This paper is focused on the history of the gay neighborhood in Montreal, le Village, through the historical change of homosexual deviant identities from the 1980s to the 2000s. This research combines various data and shows how le Village was first used and seen as a refuge for gay people while the neighborhood was not as popular as it is now. During the 1990s, le Village changed a lot and became a specific resource for new gay generations. We emphasize the role of this place in the process of gay de-stigmatization, converting stigma into social and spatial resource.