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==The ''ghetto''==
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The term ''[[ghetto]]'' originally referred to those places in European cities where [[Jews]] were required to live according to local law. During the 20th century, ''ghetto'' came to be used to describe the areas inhabited by a variety of groups that mainstream society deemed outside the norm, including not only Jews but poor people, [[LGBTQ]] people, ethnic minorities, [[hobo]]s, [[prostitute]]s, and [[Bohemianism|bohemian]]s.

These neighborhoods, which often arise from crowded, highly dense, and often deteriorated [[inner city]] districts, are critical sites where members of gender and sexual minorities have traditionally congregated. From one perspective, these spaces are places of marginality created by an often [[homophobia|homophobic]], [[biphobia|biphobic]], and [[transphobia|transphobic]] heterosexual community; from another perspective, they are places of refuge where members of gender and sexual minorities can benefit from the concentration of safe, nondiscriminatory resources and services (just as other minorities do).

In some cities, LGBT people congregate in visibly identified neighborhoods, while in others, they are dispersed in neighborhoods, which have less visibility, because a liberal, affirming [[counterculture]] is present. For example, LGBT residents of Philadelphia developed the city's [[Gayborhood, Philadelphia|Gayborhood]], LGBT people in San Francisco congregate in [[the Castro]] neighborhood, while LGBT people in Seattle concentrate in the city's older bohemian stomping grounds of [[Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA|Capitol Hill]], and those of [[Montreal]] have concentrated in a working-class neighborhood referred to administratively as "[[Centre-Sud]]" but largely known as [[Gay Village, Montreal|"Le Village"]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unmondeunvillage.com/index.php |title=Bienvenue au Village gai de Montréal ! |publisher=Un monde un village |access-date=2013-09-05 |archive-date=2013-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905213149/http://www.unmondeunvillage.com/index.php |url-status=live }}</ref> These areas, however, have higher concentrations of LGBT residents and businesses that cater to them than do surrounding neighborhoods. Some cities, like [[Austin, Texas]], have not developed a defined gay village despite the city of Austin being home to many LGBT people with developed LGBT-friendly businesses and a counterculture present.<ref name="Huqueriza">{{cite web|url=http://dot429.com/articles/1618-gay-destinations-on-the-rise-off-the-beaten-track|title=Gay destinations on the rise off the beaten track|last=Huqueriza|first=Chris|work=[[dot429]]|access-date=17 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021042514/http://dot429.com/articles/1618-gay-destinations-on-the-rise-off-the-beaten-track|archive-date=21 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Grush">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2010/01/magazine-ranks-austin-among-top-10-gay-friendly-cities/|title=Magazine Ranks Austin Among Top 10 Gay Friendly Cities|last=Grush|first=Loren|date=January 26, 2010|work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|access-date=17 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018212349/https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2010/01/magazine-ranks-austin-among-top-10-gay-friendly-cities/|archive-date=18 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>