Amanda Rivkin

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<b>MADRID, SPAIN.</b> Two men marvel at a pair of drag queens walking by on the street in the Chueca neighborhood on June 29, 2007 during the Europride celebrations. Before Chueca's transformation into the center of gay life in the Spanish capital, drug addicts and dealers made life uncomfortable for many of the neighborhood's elderly residents who credit the gay community for the neighborhood's renaissance. One long-time Chueca resident was quoted in the Spanish newspaper El Pais, "Better gays than drug addicts."

MADRID, SPAIN. Two men marvel at a pair of drag queens walking by on the street in the Chueca neighborhood on June 29, 2007 during the Europride celebrations. Before Chueca's transformation into the center of gay life in the Spanish capital, drug addicts and dealers made life uncomfortable for many of the neighborhood's elderly residents who credit the gay community for the neighborhood's renaissance. One long-time Chueca resident was quoted in the Spanish newspaper El Pais, "Better gays than drug addicts."