What hasn’t changed is the necessity for gay-friendly cities. Areas like the Castro, the West Village, and Boystown have grown, shrunk, and sometimes changed their names to reflect the ever-changing communities that live there. It’s been a tumultuous journey since early cradles of queer civilization sprouted in major American metropoles following World War II.
America the beautiful: purple mountain majesties, fruited plains, and enough rainbow-waving gay-friendly cities to make LGBTQ travelers feel at home across the country.
