Other Names For The Area
A number of alternative names for Church and Wellesley exist in local vernacular, including the Gay Ghetto, the Village or the Gay Village, the Gaybourhood and Mollywood (named after Alexander Wood.) Less commonly used terms include Gay & Wellesley and Queers Park (a play on words with Queen's Park, the seat of Ontario's provincial government); however, many of these "nicknames" are generic to gay villages across the English speaking world and are therefore not descriptive of Church and Wellesley specifically, but of gay villages in general. Most people refer to it simply as Church Street or The Village, since most of the gay-related establishments in the area are located on that street.
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