An urban area with a significant homosexual population and a high concentration of businesses catering primarily to this community (sometimes characterized negatively as isolationist or segregated).
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in The New York Times.
Definition of gay ghetto in US English:
gay ghetto
noun
informal
An urban area with a significant homosexual population and a high concentration of businesses catering primarily to this community (sometimes characterized negatively as isolationist or segregated).