Gaying up the 'kane

Looks like one way to fight the social conservative, religiousity is to establish gay culture in cities such as our beloved Inland Northwest's Spokane.

Salon has an article about members of the gay community in Spokane trying to establish a gay business district, like the Castro in SF or Capitol Hill here in Seattle.

"So far city officials have maintained silence on the idea, which has come entirely from the private sector and does not involve any money from local authorities. But Spokane's gay groups are not backing down. "We need to be visible. It gives validation to who we are," said Reguindin. They are already deep in talks with several developers and have chosen their target area in the city. But they have not revealed its location, fearing opposition groups will buy property there to drive up prices and sink the project."

Go Spokane, we'll come over and shop!