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Urban Space and Homosexuality: The Example of the Marais, Paris' 'Gay Ghetto'

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  • Michael Sibalis

    (Department of History, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3C5, msibalis@wlu.ca)

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'Gay ghettos'—neighbourhoods dominated by homosexual men and women-have emerged during recent decades in many cities in North America and western Europe, including in Paris' historical Marais quarter. The gay Marais resulted from economic and social factors such as initially low rents and real-estate prices in a run-down neighbourhood ripe for gentrification, a central location with good public transport and the emergence of an urban gay community eager to establish a territorial base for its political militancy. In addition, gay businessmen consciously set out to establish commercial venues in the Marais that would embody a more openly gay lifestyle. The Marais and this lifestyle have become objects of bitter attack from both outside and within the gay community. Residents resent the intrusion into their neighbourhood, while others denounce the formation of a distinct gay identity as 'communitarianism' and a threat to French national values.

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  • Michael Sibalis, 2004. "Urban Space and Homosexuality: The Example of the Marais, Paris' 'Gay Ghetto'," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 41(9), pages 1739-1758, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:41:y:2004:i:9:p:1739-1758
    DOI: 10.1080/0042098042000243138
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    1. Thomas Wimark, 2014. "Is It Really Tolerance? Expanding the Knowledge About Diversity for the Creative Class," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 105(1), pages 46-63, February.
    2. Amin Ghaziani, 2015. "‘Gay Enclaves Face Prospect of Being PassÉ': How Assimilation Affects the Spatial Expressions of Sexuality in the United States," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 39(4), pages 756-771, July.
    3. Adam Easterbrook & Richard M. Carpiano & Brian C. Kelly & Jeffrey T. Parsons, 2014. "The Personal Experience of Community Among Urban Gay Men, Lesbians, and Bisexuals: Melting Pot or Mosaic?," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 95(3), pages 682-700, September.

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