Reference
England
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Hurst Street	Birmingham
Kemptown	Brighton
Old Market	Bristol
Lower Briggate/The Calls	Leeds
Liverpool gay quarter	Liverpool	Template:Harvtxt
Old Compton Street/Soho	London	Template:Harvtxt
Vauxhall	London	Template:Harvtxt
Earl's Court	London	Template:Harvtxt
Canal Street	Manchester
Pink Triangle	Newcastle upon Tyne
Park LaneTemplate:Dubious{{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst	date=__DATE__ |$B= Template:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler[citation needed] }}	Sunderland
Northern Ireland
Cathedral Quarter	Belfast
Scotland
Broughton Street	Edinburgh
Merchant City	Glasgow
Wales
Charles Street and Churchill Way	Cardiff

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United States

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Name of village	City or County
Arkansas
Eureka Springs	Carroll County
California
Tower District	Fresno
Guerneville	Sonoma County
The Broadway Corridor	Long Beach
Laguna Beach	Orange County
Adams Point	Oakland
Laurel	Oakland
Silver Lake	Los Angeles
West Hollywood	Los Angeles County
Bungalow Heaven	Pasadena
Lavender Heights	Sacramento
Hillcrest	San Diego
The Castro	San Francisco
SoMa	San Francisco
Polk Gulch	San Francisco
Hayes Street	San Francisco
The Alameda	San José
Palm Springs	Riverside County
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Colorado
Capitol Hill	Denver
Delaware
Rehoboth Beach	Sussex County
District of Columbia
Dupont Circle	Washington
Logan Circle	Washington
Florida
Key West	Monroe County
South Beach	Miami Beach
Upper East Side	Miami
Wilton Manors	Broward County
GaYbor	Tampa
Seminole Heights	Tampa
Grand Central	St. Petersburg
Riverside and Avondale	Jacksonville
Springfield	Jacksonville
Thorton Park	Orlando
ViMi District	Orlando
Georgia
Ansley Park	Atlanta
Decatur (primarily lesbian)	Decatur
East Atlanta Village	Atlanta
Grant Park	Atlanta
Kirkwood	Atlanta
Midtown	Atlanta
Illinois
Lakeview (Lakeview East, a.k.a. Boystown)	Chicago
Edgewater (esp. Andersonville sub-section)	Chicago
Indiana
Broad Ripple Village	Indianapolis
Chatham Arch	Indianapolis
Herron-Morton Place	Indianapolis
Kentucky
Berea	Madison County
The Highlands	Louisville
Lexington	Fayette County
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
Hollowell	Kennebec County
Maryland
Mount Vernon{{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst	date=__DATE__ |$B= Template:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler[citation needed] }}	Baltimore
Bolton Hill{{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst	date=__DATE__ |$B= Template:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler[citation needed] }}	Baltimore
Massachusetts
Jamaica Plain	Boston
South End	Boston
Central Square	Cambridge
Davis Square	Somerville
Northampton	Hampshire County
Provincetown	Barnstable County
Michigan
Kerrytown	Ann Arbor
Ferndale	Detroit
	Saugatuck
Heritage Hill	Grand Rapids
Minnesota
Loring Park	Minneapolis
Powderhorn Park	Minneapolis
Missouri
The Grove	St. Louis
Central West End	St. Louis
Soulard	St. Louis
South Grand, Tower Grove Park	St. Louis
Nevada
Fruit Loop	Las Vegas
New Jersey
Asbury Park	Monmouth County
Atlantic City	Atlantic County
Cape May	Cape May County
Collingswood	Camden County
Highland Park	Middlesex County
Hoboken	Hudson County
Jersey City	Hudson County
Kingston	Middlesex County
Lambertville	Hunterdon County
Maplewood	Essex County
Mill Hill (Trenton)	Mercer County
Montclair	Essex County
New Brunswick	Middlesex County
Ocean Grove	Monmouth County
Plainfield	Union County
Rahway	Union County
South Orange	Essex County
New York
Chelsea	New York City
8th Avenue	New York City
Christopher Street/West Village	New York City
Greenwich Village	New York City
Hell's Kitchen	New York City
Inwood/Washington Heights	New York City
Williamsburg	New York City
Park Slope	New York City
Jackson Heights	New York City
Nyack	Rockland County
Cherry Grove	Suffolk County
Fire Island Pines	Suffolk County
Hudson	Columbia County
Ithaca	Tompkins County
Allentown	Buffalo
Park Avenue	Rochester
Hawley-Green Historic District	Syracuse
Lark Street Area	Albany
North Carolina
Carrboro	Orange County
NoDa Arts District	Charlotte
Plaza-Midwood	Charlotte
South End	Charlotte
Historic District	Wilmington
Ohio
Highland Square	Akron
Northside	Cincinnati
Detroit-Shoreway	Cleveland
Lakewood	Suburb of Cleveland
Tremont	Cleveland
Clintonville	Columbus
The Short North	Columbus
Olde Towne East	Columbus
Victorian Village	Columbus
Italian Village	Columbus
German Village	Columbus
Oklahoma
N.W. 39th Street	Oklahoma City
Brady Arts District	Tulsa
Oregon
Old Town	Portland, Oregon
Burnside Triangle	Portland, Oregon
Pennsylvania
Capitol District	Harrisburg
East Passyunk Crossing	Philadelphia
Midtown	Harrisburg
New Hope	Bucks County
Shadyside	Pittsburgh
Mexican War Streets	Pittsburgh
Washington Square West (a.k.a. The Gayborhood)	Philadelphia
West Mount Airy	Philadelphia
United States Territory of Puerto Rico
Condado	San Juan
South Carolina
Peninsula	Charleston
Tennessee
Midtown	Memphis
Texas
Bishop Arts District	Dallas
Oak Lawn	Dallas
Neartown	Houston
Montrose	Houston
Westbury	Houston
Uptown Houston	Houston
Midtown	San Antonio
Travis Heights	Austin
Warehouse District	Austin
Galveston	Galveston County
Denton	Denton County
Utah
The Avenues	Salt Lake City
Virginia
Ghent	Norfolk
Washington
Capitol Hill	Seattle
West Virginia
East End	Charleston
Wisconsin
Walker's Point	Milwaukee

Cities without gay villages

Cities that have an openly gay society but where gay culture is not concentrated in one specific area. Gay bars will often be found near other bars. These urban areas and countries mentioned are known for tolerance and high rates of political activism of the LGBT community.

Country	City
Argentina	Buenos Aires Gay/same sex civil unions are legal in the whole country, although it is mainly recognized in larger cities.
Brazil	Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo have GLBT communities, social clubs and events.
Canada	Calgary was not large enough in the past days of gay oppression to warrant the creation of a gay ghetto. GLBT bars and allied establishments exist throughout the city's downtown.
Chile	Santiago Since 2005, annual "Gaytiago" gay pride parades, raves and gatherings.
Denmark	Copenhagen
Finland	Helsinki
Hong Kong, China, formerly a British colony until 1997.	Also Shanghai has a small yet thriving gay/ GLBT community.
Israel	Tel Aviv
Japan	Tokyo and other urban areas in the country.
Mexico	Central Mexico states, resort towns and cities legalized same-sex civil unions, and held gay pride/GLBT political activities.
Netherlands	Amsterdam
Norway	Oslo
Philippines	Manila.
Portugal	Lisbon Like Spain, Portugal is thought to be a really tolerant country for Gay/ GLBT people and subculture.
Sweden	Stockholm
Taiwan	Taipei
Thailand	Bangkok, although most of SE Asia has laws against homosexuality, Thailand is renowned for its Gay/ GLBT identity subculture.
United States	Providence, Rhode Island

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