Nearly everyone I talked to about Boystown would at some point, unprompted, compare Boystown to a theme park, a gay Disneyland. Assimilation transforms gayborhoods. Boystown has become a tourist attraction, a destination. Boystown is a place for people to visit and consume, rather than live. Boystown is like a section of Epcot in which you can eat gay foods, drink gay drinks, wear gay clothes, all of which are available for purchase in the gift shop.
