Boys Town
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Boys Town and Boystown, among other variations of the name and phrase, are common terms in reference to various places, organizations, institutions and media.
Places
- Boystown is the popular name of the northside Chicago, Illinois neighborhood of Lake View East and Northalsted. It is the first officially recognized gay village in the United States, center of one of the largest gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender communities in the nation and popular throughout the Midwest for its nightlife.
- Boys Town, Nebraska — a suburb of Omaha, Nebraska and the headquarters of the Boys Town organization
- Boy's Town, Nuevo Laredo — a district in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, notorious for its prostitution and also known as La Zona Rosa
Institutions
- Girls and Boys Town (previously known as Boys Town) — an organization dedicated to the housing and education of at-risk children, founded by Father Edward J. Flanagan.
- Boys Town High School (A boarding school in Nashik District, Maharashtra, India)
- Boys Town (juvenile detention centre) - a juvenile detention centre in Engadine, New South Wales, Australia.
Media
- Boys Town — a film about Father Flanagan and his work starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney
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