The Life and Afterlife of Gay Neighborhoods : : Renaissance and Resurgence.

• Superior document: The Urban Book
• Author: Bitterman, Alex.
• TeilnehmendeR: Hess, Daniel Baldwin.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2021.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: The Urban Book
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (434 pages)

This open access book examines the significance of gay neighborhoods (or ‘gayborhoods’) from critical periods of formation during the gay liberation and freedom movements of the 1960s and 1970s, to proven durability through the HIV/AIDS pandemic during the 1980s and 1990s, to a mature plateau since 2000. The book provides a framework for contemplating the future form and function of gay neighborhoods. Social and cultural shifts within gay neighborhoods are used as a framework for understanding the decades-long struggle for LGBTQ+ rights and equality. Resulting from gentrification, weakening social stigma, and enhanced rights for LGBTQ+ people, gay neighborhoods have recently become “less gay,” following a 50-year period of resilience. Meanwhile, other neighborhoods are becoming “more gay,” due to changing preferences of LGBTQ+ individuals and a propensity for LGBTQ+ families to form community in areas away from established gayborhoods. The current ‘plateau’ in the evolution of gay neighborhoods is characterized by generational differences—between Baby Boom pioneers and Millennials who favour broad inclusivity—signaling various possible trajectories for the future ‘afterlife’ of these important LGBTQ+ urban spaces. The complicating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic provides a point of comparison for lessons learned from gay neighborhoods and the LGBTQ+ community that bravely endured the onset of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in various disciplines—including sociology, social work, anthropology, gender and sexuality, LGTBQ+ and queer studies, as well as urban geography, architecture, and city planning—and to policymakers and advocates concerned with LGBTQ+ rights and social justice.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- References -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Part IIntroduction -- 1 Who Are the People in Your Gayborhood? Understanding Population Change and Cultural Shifts in LGBTQ+ Neighborhoods -- 1.1 Introduction: Beneath the Crowded LGBTQ+ Umbrella -- 1.2 Nomenclature: Everyone Belongs -- 1.3 The Other: Refuge and Refusal to Change -- 1.4 Marginal to Memorable: The Evolution of Gay Neighborhoods -- 1.4.1 The First Great Plateau -- 1.5 Empirical Plan for This Book -- 1.5.1 A Note Regarding Limitations -- 1.6 Takeaway Messages -- 1.7 Conclusion: Resurgence and Renaissance -- References -- Part IIContext and Composition -- 2 Breaking Down Segregation: Shifting Geographies of Male Same-Sex Households Within Desegregating Cities -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Data and Methods -- 2.2.1 Decennial Census Data -- 2.2.2 Segregation Scores -- 2.2.3 Gay Neighborhoods -- 2.2.4 Other Neighborhood Characteristics -- 2.2.5 Analysis -- 2.3 Results -- 2.3.1 Trends in Segregation and Neighborhood Change -- 2.3.2 Characteristics of Neighborhoods Within Desegregating Cities -- 2.3.3 Increasingly Segregated Cities -- 2.4 The Demographic Future of Gay Neighborhoods -- 2.5 Future Research: Census 2020 and Beyond -- References -- 3 A Queer Reading of the United States Census -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Heteronormativity and Urban Development -- 3.3 The Census, Heteronormativity, and LGBTQ Populations -- 3.4 A Queer Reading of the Census -- 3.5 Testing the Variables in Four Neighborhoods -- 3.6 Non-family Household Results -- 3.7 Never Married by Sex Results -- 3.8 Divorced by Sex Results -- 3.9 Sex Ratio of Age 25-54 Cohort Results -- 3.10 Discussion -- 3.11 Comparison to Same-Sex Unmarried Partner Data -- 3.12 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Why Gayborhoods Matter: The Street Empirics of Urban Sexualities.

4.1 Introduction: Gayborhood Studies -- 4.2 Why Do You Live in the Gayborhood? -- 4.3 Conclusions -- References -- Part IIIIdentity and Evolution -- 5 The Rainbow Connection: A Time-Series Study of Rainbow Flag Display Across Nine Toronto Neighborhoods -- 5.1 Rainbow Flag: Visibility, Implication, and Meaning -- 5.2 A Capsule History of the Rainbow Flag -- 5.3 The Rainbow Flag as Place Brand for Gay Neighborhoods -- 5.4 The Power of Graphics in the Built Environment -- 5.5 Concentration and Persistence of Rainbow Flags Define Boundaries of Gay Neighborhoods -- 5.6 Empirical Plan for the Visual Assessment of Rainbow Flag Display -- 5.7 Observations and Findings -- 5.8 Diaspora as Practical Identity -- 5.9 Rainbow Proliferation: Synthesis and Conclusions -- 5.10 Takeaway Messages -- Sources -- 6 Wearing Pink in Fairy Town: The Heterosexualization of the Spanish Town Neighborhood and Carnival Parade in Baton Rouge -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Consuming Gay Culture -- 6.3 Baton Rouge Mardi Gras and the Spanish Town Parade -- 6.4 Methods -- 6.5 The Bohemian 1980s in Spanish Town -- 6.6 Spanish Town Parades as Part of Gay Cultural History in Baton Rouge -- 6.7 Homophobia and Queer Culture in the Contemporary Parade -- References -- 7 A Tale of Three Villages: Contested Discourses of Place-Making in Central Philadelphia -- 7.1 Background -- 7.2 The Space in Question -- 7.2.1 Gayborhood -- 7.2.2 Washington Square West -- 7.2.3 Midtown Village -- 7.3 Discursive Moments -- 7.3.1 Snapshots from the Gayborhood -- 7.3.2 The Skeleton of Washington West -- 7.3.3 Welcome to Midtown Village -- 7.4 Further Directions -- 7.5 Conclusion -- References -- 8 Are "Gay" and "Queer-Friendly" Neighborhoods Healthy? Assessing How Areas with High Densities of Same-Sex Couples Impact the Mental Health of Sexual Minority and Majority Young Adults -- 8.1 Introduction.

8.2 Background -- 8.3 Method -- 8.4 Results -- 8.5 Discussion -- 8.6 Limitations and Conclusion -- References -- Part IVCo-Relation and Dialectic -- 9 Let's (not) Go Outside: Grindr, Hybrid Space, and Digital Queer Neighborhoods -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Situating Sexualities, Cities, and Technologies -- 9.3 Location-Based Dating Apps and Their Hybrid Queer Spaces -- 9.4 The Ambiguous Impact of Location-Based Media on Existing Gayborhoods -- 9.5 Conclusion: Space for Co-Existence? -- References -- 10 A Gay Neighborhood or Merely a Temporary Cluster of "Strange" Bars? Gay Bar Culture in Antwerp -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 The Emergence of a Gay Bar Culture in Antwerp -- 10.3 The Paradigmatic Case History of Café Strange in the Central Station Area -- 10.4 The Decline of Gay Bar Life in Antwerp -- References -- 11 Recovering the Gay Village: A Comparative Historical Geography of Urban Change and Planning in Toronto and Sydney -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Historical Geographies of Gay Villages: Segregation and Integration -- 11.3 Historical Geographies of Sexuality in Toronto -- 11.3.1 A Nascent Gay Village: Toronto in the 1970s -- 11.3.2 Neoliberalism and Toronto's Gay Village -- 11.3.3 Toronto's Village Today -- 11.4 Historical Geographies of Sexuality in Sydney -- 11.4.1 Consolidation of a Gay Neighborhood: Sydney in the 1970s to the 1990s -- 11.4.2 An End to Village Life in Sydney? -- 11.5 Thoughts on Historical Legacies and the Future of the Gay Village -- 11.6 Concluding Remarks: Wider Implications for Urban Planning and Policy -- References -- 12 After the Life of LGBTQ Spaces: Learning from Atlanta and Istanbul -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces -- 12.3 Midtown, Atlanta -- 12.3.1 Centripetal Forces in the Atlanta Case -- 12.3.2 Centrifugal Forces in the Atlanta Case -- 12.4 Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey.

12.4.1 Centripetal Forces in the Istanbul Case -- 12.4.2 Centrifugal Forces in the Istanbul Case -- 12.5 Discussion -- References -- Part VSignifiying Meaning and Memory Across Generations -- 13 Far Beyond the Gay Village: LGBTQ Urbanism and Generation in Montréal's Mile End -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Methodology -- 13.3 Generation Queer -- 13.4 Divergent LGBTQ Urbanisms -- 13.4.1 The Gay Village -- 13.4.2 Queer Mile End -- 13.5 Conclusion -- References -- 14 Understanding Generation Gaps in LGBTQ+ Communities: Perspectives About Gay Neighborhoods Among Heteronormative and Homonormative Generational Cohorts -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 A Brief Overview of Generational Cohorts -- 14.3 The Contemporary Heteronormative Saeculum and Events that Shaped the World -- 14.4 Exploring LGBTQ+ Generations: Through the Eyes of Warhol, Vidal, Capote &amp -- Hudson -- 14.5 The Homonormative Saeculum and the Events that Shaped a Century of LGBTQ+ Culture -- 14.6 The Intersection of LGBTQ+ Generational Cohorts and Gay Neighborhoods -- 14.7 Future Possibilities for Gay Neighborhoods -- 14.8 Synthesis and Conclusion: Connections for LGBTQ+ People Across Generational Cohorts -- 14.9 Takeaway Messages -- References -- 15 Commemorating Historically Significant Gay Places Across the United States -- 15.1 Generations of Gay History -- 15.1.1 Violence and Commemoration -- 15.2 Significant LGBTQ+ Sites -- 15.2.1 LGBTQ+ Heritage Initiative -- 15.2.2 Protecting American LGBTQ+ Heritage -- 15.2.3 Aim of Landmarks Dedication -- 15.2.4 Initial Results of the LGBTQ Heritage Initiative -- 15.3 Current Status of the Preservation of LGBTQ+ Sites -- 15.3.1 Constancy of Application -- 15.4 The Future of Preserving the Past -- 15.5 Takeaway Messages -- References -- 16 Plateaus and Afterglows: Theorizing the Afterlives of Gayborhoods as Post-Places -- 16.1 Introduction.

16.2 The Phenomenology of Place -- 16.3 Post-Phenomenological Perspectives -- 16.4 Plateaus and Afterglows -- 16.5 Post-Placing Gayborhoods -- 16.6 Conclusion: Beyond the Gayborhood in Space, Time, and Scholarship? -- References -- Part VI Epilogue -- 17 After/Lives: Insights from the COVID-19 Pandemic for Gay Neighborhoods -- 17.1 Introduction: Once More, Without Human Contact? -- 17.2 Do Places Matter? Empirical Trends for the Future of LGBTQ+ Spaces -- 17.3 Concluding Remarks: Beyond the Master Metaphor of the Gayborhood? -- References -- Index.