Contents:
- TWO NEW BARS THE GAYBORHOOD ARE OWNED BY PEOPLE OF LOR, MARKG A MAJOR SHIFT
- THE FOUNR OF HARLEM’S FIRST BLACK-OWNED GAY BAR ON SAVG QUEER SPAC
- HARLEM’S BLACK, GAY BARS ARE THRIVG THE MIDDLE OF A PANMIC
TWO NEW BARS THE GAYBORHOOD ARE OWNED BY PEOPLE OF LOR, MARKG A MAJOR SHIFT
Charl: So people ll the “gay cheers” (lghs). Now we’re, we’re broang our market segment to not jt target mal, but pretty much all the letters wh the LGBTQ+ Some straight women feel safer attendg gay bars.
We didn’t want to exclu our trans siblgs or gay men. Chigo’s Black LGBTQ bargoers — historilly ncentrated on the South and Wt sis due to the cy’s bter legacy of segregatn — have long reported racist behavr gay and lbian bar spac, rangg om unduly thorough ID checks to mic polici that ban hip-hop and rap to explicly racist ments om lol bar owners.
THE FOUNR OF HARLEM’S FIRST BLACK-OWNED GAY BAR ON SAVG QUEER SPAC
“I uldn’t tell you the last time I saw that kd of te diversy a space: gay men and queer women, nonbary and trans folks, people who are Black, Brown, whe, younger, olr… Havg that power is super important and that’s what I’m hopg to see — more spac that are owned, occupied, and ma by .
HARLEM’S BLACK, GAY BARS ARE THRIVG THE MIDDLE OF A PANMIC
Two bars opened recently the Gayborhood that are owned and operated by people of lor, markg a big culture shift for the LGBTQ enclave Center Cy, where racism has been documented for years.