Doan and Harrison Higgins discussed "The Demise of Queer Space? Resurgent Gentrification and the Assimilation of LGBT Neighborhoods." Using the LGBTQ community of Atlanta as the backdrop for the article, Doan and Higgins analyzed the consequences of gentrification and the impact on locations of LGBTQ expression and organization. In an extensive 2011 study published in the Journal of Planning Education and Research, authors Petra L. However, the co-founders of Guerrilla Queer Bar in San Francisco assert that the Boston-based company has not only hijacked the idiosyncratic brand of GQB but has set out to destroy its unique revolution against conformity by turning it into a mainstream opportunity for profit. These events are part of a national push by a new group of party hosts. TWC claims that similar events will continue in Chicago on the first Friday of every month.
3, an organization called The Welcoming Committee ( TWC ) held the first of their own brand of GQB events at the Lions Heard Pub/The Apartment in Lincoln Park in Chicago. It made an atypical name for itself as one of San Francisco's last frontiers of non-commercialized LGBTQ revelry while the once-vibrant and outrageous bars of the '60s and '70s disappeared as the city's queer neighborhoods were gradually eliminated. Sociologists and historians alike have noted the increasing gentrification of what were once known as "gay ghettos" or "gayborhoods" and it's potentially damaging effect on LGBTQ identity, community and culture.īeginning in 2000, Guerrilla Queer Bar ( GQB ) essentially lived up to the concept of guerrilla warfare as irregular groups of LGBTQ people fought against the conventional forces of gentrification through benign hit-and-run invasions of traditionally straight bars or the more quirky venues and sights of San Francisco.