Gay district

merry Village , gay' tto , merry enclave , district homo , pink district , the qualifiers is multiple to indicate, a gay district of a big city. This one can be defined by the type of population, or by the presence of commercial establishments (restaurants, bars, boxes, bookstores…) and of institutions intended for the public LGBT. The density of this type of trade and the importance of the frequentation of the district, make it possible to define it as being an oasis of tolerance.

Such zones of regrouping represent oases of tolerance in cities generally perceived like hostile or quite simply foreign with needs LGBT. In more open cities, the Village can quite simply play a visible part of concentration of trade and services aiming at community LGBT. According to personal perception, some could fear a process of Community renfermement (gay' tto, the merry ghetto), but the subject still lends to discussion. It should be noted, also that many homosexual people, in particular in Europe, refuse to be comparable of office to a gay culture which would be based only on the consumerism and of the values of search éperdue for youth and the Discrimination.

History of the merry districts

The concept of district pink was born in the Années 1970, primarily in North America. Thereafter, it developed in other world metropolises. It is an urban phenomenon.

Gentrification merry

These districts bring a new class of single people who seek a certain refinement in the mode and choice of behaviors of these new consumers. This gentrification is especially due to expenditure as regards clothing, of furnishing. The districts profit from trade close to their social concerns.

Money " rose"

Certain banks go until fidéliser homosexual customers, by offering new products such as of Pink Credit Card.

List " villages"

South Africa

Argentinian

Australia

Canada

France

Japan

Mexico

Singapore

  • Tanjong Pagar

Thailand

Portugal

Spain

the United Kingdom

the United States

Swiss

List tourist destinations

See too

  • merry Tourism
  • The Village People - group of music Disco music resulting from the " village" from New York

References

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  • Levine, Martin P. 1979. “Gay Ghetto” pp. 182-204 in: Martin Levine (ED) Gay Men: The Sociology off Male Homosexuality. New York, Hagerstown, San Francisco, London: To grip & Row.
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