Not even that. Gays weren't concentrated enough to have special places. There were just a handful of gay people in a region and they basically knew each other. Everyone knew they were gay, and most of the time, nobody would bother one another.
I wouldn't call those ghettos, and most of those concentrations were still taking place only during and after the "Sexual Revolution".
The picture is still specifically talking about the 50's, which is prior. Sodomy is still illegal in most states, so you really can't do anything openly. Most gays in the country are going to live as no more than a handful of people in a region.
LOL. The gay ghettos were not ghettos per-se, they were concentration points where gays moved because they were cheap, no one asked questions, and cops rarely came there. It changed from time to time due to economics, but gay people have always had a so-called gay ghetto in major US cities. It was the closeted ones who tried to blend in by getting married or teenagers/college kids just starting out in life who got caught up in all the sodomy charges, because they were the ones trying to be discreet in all the wrong ways and places. Gay persecution is a sad history, but hardly unique. This all started long before the 1950s but the golden age of the ghettos began in the 50s as many people fled the inner cities to the suburbs. A lot of places suddenly stopped caring about who you fucked as long as you paid the rent.
Not even that. Gays weren't concentrated enough to have special places. There were just a handful of gay people in a region and they basically knew each other. Everyone knew they were gay, and most of the time, nobody would bother one another.
I meant the historic gay ghettos like Boy's Town in Chicago, Chelsea/the Village, NYC, and San Francisco.
I wouldn't call those ghettos, and most of those concentrations were still taking place only during and after the "Sexual Revolution".
The picture is still specifically talking about the 50's, which is prior. Sodomy is still illegal in most states, so you really can't do anything openly. Most gays in the country are going to live as no more than a handful of people in a region.
LOL. The gay ghettos were not ghettos per-se, they were concentration points where gays moved because they were cheap, no one asked questions, and cops rarely came there. It changed from time to time due to economics, but gay people have always had a so-called gay ghetto in major US cities. It was the closeted ones who tried to blend in by getting married or teenagers/college kids just starting out in life who got caught up in all the sodomy charges, because they were the ones trying to be discreet in all the wrong ways and places. Gay persecution is a sad history, but hardly unique. This all started long before the 1950s but the golden age of the ghettos began in the 50s as many people fled the inner cities to the suburbs. A lot of places suddenly stopped caring about who you fucked as long as you paid the rent.
they knew to keep it in private.