Queens in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Queens is an area of San Fierro, which is Grand Theft Auto: San Andrea’s version of the Castro District of San Francisco. Like the Castro, Queens is the game’s “gay neighborhood” (the only one in the game series). The neighborhood is marked with rainbow banners on the lightpoles and gay-owned or gay-frequented businesses like the Gaydar Station (image below) and the Uphill Gardener Garden Center.

LGBTQ references in this game series:

Grand Theft Auto (1997): El Burro

Grand Theft Auto II (1999): Tetsuo

Grand Theft Auto: London 1961 (1999): Pretty Charlie

Grand Theft Auto III (2001): Gay Pedestrian; LGBTQ References

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002): The Psycho; LGBTQ References

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004): LGBTQ References; LGB Characters; Queens; OG Loc Mission

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005): Kazuki Kasen; LGBTQ References

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006): Reni Wassulmaier; LGBTQ References

Grand Theft Auto IV (2008): Brucie Kibbutz; Tom “French Tom” Rivas; Bernie Crane/Florian Cravic; Bryce Dawkins; LGB Love-meet.net users; Elizabeta Torres; Talbot Daniels; Marcus; The Hater; Eddie Low;  Unnamed Homosexual NPCs; LGBT NPCs in LCPD Database; LGBT Media Personalities; LGBTQ References 

Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned (2009): Trans Man

Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony (2010): Anthony “Gay Tony” Prince; Clay “Pain Giver” Jackson; Jacob; The Celebinator; Evan Moss; LGBTQ References

Grand Theft Auto V (2013): Trevor Philips; Peter Dreyfuss; Transgender Sex Workers; Locations; LGBTQ References

Citations:

  1. Castro District. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castro_District,_San_Francisco
  2. OnlineMaps. (2008, November 23). OMFG GTA San Andreas San Fierro Queens, Hashburry, and Ocean Flats. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndttXHYLUiE
  3. Queens. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://gta.wikia.com/wiki/Queens
  4. Queens. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.grandtheftwiki.com/Queens
  5. San Fierro. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.grandtheftwiki.com/San_Fierro