Metropolitics

Culture and the Nighttime Economy: A Conversation with London's Night Czar and Culture-at-Risk Officer

Amin Ghaziani — 2019-11-12T06:00:00Z

Amin Ghaziani describes the high closure rate of LGBTQ nighttime venues in London, and the city's recognition of these venues' intertwined economic and cultural significance.
From 2006 to 2016, the number of LGBTQ bars, pubs, and nightclubs in London declined by 58%, falling from 125 venues to 53. Figure 1 shows the spatial distribution of these closures. The impact was most acute in central London.
An audit by the Greater London Authority (GLA) found that 44% of all nightclubs, 35% of all

- From the Field / LGBTQ+, homosexuality, night, London, United Kingdom, England, culture, nighttime economy, nightlife

All the Gayborhoods are White

Marcus Anthony Hunter — 2015-05-19T05:00:00Z

The urban “gayborhood,” the place where gay men and women found refuge for their sexuality from bigotry, is gradually changing demographically and culturally in today's “post-gay” era. In his review of Amin Ghaziani's book about the implications behind this transition, sociologist Marcus Anthony Hunter considers the omission of race from our understanding of the traditional gayborhood, and reflects on the role of social exclusion in urban spaces characterized by their inclusion of marginalized

- Reviews / gentrification, Chicago, gender, United States, homosexuality, exclusion, neighborhood, race, gay, LGBTQ+, gay flight, gayborhood

Gay populations as gentrifiers in Paris and Montreal

Colin Giraud & translated by Oliver Waine — 2012-02-22T05:55:00Z

Are “gay villages” a sign of gentrification? A comparison between the Marais in Paris – an area gentrified before becoming a gay neighbourhood – and the Village in Montreal – more gay than gentrified – reveals differences between gay communities, as well as the relevance of a gender-based analysis of the city.
From the 1980s onwards, research in the US and Canada highlighted the specific role of homosexual populations, essentially male, in the renovation and regeneration of central districts

- From the Field / France, gentrification, gender, Paris, Montreal, homosexuality, Canada, gay, LGBTQ+, gaytrification

Homosexual City, Homophobic Banlieue?

Éric Fassin & translated by Christina Mitrakos — 2011-03-09T06:30:00Z

Is homophobia prevalent in social housing projects? Is sexual orientation the new divide between civilizations? Éric Fassin shows how condemning sexism in the banlieues not only reinforces the opposition between “us” and “them,” but also contributes to fueling it.
In 2009, two books on homosexuality in the banlieues were published. The subtitle of Homo-ghetto, written by Franck Chaumont, and published on October 1st, describes “gays and lesbians in the projects” as “the stowaways of the

- Debates / ghetto, banlieue, homophobia, racism, gender, homosexuality, race, gay, LGBTQ+