Talk:Gay village/Archive 1

"gay destination"
The reputation of an area as a "gay destination" has sometimes been controversial (I seem to recall this being the case with Lesbos, for example). I think NPOV would suggest a note on this, but danged if I can think of a polite way to say it.


 * nicely done merge Exploding Boy 15:10, Jan 26, 2004 (UTC)

resorts
wonder if it would be better to list the resorts under gay villages, perhaps with a note of explanation? Also, I'm not sure about Lesbos, can anyone confirm? Exploding Boy 08:48, Jan 27, 2004 (UTC)


 * No, the resorts are different from gay villages in that gays and lesbians don't necessarily live there all year. For example, Provincetown only gets swarmed by gay and lesbian tourist during the summer months and is a fairly ordinary (ie. not particularly gay) seaside town the rest of the year.


 * Lesbos is a popular summer holiday destination among lesbians, despite the Lesvonians not liking their island's association with lesbianism very much (they don't seem to mind profiting from the tourism though).


 * I think the phrase "are known as primarily gay areas" should be changed as at least some of them (as pointed out above) are only gay areas during the tourist season.
 * -- Kimiko 19:45, 3 Mar 2004 (UTC)

In that case maybe the resorts belong somewhere else. By the way, I believe the correct term for people from Lesbos is, in fact, Lesbians. Exploding Boy 21:40, Mar 3, 2004 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure they merit a separate article right away, but go ahead if you like.


 * No, Lesvonians is the preferred term. Read Lesbos.
 * -- Kimiko 22:42, 3 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Gateshead
I'm not even sure why that's on this list. And if it's considered to be gay, then there should be some mention of that in the Gateshead page. Since there's almost 200,000, if there is considered to be a gay centre somewhere there, then specify where it is. I'm removing it - if someone wishes to put it back, add some more detail.
 * Ditto the same with Oxted. I am going to remove it because it appears to be vandalism Gingerblokey 00:48, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Long Beach
It's a quiet community, but it's definitely there--there's a few gay bars, and plenty of gay residents in the Craftsman homes by the ocean. jengod 21:45, Mar 22, 2004 (UTC)


 * I'll take your word for it. Any city of its size has a gay community to speak of. Whether or not it's a gay village as described by the article, I don't know. If you believe it is, I believe you. Moncrief 21:46, Mar 22, 2004 (UTC)


 * Yes it is, and having lived there for about 18 months, I think that I can say so with some authority. The community centers around the Belmont Shores district, and tends (at least in my humble opinion) to skew more lesbian than gay.  Hope it helps - That damned polymath Two Halves unlogged in yet again

Thanks two halves--my mom mentioned it to me, so I couldn't have testified on my own, but I was pretty sure. Danke to you both! jengod 21:57, Mar 22, 2004 (UTC)


 * The article on Long Beach says it's a place with 461,522 inhabitants. That's not a village nor an enclave, and unless at least a plurality of those people are gay, it's not gay either. --Joy &#91;shallot&#93;   22:43, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I'm not personally farmiliar with the city, but I assume (if info above is correct) that it would added to the list as: It does not imply that the whole of Long Beach is gay any more than the comparable listing Atlanta, Georgia: Midtown implies that a plurality of Atlanta is gay. These neighborhoods in each given city represent the area with the highest concentration of (or reputation) gay people. Autiger 00:22, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Long Beach, California: Belmont Shores

Even though West Hollywood, California has a plurality of gay council members the last time I checked, it probably doesn't have more gay businesses than general businesses and certainly doesn't have more gay residents than non-gay residents. As for Long Beach--it has a fairly large number of gay-owned business, with most of them located on Broadway, plus 2nd and 4th Steets between Downtown and Belmont Shores. There are only a few gay businesses in the Belmont Shores neighborhood itself, although what is probably the biggest gay bar in Long Beach (Ripples) is "hidden" along Ocean Blvd. (the main business district in the area is the v-e-r-y busy 2nd Street).

Long Beach doesn't have as obvious a gay district as West Hollywood or other "Gay Villages" however. Most of the bars (usually along Broadway) are fairly discreet and don't stand out from the rest of the fairly quiet neighborhood. There also many of the restaurants, antique stores, thrift shops, vintage clothing boutiques, art galleries, and other stores that cater to the general public in the area that are gay-owned (Cher's daughter Chastity owns a restaurant in the area). I've never seen statistics, but my guess is that Long Beach has a much higher percentage of lesbians, and of gay couples, than most gay villages.

To give you an idea of the size of the gay community, Long Beach has the fourth largest Gay Pride Parade in the United States, with only West Hollywood, San Francisco and New York's parades being largest. The only larger event in Long Beach is the annual Long Beach Grand Prix. All of this is a very long-winded way of saying that yes, Long Beach definately belongs on this list. gK [[User talk:GK|&iquest;?]] 09:35, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Gaybourhood
Since it was removed from the list of synonyms, what is the difference between a "gay village" and a "gaybourhood"? -- Beland 06:31, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * I've never even heard of a "gaybourhood". 70.48.111.76 14:00, 19 December 2005 (UTC)


 * It's a regularly used, though campy expression in Canada. Kind of annoying. Dan Carkner 03:00, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

It is common in the U.S. as slang expression, except that in Philadelphia I believe it's rather accepted now. And, in American Standard English, it's spelled "gayborhood," "neighborhood" and "city center." Really, can't we get rid of these "ye olde" Anglo-French spellings, if only in those sections that deal with U.S. subject matter, i.e., Stonewall and Greenwich Village? Thanks. posted by user:66.255.9.254.


 * Hmm. I'm usually not so easily pissed off, but I found the above post quite insulting.  Those spellings are not, as the anonymous user suggests, old fasioned, out dated and slightly silly.  They are, in fact, both current and used by a majority of the world's native speakers of English.  Exploding Boy 20:17, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

We use the term up here in Western New York. Wandering Star 14:41, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Information from The Gay & Lesbian Atlas
I just found out about The Gay & Lesbian Atlas, by Gary J. Gates and Jason Ost, Urban Institute Press, which looks like it has some very good information that could be used for this article. The Urban Institute website has a couple of pages condensing the infomation in the book: Facts and Findings from The Gay and Lesbian Atlas and In Cities, Suburbs and the Sticks: Gary Gates Uncovers the U.S. Communities that Same-Sex Couples Call Home. I'd like to add some of this info to the Gay Village article, but I don't really know enough about any of the places mentioned except for California. I think that for some of the cities mentioned that have concentrations of same-sex couple households they are cities that don't have a well-defined gay village, so that a new list, or perhaps even a new article, might need to be started. I would like others to look at this info and offer their opinions. Blank Verse  &empty;  13:48, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Gay Tijuana and Hillcrest, California
Two things I thought I should mention here:
 * Gay Tijuana is currently on VfD: Votes for deletion/Gay Tijuana, and
 * The article on Hillcrest, California, the gay village for San Diego, needs cleanup. Samaritan 00:10, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

San Francisco, California
Can someone explain why South of Market is considered gay? It's no more gay than any other part of the City.


 * Ever heard of the Folsom Street Fair? Darkcore 23:06, 3 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Why is Bernal Heights on this list? I'm removing.


 * Ever hear of lesbians? The Wild Side West bar is a lesbian hangout and the bernal heights neighborhood has a really high concentration of lesbian couples.--DaveOinSF 18:43, 13 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Ever hear of lesbians? What kind of question is that? There are gays and lesbians all over the city, but that doesn't make all the places they live "gay villages." Every been to the south of southeast side of Bernal Heights? It would be incorrect to characterize Bernal Heights as gay. Griot 12:00, 14 June 2006 (UTC)


 * You have got to be kidding me. Bernal Heights is practically synonymous with lesbians.  Certainly not as one-dimensional as the Castro, but what is?  Here's some links on the Bernal scene:
 * http://www.sfgate.com/eguide/gay/pages/bernal.shtml
 * http://wikitravel.org/en/San_Francisco/Bernal_Heights
 * http://www.bestofthebay.com/2004/hoods_bernal.html
 * I'd be willing to say North Bernal Heights, but it belongs on that list one way or another.


 * It isn't worth arguing over, so I'll leave it, but you obviously have never strayed very far off Cortland Ave. Next time you're up there, go to Holly Park and head in a southeasterly direction. If you see any lesbians, let me know. And be sure and go in the daytime.


 * FYI, SOMA is synonymous with the LGBT leather/BDSM scene; Bernal Heights is also known as "lesbian hill." Benjiboi 07:25, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Gay villages as Exclusionary
I edited this from its original content because I did not believe it to be NPOV. I also added a footnote about Denver, because I grew up there and did not find the all-encompassing language that was used to describe Gay villages to fit Denver's description at all.
 * That section is terrible. I'm willing to give the author the benefit of the doubt that it was written in good faith, but the passive voice, lack of citations, and let alone the NPOV is well below the standards of Wikipedia.  I gave it the "weasel words" tag.  I'll monitor the page and the talk page to see if any improvements can be made, but if nothing happens within two weeks, I will delete that section.--DaveOinSF 08:49, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * OK, two weeks have passed and there has been no effort to improve the section that I tagged. I am removing the section.--DaveOinSF 02:19, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

This section is a giant crock of garbage. I cant believe wikipedia keeps it. seminole heights in tampa fl. is mostly lower income families and is just an old run down section of town. Although it is becoming gentrified, its not due to an influx of "gays." This is completely inaccurate. It seems any neighborhood with a young population or high number of artist is automatically considered a gay neighborhood.

Washington, DC
The notation "more specifically 17th Street" is not accurate. Though it probably has the highest concentration of specifically gay shops and nightlife (heck, I spend most of my time at JR's and Cobalt when I'm in DC!), these things are to be found all over the Dupont Circle neighborhood. My suggestion is to remove this notation, and possibly also to add Logan Circle to the list. Any objections? kdogg36 04:16, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm from DC and agree on Logan Circle, except that you ought to include Capitol Hill if you go beyond Dupont. The Hill is an older gay neighborhood than Logan, and I bet there are more gays on the Hill than in Logan even now.


 * It looks like the article has been reverted back to "Dupont Circle, specifically 17th Street." This is simply inaccurate -- there is a heavy (even dominant) gay presence in the entire neighborhood.  Although I think Logan Circle and Capitol Hill could also be listed, this time I'm just going to get rid of the erroneous "17th Street" comment. kdogg36 20:45, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

France
The list of gay villages includes France, with the explanation "generally everywhere". If all of France is that full of gay people, then there's no need for a village, is there? It's a whole nation!

This could, of course, be a vandal traying to say "France is gay", as some sort of insult. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.6.185.116 (talk) 23:00, 17 April 2007 (UTC).

Bookstores

 * They usually contain a number of gay-oriented establishments, such as gay bars or pubs, nightclubs, bathhouses, restaurants, bookstores...

"Bookstores" seems an odd addition here! Any thoughts?

EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 15:17, 4 July 2006 (UTC)


 * It doesn't seem too odd to me. Bookstores catering to LGBT customers are a staple of many gay villages; examples include Lambda Rising in DC, Baltimore and Norfolk, Oscar Wilde (and several others) in NYC, A Different Light in LA and SF, and many others.kdogg36 20:49, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Hudson, NY
(from the Reference Desk) Is Hudson, New York a gay resort town? -- Beland 20:49, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I have not heard anything of that sort. On the other hand, it has a large and growing artistic community, and these people are not known for sexual orthodoxy. Haiduc 00:54, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
 * (I've removed it from the list for now. -- Beland 14:14, 20 July 2006 (UTC))

Osborne Village in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
I'm not sure I'd agree that Osborne Village in Winnipeg would classify as a Gay Village. The are no pride flags to be seen anywhere in the area, and the yearly pride events including the parade don't go anywhere near Osborne Village. I however have no other suggestion for a Gay Village in Winnipeg because I don't think there is one.

Northbridge?!
Since when is Northbridge (in Perth, Western Australia) a gay village?

POV flag
The article contains a large number of subjective statements. These could well be true, but such style is inappropriate here. For instance "It is not surprising that..." should be replaced by a properly sourced opinion from an acknowledged authority.

Another example would be "After the civil disobedience exhibited at Stonewall, where the most marginalized, 'out,' and 'gender-bending' members of society gained the courage to question authority and assert their individuality..." contains a number of opinions. For instance who is to say that the LGBT individuals were the "most marginalised"? Either provide sources or settle for saying something like "severely marginalised", which I don't think many people would dispute. As for "gained the courage...", I presume that this is based on first-hand accounts. If so, then it would be better to say that those who particpated in the Stonewall civil disobedience "reported that" they gained courage etc., or some such words. Again. provide sources as far as is practicable. Ireneshusband 07:45, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

As a bohemian artist and poet I object to the description of bohemians as "moral deviants" along with hobos and prostitutes. - Mark Dixon 15:50, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

pgh / dtw
shadyside? clearly who ever added that has never actually been to pittsburgh. i guess that means the actual areas where out queers buy houses are chopped liver. with no bus service.

and ferndale and royal oak as gay? really? what year is this? 1984? maybe there are still a few queers that haven't been chased out of ferndale, but jesus, get with the times, ye who added that. and really, can't some of the queer parts of the actual city get included? what? too black for you, anonymous wiki contributor? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 151.201.53.4 (talk) 10:11, 6 January 2007 (UTC).

Political Affililations
Do you think a bit about gay villages being radically progressive should be included, and that many gay people find this distasteful? Gay villages tend to be very culturally and politically monolithic. - MSTCrow 11:45, 13 January 2007 (UTC)


 * You would need a source for such a claim; otherwise this would be either opinion or original research. Rebecca 12:02, 13 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure that you could call any gay village radically progressive, unless you think that banning the declawing of cats fits that category (West Hollywood, California). Laguna Beach, California, on the other hand, could be called liberal (especially compared to the rest of Orange County), but I'm not sure that I'd call it progressive. You are really going to have to come up with multiple sources for such a claim. BlankVerse 13:03, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

History of the gay village

 * I've found sources that confirm it is not a 'relatively new invention.' If no one has an objection I'd like to amend the current text with a citation request and to add the counter view. The description of the Stonewall Riots seems very POV as User:Ireneshusbandnd pointed out above. I'd like to edit that as well.Parammon 05:36, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

citation style
Because of its poor use of references, this article looks like it has none at first glance. It is difficult to tell what is referenced and what is not, so unreferenced material can slip in easily and unnoticed. And because large portions of this article are original research, it is likely that good material will be removed with the bad. Please see WP:CITE for information. --Chris Griswold (  ☎  ☓  ) 06:30, 20 March 2007 (UTC) --JKeene 18:12, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I have no intention to delete any content in the article myself, but there is the possibility that someone who finds unreferenced material contentious or even insulting may do so. I tagged several statements with "citation needed"; here are more details why:
 * Who calls a "gay village" a "gay ghetto"? Is it really "increasingly" referred to as a "gayborhood"?
 * From where in the gay community are they getting the slang names: "gaybourhood, gay-to (a pun on ghetto), gaytown, gayville and Queer Quarter"?
 * How often is "ghetto" really used to describe gay communities?
 * Who are the "many" that find this appropriate?
 * Are inner city districts really the "only" places that these communities can thrive?
 * Is "less gay visibility" really tied to the presence of "a liberal, affirming counterculture"?
 * Are cities governments really creating gay villages and capitalizing on gay dollars?
 * Are there no gay villages in Stockholm and Copenhagen? Is it really because of "earlier and greater social acceptance"?
 * If they are true, I think it would be appropriate to link each statement with its reference. This would provide more clarity, and reduce the need  to research every general reference listed at the end to verify any given statement.
 * Gay ghetto is very common and cited in the references (Levine, 1979). I've removed the most unsubstantiated/uncommon Names section and cleaned up the lede a bit. Will do some more cleanup and look for some more cites (or move some inline) on the other concerns you have (except I have no clue about Stockholm/Copenhagen). AU Tiger » talk 23:02, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Stockholm
I have never heard of Södermalm being the "Gay village" in Stockholm. And i live there and I am gay... But rather Gamla Stan (Old town), since the most gay clubs, restaurants and cafés are. Gamla Stan has also been mentioned in Swedish newspaper as "Fjollywood", fjolla is an effeminate man in swedish, or "Stollybollywood", from the drink Stollybolly. Just wanted to point that out. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.66.61.20 (talk) 18:09, 23 March 2007 (UTC).

What happened!?!?!
Why is did the list of gay villages get deleted from the main gay village page? Why is the new link to a list of villages not as complete as the old list used to be!?!?!?

(Dgran8866 01:48, 26 March 2007 (UTC))

unclear text
Under the picture of the Montreal station, it says: "Metro station in Montreal's Village gai. It's the largest in North America." largest what, metro station? village? can someone clarify this text? also is it in terms of square mileage, population? how large is it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.199.231.136 (talk) 01:00, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

incorrect text Re: population
this statement is incorrect: "The US city with the largest gay population, by far, is New York, with an estimated 569,000 gay residents. Los Angeles is a close second with 442,000, followed by Chicago with 289,000."

If you view the source: http://www.law.ucla.edu/williamsinstitute/publications/SameSexCouplesandGLBpopACS.pdf on page 8 of 25, it states actually that he is talking about metro areas, not cities.

I am now correcting this as well as adding a listing from that article of size of population by state and also size by city. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Screenie (talk • contribs).


 * I'm pretty sure that the population of the SF/Bay Area is much higher than stated and the whole table needs to be sourced more. It's a good start though! Now that the IRS and Census are more accurately counting LGBT people it might be good to incorporate those figures with proper footnote that figures count only those who self identify as LGBT people which leaves out a lot of folks who choose to not labels themselves for cultural, religious and safety concerns. Benjiboi 07:22, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

happy hallucinate
Some days ago, weeks ago [??], I think that I'd seen a story about a "Gay Street" in Rome, Italy.

Today, I saw a portion of a story, where there had been a streetsign that may have said "Gays Wells". Is there such a locale? Is it in Wisconsin?

Thank You,

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 * There's numerous streets named gay but they aren't listed here. Benjiboi 16:25, 22 August 2007 (UTC)


 * True, ["There are..."] however, these two cases, to the extent that my perceptions may be accurate, have some specific memorable qualities,...

In the Roman case, it had seemed that they had specifically typewritten in English language, or  American-English , in order to attract more newscameras. Very much influenced by "Greenwich Village", et al.

In the other case, it seemed to be the sort of community-sign typically employed in order to designate a district, hamlet, village, town, city, county, et cetera. I may have misread the name, as it did not linger on the screen very much. If you are aware of any district w/ a similar name in any state which has had a reign of rain in the past month, please do list it; rein the truth into my perception, if you can, please.

Thank You,

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NY Times article
Someone may want to add the information in: -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 21:27, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Race? Gay *white* people.
I am extremely appalled at how this article is silent on the matter of race. It assumes somehow that we know who created/occupied/built/rioted the gay ghetto. Excuse me, but white people did most of the work and "gay whites" should be mentioned as relevant detail. Should the millions of international Wikipedians come to this article and just assume the gay movement in America was some racially harmonious gay rainbow smorgasbord then they will be deceptively mislead. Why is this an issue now? Besides the scholarly work on race, gender and sexuality, the Los Angeles Times just broke news on wealthy whites in West Village trying to push out the rowdy black and Hispanic gays invading their little historic village. This is white flight in reverse. And those who know Stonewall know how white it was. Let's not fool ourselves or the world on this very relevant perspective. 75.72.162.175 09:07, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Gays have actually been historically more racially diverse and that is indeed evident in the multiracial Stonewall riots, that indeed, on the surface, may have appeared white but were ethnically and racially diverse. I'm not sure if there have been studies done but my experience is that gays have continually been on the gentrification front as they have been more willing to move into poor and transitional neighborhoods fixing up properties and raising home values in the process. For a broader perspective these issues would probably be more relevant in the related Racism in the LGBT community with a summary section placed in this article. Benjiboi 07:18, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Ok, here is my problem with this, we do need to represent racial diversity in the LGBT community but we never ever think about representing the sexual diversity in the racial communities. Why is it that this only goes one way. Especially with as you said the issues of intersectionality between race, gender, class, and sexuality. If you are going to do this thats fine. But we would also need to improve other articles to fit diversity as well. I guarantee if I went into the LGBT article there would be something about the lack of discussion on racial diversity however if I went into say Asian American article there would be complete silence on the sexual diversity and other diversities within the Asian American people. What I am saying is stop picking on the LGBT people. They are not the only ones with problems in adressing diversity. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rainbowofpeace (talk • contribs) 04:20, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

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Santiago de Chile
Santiago, Chile developed a LGBT community known as "Gaytiago". Some South American nations (obviously with Brazil and Argentina) are much more hospitable for LGBT people now. Santiago has an annual LGBT pride event "La Noche Blanca" (White night) (available on Youtube from Chilean television news coverage). Adinneli (talk) 11:45, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Burlington, Vermont
Another known LGBT community in Burlington, Vermont...where the former mayor Bernie Sanders in the 1980s made it known he supports the LGBT community in his city and state. There's a Vermont LGBT pride center in Burlington. Adinneli (talk) 11:48, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

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Belmont Shore, Long Beach, California
This beachside neighborhood in Long Beach has a large LGBT population. It should be added to the list of Gay villages or mentioned in this article. Long Beach has one of the largest LGBT communities in the USA, considering the city's population is currently at 450,000. Adinneli (talk) 23:05, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Top US Cities
I don't fault the editor who added this, since it seems to be done in good faith and faithful to the source, BUT the source is so chocked full of errors rendering these tables useless. Lets pretend the percentages of LGBT people for each city and metro is correct (and you must pretend, because its conjecture), then the numbers do not add up for any recent census figures on the few cities I checked (Dallas and Houston being two that I checked...both 2000 census and 2006 census estimates). I am not sure how useful this information is even if it were even remotely correct, since it doesn't even attempt to say that these people all live in gay neighborhoods. As it is now, its just "sorta" interesting info that isn't terribly accurate and not related to the article. Jacksinterweb (talk) 22:15, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Couldn't have said it better myself. Quacks Like a Duck 04:21, 1 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Can we pull the plug on this section? Unless there is an objection, I think its time to retire these tables.  Jacksinterweb 05:05, 1 December 2007 (UTC)


 * There is something dubious going on here. I put in a link to the original ACS survey data, which does ask unmarried couples in households to identify themselves as "unmarried-partner" vs. unmarried roommates, according to the source cited in the Williams Institute study.  However, the ACS data doesn't declare what percentage of the entire population was gay/lesbian, let alone bisexual.  Remember, the census did not ask sexual orientation!   Instead, the Williams study worked like so (see page 4):  the National Survey of Family Growth estimates 4.1% of Americans are gay/lesbian/bisexual; the number of "unmarried-partner" households reported in the census form (which are about 0.6% of the population) is assumed to represent GLB couples; and the total GLB population is assumed to be proportional to the number of couples.  Probably the last is the most questionable assumption, since it probably depends on local rents and cultural pressures.  I understand that in scientific estimates it is best not to round significant figures if the standard error or confidence interval is specified, but here... it isn't.  So through the magic of the spreadsheet, a single imprecise number, "4.1%", has been turned into reams of precise down-to-the-individual counts for every state.  I think that for encyclopedic purposes it is important to make the estimation clear by at least reducing the data provided to two significant figures, and it may be necessary to start considering the Wikipedia "undue weight" policies. Wnt (talk) 23:16, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Bizarre ordering of global g.v.'s
There are two  Reasonable  ways to organize thi s  prose list: geographically,  byprdominant population among GLB..., OR BY GEOGRAPHICY. I won't argue that by, uh,, uh, the sting article wounding article) would be fair only in the sense of ) would be fair only in the sense that all would be equally  all who see themselves as legitimate stakeholders. It's not that for the me, a straight-formerly -questioning-strait supporter to advocate for  an approach,  but I don't' see evidence that  --Jerzy•t 22:07, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

(user: Jerzy Continues ...  a natural but fair  UNada/ Europe// /.... etc approach might be more effective and mote open to comprehension approach than  what is currently apparent. (BTW, here I am again, trying to  do the best I can on an iPad II again) yle  approach has been implicitly having b affected the result,  but the more likely and at least equally maladaptive (tho, maybe, argopuably "fair" approach( by order of addition to the accompany


 * Well, speaking of bizarre....but seriously folks, if it's worth doing, a little more focus on doing it right might go a long way, whatever the right way is.  ThNks for yr patience --Jerzy•t 22:17, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Liverpool, a leading UK gay city?
I removed Liverpool from the reference to leading British 'gay cities'. The UK has three cities internationally (and domestically) known for being major LGBT centres: Manchester, London and Brighton. Liverpool enjoys no such reputation and certainly no more than any other British city of its size. As the following sources show Liverpool isn't included in the top tier of gay cities in the UK: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16962898

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1431129/British-cities-need-hip-and-gay-areas-to-prosper.html

http://www.visitbritain.com/en/US/LGBT-Britain/

http://www.spartacusworld.com/en/hotels/europe/unitedkingdom

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2007/10/23/london-best-for-gay-travellers/

http://www.hostelbookers.com/article/gay-travel/gay-travel--europe/

http://www.thestudentguide.com/news_and_reviews/article/the_top_gay_scenes_in_uk

It looks to me as if someone with an agenda of marketing gay tourism to Liverpool is rather overselling the city in this article; eight lines in this article devoted to Liverpool and only three to Manchester. A further example being the claim in this article that it has a gay population equivalent to that of San Francisco; just laughable Vauxhall1964 (talk) 00:28, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Where are the clubs at 20barncl (talk) 14:45, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

- Someone has written that Liverpool has the largest LGBT population of any city in the UK... which is clearly nonsense and the sources linked do not back this up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.98.244.72 (talk) 08:24, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 November 2020
105.112.115.244 (talk) 04:19, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
 * What is your edit request? What needs to be changed, from X to Y? Liz Read! Talk! 04:22, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate.  JTP (talk • contribs) 05:20, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Names
Can we cram any more puns into the first sentence? Come on. Prinsgezinde (talk) 20:56, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 April 2022
jy, I want to improve and learn thank you 41.114.161.184 (talk) 17:10, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. (CC) Tb hotch ™ 17:16, 11 April 2022 (UTC)