Yes, that “gayborhood” has lost Hamburger Mary’s, which moved to 330 Pine Ave. For that, you’ll want to head down what’s called the Broadway Corridor to the Alamitos Beach area. Like LGBT people everywhere, in Long Beach they also play. Those LGBT people live in neighborhoods such as Belmont Heights, Plaza / South of Conant and Eastside, all with especially large lesbian populations, and Signal Hill. The city is undeniably gay friendly (it boasts a gay vice mayor, Robert Garcia, who is running for mayor, and a lesbian councilmember, Gerrie Schipske.) According to South Florida Gay News, it ranks third among all American cities in the growth of its LGBT population. While there aren’t any definitive statistics, Long Beach is thought by many to have one of the largest concentrations of gay people of any city in America.
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