More recent years have seen a crush of developers wanting them to sell. Rainbow crosswalks won’t stop a wrecking ball.įor years, Caven Enterprises has bought up the lands under and around their ubiquitous bars – JR’s, TMC, Village Station/Station4/S4, Sue Ellen’s and even the lot housing undie outlet Skivvies. And as urban life has expanded, these once rough-trade and tumble areas find themselves in the thick of their urban fabric, ripe for redevelopment and erasure. And in all too many instances, the gay-focused businesses do not own the land underneath them. Certainly without exception, gay neighborhoods in the developed world are not as gay as they were even 15 years ago. Gayborhoods the world over are trying to figure out their next steps. While still popular, they’re not what they once were. Folding in the rise of the internet and app culture, and the bars are no longer the epicenter of activist or hedonistic gay life anymore. The rights my generation, and the generations before, fought and died for have made great strides. As the LGBTQ+ community has become more accepted in polite society, the need for an epicenter has waned as the burbs grudgingly threw out the welcome mat. The job and joy of the gay bar has been changing for many reasons.
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