Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A city's gay village is a district known for having a large queer residential population and/or a concentration of businesses, nightlife, and services for queer populations. The term derives from New York City's Greenwich Village, one of the best known and the scene of the Stonewall riots. Here is a listing of some gay and lesbian villages: New York: Greenwich Village, Chelsea San Francisco: The Market District, esp. the Castro Washington, DC: Dupont Circle Los Angeles: West Hollywood, Silver Lake Fort Lauderdale: Wilton Manors Chicago: Boystown & Andersonville Boston: South End Toronto: Church and Wellesley Montreal: Le Village gai (rue Ste-Catherine, centered on Beaudry metro) London: in Soho, centered on Old Compton Street. Manchester, England: Canal Street and surrounding streets. Paris: Le Marais Madrid: Chueca Barcelona: El Gaixample, also around Universitat metro Mexico City : La Condesa, Zona Rosa Furthermore, several towns, particularly resorts, are known as primarily gay areas, for example Key West, Florida; Saugatuck, Michigan; Provincetown, Massachusetts; Fire Island, New York; Mykonos, Greece; and Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. Many such resorts welcome their gay tourists and have many facilities for them, but not all of them (for example, Lesbos, Greece) appreciate the attention. See also The Village People. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.