Bed-Stuy’s Gay Scene Faces Gentrification

Sputnik, a club venue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, is emerging as a haven for Bed-Stuy’s gay residents who don’t want to trek all the way to Williamsburg for a night of dancing. While times are surely changing, Prop 8 did recently pass in notoriously liberal and gay-friendly California. Surprisingly, opposition in this Brooklyn neighborhood is coming from within. The established but underground gay stronghold in Bed-Stuy, typically comprising “homothugs” and nonwhites, has complained of gentrification. Newcomers are always a scary thing, but it seems like they’re going to party through it.