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Behind the Scenes of It's Gonna Hurt" Diesel Washington, Castro, Jon. Diesel Washington with "It's Gonna Hurt" model Jon Estevez riding back to Fabscout HeadQuarters more. Castro clone is slang for a homosexual man who appears in dress and style as an idealized working-class man. The term and image grew out of the heavily gay-populated Castro neighborhood in San Francisco during the late s, when the modern LGBT rights movement, sparked by the Stonewall riots in New York City and the Summer of Love, gave.

It's Gonna Hurt!! Diesel Washington and CastroCristian Castro da detalles de su Primera fila / Cristian Castro gives details of its Primera Fila. The latest posts from @SupremeCastroXX. Men holding hands, walking dogs and lounging at cafes have long been the main attraction in a neighborhood known as a gay mecca the world over. Like the bedsheet-sized rainbow flag rippling majestically at the intersection marking the entrance to the Castro, they are at a historical crossroads.

Don Reuter, a New York writer who is researching a book on the rise and fall of a dozen gay neighborhoods in the United States, has observed the same trend in cities as far-flung as New Orleans, Philadelphia and Seattle. The nonstop party dragged to a painful halt in the s with the onset of AIDS, Reuter said, but the crisis also solidified gay communities even as it decimated them.

Now, as the fear of AIDS has abated, the neighborhoods have become attractive to developers and investors trying to encourage families and empty-nesters to return to city centers, said Reuter. National retail chains such as Pottery Barn and Diesel now occupy prominent Castro locations. Several nonprofit agencies serving the gay community have also moved out because of rising rents.

After the Cape Cod resort of Provincetown, Mass. And San Francisco as a whole ranks first among cities, with gay and lesbian residents making up 15 percent of the population. But some activists point to cities with less-established gay districts as a sign of what could happen. When Basinger walks through the Castro these days, he sees the apartment building where he watched friends with AIDS die, too pricey these days for someone young, old or sick to afford.

Or the corner where his efforts at community organizing are met with yawns. Up the street, the raunchy window displays at sex toy shops have brought complaints from parents, both gay and straight. If the Castro goes away as a gay neighborhood, there is nowhere else.

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From to , the 10 states with the biggest increases in the percentage of gay couples were all in the Midwest, says Gary Gates, a demographer for the Williams Institute, a think tank at UCLA that specializes in sexual orientation and the law. Sandy Sachs, a nightclub owner in gay-friendly West Hollywood, has started promoting special dance nights for straight Iranians, Israelis and Russians because her gay clientele has fallen off.

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