GayNZ.com's Jacqui Stanford has been honeymooning in New York, where she and her wife have explored New York's historic West Village gay district with their camera. Central to the district are Christopher Street and the Stonewall Inn. In the 1970s many gay people from around the USA migrated to this then-seedy area of downtown Manhattan. Businesses and organisations catering to their needs slowly established. The Stonewall Inn, one of the few bars to tolerate gay people, became the focus of the nascent gay equality movement when an uprising by its patrons against police and 'city hall' persecution captured the imagination of gay people around the western world. These days it's a gentrified and much sought-after area to live in, and not just by gays. But it's still the heart of gay New York and by default of the east coast of the USA. The Stonewall Inn, where the GLBT rights movement was born The Gay Liberation Monument in Christopher Park, across the road from Stonewall. Rainbow flags dress Christopher St Where leather meets drag A sign at The Hangar The Big Gay Ice Cream Shop The aptly named Gay St! Jacqui Stanford - 28th August 2013