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Gay neighbourhoods losing cultural identity as they are gradually ‘heterofied’

A UBC-led study suggests that traditionally gay neighbourhoods in the United States are becoming increasingly straight and are at risk of losing their cultural identity.

In his book, There Goes the Gayborhood?, University of British Columbia sociologist Amin Ghaziani suggests that iconic gay districts like San Francisco’s Castro district, New York City’s Chelsea and Chicago’s Boystown are being heterofied (my term, not his) as heterosexual households join or replace gays and lesbians. At the ...

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