Design and the value of gay night life: Homonormative placemaking in San Francisco
Reductionist perceptions of gay nightlife and the neighbourhoods they secure have obscured their variety in the middle of claims of gentrification or displacement. The different trajectories of San Francisco's 3 gay bar areas provide an all-natural experiment to define the partnership between gay placemaking and city processes. In 1999, each area anchored unique stylistic practices however by 2004, one had collapsed, an additional came to be stylistically blended, while the youngest increased and also came to be homogenous. In that area a certain gay design as well as mainstream cosmopolitanism assembled, spatially institutionalising what queer theorists call 'the brand-new homonormativity' consisting of sexual discernment, mainstream political assimilation as well as store consumerism. Adherence to this specific gay design provided spatial funding, enabling cosmopolitans, gay and straight, to literally 'happen' anywhere, while nonconformist gays shed their locations. In contrast to prominent and also scholastic insurance claims, not all gay places are connected with gentrification: homonormativity fostered gentrification from within, nonconformist gay nightlife came down with gentrification from without. This study thus adds to a more clear connection between gay males as well as metropolitan revitalisation, nightlife economic climates, and also the assessment of some forms of urban creative thinking and also placemaking over others.
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An overview to gay bars and also clubs in San Francisco, including a number of gay-popular dining establishments as well as combined venues, from coffee shops to lounges.