Side by side: unlike most cities, New York has two gay neighborhoods. And although they adjoin geographically, they are worlds apart.Village Boundaries 14th Street to the north, Houston Street (remember, it's pronounced "howstun") to the south, Hudson River Hudson River River, New York, U.S. Originating in the Adirondack Mountains and flowing for about 315 mi (507 km) to New York City, it was named for Henry Hudson, who explored it in 1609. Dutch settlement of the Hudson valley began in 1629. to the west, Broadway to the east. History Birthplace or the American gay liberation movement Noun 1. gay liberation movement - the movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression gay lib crusade, campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular on June 27, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn The Stonewall Inn was the site of the famous Stonewall riots of 1969, which have come to symbolize the beginning of the gay liberation movement in the United States. It is located at 53 Christopher Street, between West 4th St. and Waverly Place, in Greenwich Village, New York City. . Traditional haunts of literary and artistic gay men and women, including Edward Albee (he got the title for his play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? from graffiti in the former Ninth Circle gay bar), Emma Goldman, Hart Crane, and Willa Cather. Gay Sites Site of Stonewall Inn (51 Christopher St.), "Gay Liberation" sculpture by George Segal (Sheridan Square), Oscar Wilde Bookshop (15 Christopher St.), GLBT GLBT Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered Center (208 VM 13th St.). Gay Life Highlights New York's flagship lesbian bar, Henrietta Hudson (438 Hudson St.); annual Gay Pride Parade A gay pride parade or LGBT pride parade is part of a festival or ceremony held by the LGBT community of a city to commemorate the struggle for LGBT rights and pride. ; annual Halloween Parade; Hudson Street Piers; gay bars along and off Christopher St. (Julius, at 10th and Waverly is reputed to be a 100-year-old gay bar). Basic Differences The bell-bottoms and handlebar mustaches you see aren't retro. Chelsea Boundaries 14th Street to the south, 28th Street to the north, Hudson River to the west, Broadway Lo the east. History During the '80s, then low-rent Chelsea began to attract gays, though despite its beautiful loft spaces it was known as the ugly stepsister to the West Village. When skyrocketing rents and devastation by AIDS caused changes in the West Village in the Late '80s, Chelsea blossomed. Gay Sites Hotel Chelsea on 23rd Street, which has housed Tennessee Williams, Robert Mapplethorpe, Joni Mitchell, and Janis Joplin. The Chelsea Piers, an entertainment-sports complex along the Hudson. Gay Life Highlights SBNY (50 West 17th St.), Formerly Splash; Eighth Avenue, New York's gayest thoroughfare; Barracuda barracuda, slender, elongated fish of tropical seas. Barracudas have long snouts and projecting lower jaws armed with large, sharp-edged teeth. They are ferocious, striking at anything that gleams, and are considered excellent game fishes. , XL, and the Roxy are traditional favorites; Elmo (156 7th Ave.), an eatery that's always busy and the place to go if you want to "be seen"; Cafeteria (7th Avenue at 17th) is still uber-gay. Basic Differences Habitat for the muscle-bound mus·cle·bound also mus·cle-bound adj. 1. Having inelastic, overdeveloped muscles, usually as the result of excessive exercise. 2. a. Hindered by or as if by overdeveloped muscles. b. gym bunny and the guppie. "Chelsea Boy" has entered the gay lexicon. |
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