List of gay villages

The Gayborhood in Philadelphia

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

Australia

Gay villages in Australia, by city.

Name of village	City	Reference
Prahran	Melbourne
South Yarra	Melbourne
Collingwood	Melbourne
Fitzroy	Melbourne
Windsor	Melbourne
Northbridge	Perth
Darlinghurst	Sydney
Oxford Street	Sydney
Newtown	Sydney

Brazil

Gay villages in Brazil, by city.

Name of village	City
Farme de Amoedo	Rio de Janeiro
Consolação	São Paulo
Largo do Arouche	São Paulo

Canada

Gay villages in Canada, by city.

Name of village	City	Reference
Le Village gai	Montreal	[1]
Bank and Somerset	Ottawa	[2][3]
Le Quartier gai	Quebec City	[4]
Church and Wellesley	Toronto	[5][6]
Queen Street West	Toronto	[7]
Davie Village	Vancouver	[8][9][10]
Commercial Drive	Vancouver	[11]

France

Gay villages in France, by city.

Name of village	City
Le Marais	Paris

Germany

Gay villages in Germany, by city.

Name of village	City
Motzstraße/Nollendorfplatz	Berlin
Hohe Pforte,	Cologne
Nordend	Frankfurt
Lange Reihe, Hamburg-Sankt Georg	Hamburg
Glockenbachviertel	Munich

Japan

Gay villages in Japan, by city.

Name of village	City
Doyama	Osaka
Shinjuku ni-chōme	Tokyo
Ueno	Tokyo

The Philippines

Gay villages in The Philippines, by city.

Name of village	City
Malate	Manila
Timog	Quezon City

Spain

Gay villages in Spain, by city.

Name of village	City
Sitges
Gaixample	Barcelona
Chueca	Madrid
Playa del Inglés	Maspalomas

United Kingdom

Gay villages in the United Kingdom, by city.

Name of village	City	Reference
Hurst Street	Birmingham	[12][13]
Kemptown	Brighton	[14][15][16]
Lower Briggate	Leeds	[17]
Old Compton Street	London	[18]
Canal Street	Manchester	[19][20]
Westmorland Road	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	[21][22]

United States

Gay villages in the United States, by state and city.

Name of village	State	City
Tower District	California	Fresno
Guerneville	California
Beverly Hills	California	Los Angeles
The Broadway Corridor	California	Long Beach
Laguna Beach	California
Silver Lake	California	Los Angeles
West Hollywood	California	Los Angeles
Hollywood	California	Los Angeles
Lavender Heights	California	Sacramento
Hillcrest	California	San Diego
The Castro	California	San Francisco
South of Market	California	San Francisco
The Alameda	California	San José
Capitol Hill	Colorado	Denver
Rehoboth Beach	Delaware
Dupont Circle	District of Columbia	Washington
Logan Circle	District of Columbia	Washington
Key West	Florida
South Beach	Florida	Miami Beach
Wilton Manors	Florida
Seminole Heights	Florida	Tampa
Midtown	Georgia	Atlanta
Lakeview (Lakeview East, a.k.a. Boystown)	Illinois	Chicago
Edgewater	Illinois	Chicago
Chatham Arch	Indiana	Indianapolis
Herron-Morton Place	Indiana	Indianapolis
Old North Side	Indiana	Indianapolis
Berea	Kentucky
Cotton Street	Louisiana	Shreveport
Ogunquit	Maine
Mount Vernon	Maryland	Baltimore
Jamaica Plain	Massachusetts	Boston
South End	Massachusetts	Boston
Northampton	Massachusetts
Provincetown	Massachusetts
Ferndale	Michigan	Detroit
Saugatuck	Michigan
Heritage Hill	Michigan	Grand Rapids
Loring Park	Minnesota	Minneapolis
Central West End	Missouri	St. Louis
Soulard	Missouri	St. Louis
South Grand, Tower Grove Park	Missouri	St. Louis
Fruit Loop	Nevada	Las Vegas
Asbury Park	New Jersey
Cape May	New Jersey
Lambertville	New Jersey
Maplewood	New Jersey
Montclair	New Jersey
Plainfield	New Jersey
Chelsea	New York	New York City
Greenwich Village	New York	New York City
West Village	New York	New York City
Cherry Grove	New York	Long Island
Fire Island Pines	New York	Long Island
Park Avenue	New York	Rochester
Hawley-Green Historic District	New York	Syracuse
Asheville	North Carolina	Asheville
Plaza-Midwood	North Carolina	Charlotte
Northside	Ohio	Cincinnati
Lakewood	Ohio	Cleveland
Clintonville	Ohio	Columbus
German Village	Ohio	Columbus
The Short North	Ohio	Columbus
Olde Towne East	Ohio	Columbus
Victorian Village	Ohio	Columbus
39th Street	Oklahoma	Oklahoma City
Burnside Triangle	Oregon	Portland
New Hope	Pennsylvania
Washington Square West	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia
Peninsula, Charleston, South Carolina	South Carolina	Charleston
Midtown	Tennessee	Memphis
Bishop Arts District	Texas	Dallas
Oak Lawn	Texas	Dallas
Montrose/Neartown	Texas	Houston
Uptown Houston	Texas	Houston
The Avenues	Utah	Salt Lake City
Capitol Hill	Washington	Seattle
Walker's Point	Wisconsin	Milwaukee

Other

Gay villages in other countries.

Name of village	Country	City	Reference
Bellavista and Barrio Bellas Artes	Chile	Santiago de Chile
Gazi	Greece	Athens
Torre del Lago	Italy	Viareggio
Independence Park (Gan haAtzmaut) (gay cruising spot)	Israel	Tel Aviv	[23][24]
Zona Rosa	Mexico	Mexico City
Heera Mandi	Pakistan	Lahore
Bairro Alto	Portugal	Lisbon
De Waterkant	South Africa	Cape Town