Gay Toronto: Homo-rific!

Hallelujah. Let's head to Church--Street that is.

The Church Wellesley Gay Village is world famous for its homo-rific nightlife, inclusive community center and fabulous restaurants. You might also recognize many hot-spots from the television show "Queer as Folk," which was filmed in the area for the five years it aired on Showtime. Legend has it the area was bought way back in the 1820s by a gay merchant named Alexander Wood. LGBT-ers have since made this district into quite a lovely home of which Wood could only be proud.

And Toronto is one of the few cities that has two gay villages. The Gay Village at Church & Wellesley has everything a gay traveler could need or want: bookstores, gay-owned accommodation, queer theater and gay and lesbian bars catering to all flavors and tastes. The Queer West Village is edgier with funky restaurants and a number of queerish mixed bars. Annual events such as pride week at the end of June and Church Street Fetish Fair in August are highlights.

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Fly "dance camp" new_yorker - 39/M CLOSED FOR REMODEL: Crews, Tango and the Zone "Question" dryfly72 - 36/M

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Gloucester Square Inns "Absolutely Charming" triplejjj - 39/M Toronto Garden Inn "The entire house has a charact..." Solotraveler - 39/M

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Rate It About Cheese Gay Village - 483 Church Street, Toronto, Rate It Dollar and General Gifts and Novelties 72 Wellesley Street East, Toronto, Rate It FlatIrons Gift Store 469 Church Street, Toronto,

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Rate It Buddies in Bad Times Theater 12 Alexander St, Toronto, ON Rate It Canada Sculpture Gallery 500 Church Street, Toronto, Rate It Canon Theater 244 Victoria St, Toronto, ON

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Rate It Community AIDS Treatment Information Exchange Suite 505-555 Richmond Street, Toronto, ON Rate It PWA (Toronto People With AIDS Foundation) 399 Church Street, 2nd Floor, Toronto, Rate It The 519 Community Center 519 Church Street, Toronto,

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