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.
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.