Plus with increased concentration of just about everything in Midtown and other central city neighborhoods I don't see why we wouldn't see concentration of the LGBTQ community as well.įerndale still remains the center of the community, but it could change rather quickly. And there is a great interest among this generation in Detroit. We are the most tolerate generation in history. But I think the heterosexism/homophobia is something the generation that is coming of age has moved away from. Maybe that will change with time but for now I think the gay population will remain decentralized throughout the metro area. Too many people have awful memories of the anti-gay racism and horrible crime in the Woodward/Six Mile area to want to move back in to the city. There are no clubs any longer on Seven Mile, only La Dolce Vita is left on Woodward and only Menjos is left on Six Mile. The peak might have been when Backstage/Footlights, Tiffany's and Salute all created a fairly nice environment on Woodward. ![]() ![]() Over the years the gay clubs on Six Mile, Woodward, and Seven Mile came and went. People left Palmer Park and neighboring Detroit/Highland Park areas in droves. I was living in Palmer Park when everything went to crap and the crime rate skyrocketed.
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