In some place’s ‘alternative’ LGBT neighbourhoods are being established, and perhaps Woodstock in Cape Town will be that area. In other cities such as Sydney and San Francisco there are concerted efforts by the City councils to revitalise ‘gay character’ of the gay village. However, cities are not static, there is a constant ebb and flow as populations move, age and attitudes change. The 2000’s have seen exponential growth of online communications. People meet, shop and relate online. The need for whole areas of like-minded people is no longer a priority. Bars and clubs are no longer seen as gay or straight. Lesbian and gay men hold political office in areas were most their electorate is straight. Openly gay people head of governments as seen in Ireland where the Teichoic was Leo Varadkar. Iceland and Belgium have both had gay Prime Ministers, and the incumbents in Serbia and Luxemburg are openly gay. So perhaps those days of identity, be it colour, sexual orientation or any other determining factor to how we live, are days gone by. Some of us, nostalgic for those heady days, see this as a sad thing, but younger people see this as the way forward where one’s lifestyle is not determined by being put in a box. Perhaps the gaybourhood is a thing of the past. Source: ResearchGate
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