State Government business & life and high end retail for most of central and eastern North Carolina, plus the center of higher education for the State, ast a time when GLBT people did not have many places to meet in public due to social disapproval and anbti-gay laws. The history of how GLBT business and community people came to set up shop within this section of town is long, but in brief, during the 1950's, because downtown Raleigh continued to be the hub of N.C. a short distance from this district are Ruby Deluxe, werk, and The Green Monkey. The area also was once home to the AIDS Alliance of the Carolinas, White Rabbit Gay/Lesbian Books & Things, and the LGBT Center of Raleigh and is still vibrant with several art galleries / retail establishments that are owned by GLBT people These bars currently include Deep South Bar, Flex, Humble Pie, Legends, The Fiction Kitchen. Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) bars/nightclubs and bar/restaurants favored by this community are in this neighborhood. Hargett Street is fairly central within Downtown, and many people heading there from other sections of the greater Raleigh metro region, pass right through this area of Hargett Street without knowing that part of it is an active Gayborhood. Many of the Gay, Lesbian. Most residential living is in a few high-rise condo buildings such as The Dawson and The Hue. This neighborhood is downtown and enjoys a mixture of commercial, retail, restaurants, nightlife, bars, colleges, museums and the Warehouse District.
In Raleigh there was historically a small neighborhood that has been developing for some time on and near the 300 block of West Hargett Street. Most larger cities in the United States have a neighborhood that is popular with the Gay community or the entire lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Use this template to enter information about your neighborhood.