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Gay neighborhoods worry that they are losing their distinct identity

Started by LostInTime, March 13, 2007, 08:14:44 AM

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March 13, 2007, 08:14:44 AM
But it's still an identity crisis, right?

These areas are slowly being altered by an influx of heterosexual couples, the forces of gentrification, and growing confidence among gays that they can live pretty much wherever they want nowadays and do not need the security of being in a "gay ghetto."

"What I've heard from some people is, `We don't need the Castro anymore because essentially San Francisco is our Castro,"' said Don Romesburg, co-chairman of the GLBT Historical Society, a group that represents gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transsexuals.

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