ABSTRACT
This chapter highlights several trends: the inaccessibility of new queer spaces to young and less monied gay men, the replacement of inclusive queer spaces with ones geared to the white middle class, and the reinforcement of racial segregation in the queer community. This chapter highlights several trends: the inaccessibility of 'new' queer spaces to young and less monied gay men, the replacement of inclusive queer spaces with ones geared to the white middle class, and the reinforcement of racial segregation in the queer community. During the past several decades, Washington, DC has mirrored its larger US counterparts as an urban beacon for gay and queer inclusion. According to George Washington, DC is 'basically a place that rich people from America come generally supported by their parents to go to law school or to like become a government tool. Dupont Circle carries the status of queer 'homeland' in a similar vein to neighborhoods like the Castro or Greenwich Village.
