Gay Toronto's New Queer West Village

If you thought Toronto was the gay "mecca" of Canada, you may have been blinded by the big city lights. The fact that virtually no one beyond the city core has heard of the City of Toronto's - Gay West Village, only makes your discovery of it twice as sweet.

(PRWEB) February 16, 2005 -- The fact that City of Toronto's west end in is less aggressively, overtly gay is a drawing point for many queer travellers. Which is why the locals refer to it as Toronto's, Gay West Village or some as the Queer West Village.

Sometimes it feels as if in the temperate climate of Toronto's - Gay West Village, a thousand separate and unique species of queer animal have evolved, each inhabiting his or her own bar or club. Every variety of sexual taste and facial hair seems to have sewn its own flag and consolidated its own sexual identity. But that's not the whole story. In other spaces, more old-fashioned conceptions of gayness have been exploded, and the result is a wonderfully fluid mix of genders and ethnicities and sexualities.

Toronto's - Gay West Village is more of an attitude than an identity; new and radical, and has a thriving underground gay scene, The West Village is rapidly developed a reputation for innovative and challenging work, while gaining notoriety on the international arts scene as an important platform for queer music and visual artists. The Bars and clubs are to a degree randomly spread along, Bloor St., College St., Queen Street West and Spadina. In the past several years there has been a welcomed increase in the number of businesses catering to the Gay market. It's celebration of everything queer - with the very best of theatre, music, dance, live art, comedy, cabaret, burlesque, visual art and literature from across the globe The West Village has more than 33 queer-geared nights occupying more than 60 different venues, every night of the week. This new queer district, is quickly overtaking Toronto's Church Street's gay village as the in-place to socialize.

Toronto's - new Gay West Village boasts one of the most stylish gay scenes in Canada. Set picturesquely along the shores of Lake Ontario, glass fronted bars and restaurants provide the perfect meeting space to chill out and party with friends. Should you manage to drag yourself away from 'downtown Toronto gay village scene', you will discover that this part of the city has reinvented itself as a truly contemporary metropolis, and as such has become a canvas decorated with modern landmark buildings, a font of art and culture, cheap shopping areas, great bars and world-class events, all making for a truly unique experience.

All of which is to say Whatever your predilection, alliance, desire or bedtime, there is something for you, whether resident or visitor, in our vast and various Toronto's - New Gay West Village.

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