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Only a couple of decades ago, the moral legacy of the Spanish dictatorship confined homosexual behaviour to a handful of underground bars, and the city's gay population lived in fear of abuse the streets. Nowadays, men with shaved heads and combats are more likely to be on their way to a leather bar than anything more sinister and recent legislation introducing same-sex marriages caused hardly a ripple of dissent. In Barcelona, anything goes; most gay bars welcome straight drinkers, and vice versa. The lack of segregation means that there is not a gay ghetto as such. The area bordered by the streets of Diputacio and Arago, Balmes and Villarroel in the Eixample is known as the "Gaixample" and is where most gays venues are concentrated. The district of Eixample is one of the best districts in Barcelona, it is very centric, if you come to Barcelona for a few days, you definitly should book among the many hotels in Barcelona in this area or rent an apartment in Barcelona. You even can find a gay Barcelona Hotel. Most outdoor cruising is done elsewhere: especially on Montjuïc, up from the Plaça d'Espanya. While this area has undergone major changes of late, there are still a couple of shadowy corners where it's a business as usual. For more information on what's going on in the city, pick up a copy of free gay map or magazines that you will fond in a lot of bars/ restaurants.