List of gay villages
This is a list of gay villages, urban areas with generally recognized boundaries that unofficially form a social center for LGBT people. They tend to contain a number of gay lodgings, B&Bs, bars, clubs and pubs, restaurants, cafés and other similar businesses. Some may be gay getaways, such as Provincetown or Guerneville.
Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Name of village | City | Reference |
Rue du Marché au Charbon | Brussels |
Brazil
Name of village | City | Reference |
Farme de Amoedo Street | Rio de Janeiro | |
Frei Caneca Street | São Paulo | |
Jardins | São Paulo | |
Huáscar de Figueiredo Street | Manaus |
Canada
Name of village | City | Reference |
Jasper Avenue | Edmonton | |
Le Village gai | Montreal | |
The Village/Le village | Ottawa | |
Church and Wellesley | Toronto | |
Queen Street West/Parkdale "Queer West Village" | Toronto | |
Davie Village | Vancouver |
Chile
China
Colombia
Name of village | City | Reference |
Chapinero | Bogotá |
Cuba
Name of village | City | Reference |
"La Rampa", Vedado | Havana |
Denmark
Name of village | City | Reference |
Strædet | Copenhagen | |
Skolegade | Aarhus |
France
Name of village | City | Reference |
Le Marais | Paris | |
Sallèles-d'Aude | Narbonne | |
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 | |
Canal du Midi banks in Saint-Aubin neighborhood, Port Saint-Sauveur | Toulouse | |
Place du Marché-aux-Fleurs, Promenade du Peyrou | Montpellier | |
Grosso Quarter | Nice | |
Rue Royale, Opéra, Hôtel de Ville | Lyon | |
Place du Marché, Place Hoche | Versailles |
Germany
Name of village | City | Reference |
"Nollendorfkiez"; Nollendorfplatz / Motzstraße / Eisenacher Straße / Fuggerstraße /Viktoria-Luise-Platz in the west of Schöneberg | Berlin | |
The area around Helmholtzplatz in Prenzlauer Berg | Berlin | |
Lange Reihe in St. Georg, Hamburg | Hamburg | |
Schaafenstraße in Innenstadt, Cologne | Cologne | |
Nordend | Frankfurt | |
Glockenbachviertel | Munich | |
Gurlarn Ziegelviertel | Fürstenzell |
Greece
Name of village | City | Reference |
Gazi | Athens | koukaki |
Saint Eirini's Square, and part of Aiolou Street | Athens | |
Mykonos | Mykonos |
Italy
Name of village | City | Reference |
Torre del Lago | Viareggio, Tuscany | |
Porta Venezia | Milan | |
San Giovanni in Laterano street | Rome | |
Parco del Ninfeo | Rome |
Japan
see also :ja:ゲイ・タウン#日本の主なゲイ・タウン|Gay villages of JapanName of village | City | Reference |
Shinjuku ni-chōme | Tokyo | |
Doyama | Osaka | |
Ueno | Tokyo | |
Fukuoka | Fukuoka | |
Sakae & Fushimi | Nagoya | |
Asakusa | Tokyo | |
Shinbashi | Tokyo | |
Namba | Osaka | |
:ja:野毛町|Noge | Yokohama | |
Susukino | Hokkaidō | |
:ja:流川|Nagarekawa | Hiroshima | |
Ikebukuro | Tokyo | |
:ja:桜坂 |Sakurazaka | Okinawa | |
Shinsekai | Osaka |
Mexico
Name of village | City | Reference |
Zona Rosa | Mexico City | |
Zona Romantica | Puerto Vallarta | |
Prisciliano Sanchez St. & Chapultepec | Guadalajara | |
Zona Rosa, Tijuana. "Santa Cecilia Plaza" | Tijuana, Baja California Norte, Mexico |
Netherlands
New Zealand
Name of village | City | Reference |
Karangahape Road | Auckland | |
Ponsonby | Auckland | |
Wellington Central | Wellington | based upon NZ census records of same sex couples |
The Philippines
Name of village | City | Reference |
Malate | Manila | |
Timog | Quezon City |
Portugal
Name of village | City | Reference |
Bairro Alto | Lisbon | |
Chiado | Lisbon | |
Príncipe Real | Lisbon |
South Africa
Name of village | City | Reference |
Rosebank | Johannesburg | |
Parkhurst | Johannesburg | |
Melville | Johannesburg | |
Green Point | Cape Town | |
De Waterkant | Cape Town | |
Sea Point | Cape Town |
South Korea
Name of village | City | Reference |
Jongro | Seoul | |
Homo Hill, Itaewon | Seoul | |
Sinchon | Seoul |
Spain
Name of village | City | Reference |
Chueca | Madrid | |
Lavapiés | Madrid | |
Malasaña | Madrid | |
La Latina | Madrid | |
Gaixample | Barcelona | |
Sitges | Sitges | |
Barrio del Carmen | Valencia | |
Ruzafa | Valencia | |
Alameda | Sevilla | |
Barrio del Arenal | Sevilla | |
Alfalfa | Sevilla | |
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 | |
Barrio de La Merced | Málaga | |
Barrio de Santa Eulalia | Murcia | |
Gomila | Palma, Majorca | |
Avenida del Generalísimo | Puerto de la Cruz | |
Old town north east - Entremuros | Santiago de Compostela | |
Salto del Caballo | Toledo | |
La Nogalera | Torremolinos | |
Areal | Vigo | |
Puerta del Carmen | Zaragoza |
Sweden
Name of village | City | Reference |
Mariatorget | Stockholm |