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Contents:
- THE BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS LOS ANGEL
- THE BT GAY CISG SPOTS LOS ANGEL
- 52 ESSENTIAL GAY BARS AND NIGHTS AROUND LOS ANGEL
- THE NEW JALIS LATO GAY BAR LNCH GOFUNDME
- THE NEW JALIS BAR LNCH GOFUNDME PAGE TO SAVE GAY LATO BAR
- WEHO'S INIC GAY BAR AND NIGHTCLUB, THE ABBEY, IS FOR SALE
- ‘THE ARE OUR HOM’: LA GAY BARS FIGHT TO STAY AFLOAT AFTER YEAR OF SHUTDOWN
- LOS ANGEL GAY BARS
- DO WE NEED BLACK GAY BARS ANYMORE?
- NORTH HOLLYWOOD GAY LATO BAR ‘COBRA’ CLOSED FOR BS
- A LOOK BACK AT HOLLYWOOD’S UNRGROUND GAY CLUB CULTURE OF THE 1970S
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The origal Downtown gay bar, Jalis is a dive bar that ters to the Latx and Mexin LGBTQ muny. Though Sweetwater isn’t officially known as a lbian bar, the humble tablishment has long been the go-to spot for queer women the lol gayborhood, which featur nearly half a dozen gay bars that le Broadway Long Beach. One of Long Beach’s few, if not only, three-level gay bars, Executive Sue boasts a karaoke bar, vio gam, pool tabl for rent, and regular drag shows.
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Dubbed by KCET as Montebello’s bt Lato gay bar, Chi is the sister to Club Cobra, servg as a groundg se for the queer Latx muny the suburbs of East LA. We’ve piled a list of some of the bt gay bars and their acpanyg nights Los Angel County. And The Abbey’s probably the most straight-iendly gay bar around (hello, straight bartenrs and bachelorette parti).
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It’s the trendit and most eclectic gay bar the area, hostg a wi variety of nights, om craft night to bgo to edy nights.
Btlg as may be on weekends, ’s a great neighborhood bar durg the week, when s solid jebox sps B-52’s, The Smhs and other alt-queer favor, and on Sundays, when Rudy Bl’s Mixtape daytime DJ event and the Rocksteady Lounge at night offer somethg other than the typil gay bar experience. It’s one of the only gay bars to ter to the leather and gay fetish crowds, but s sizable pat also make a great place to gather and—gasp—actually talk and be heard.
ChiChi is a small gay bar Montebello that serv mostly Lato rints, playg a mix of dance mic and Lat pop and rock. Its ntued existence is pecially important given the closure of Lato gay bars like Le Barco Silver Lake.
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Expect filthy jok, sexy onlookers and some of the bt alternative drag performance an eye out for the next Trannyshack at their l CampoThe last remnant of Hypern Avenue’s gay tablishments (R. Precct has prented self as a “rock n roll gay bar, ” meang ’s more of a levis ‘n’ chucks kd of place ak to the Eagle or Fltle. RedleWhile we n’t ment wh certaty about Redle sce ’s not fully open yet and has jt held special events and a soft openg so far, Redle seems to promise a more upsle DTLA gay bar experience (perhaps simplified, Redle will be the Abbey to Precct’s Eagle).
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The Broadway Corridor, which stretch along Broadway between Belmont Shore and the East Village area of Downtown Long Beach, has a smatterg of gay bars nveniently led up as a built- pub crawl, om the youthful Faln (1435 E Broadway) to the bearier Br (1744 E Broadway) and Me Shaft (1720 E Broadway) and girl-iendly Sweetwater Saloon (1201 E Broadway).
), which ters to unrserved gay ladi and Latos, offer Long Beachers the chance to shake all night long. RoosterfishVenice Beach’s Roosterfish sr pots for beg the only Wtsi gay bar not Wt Hollywood. What better way is there to fish off a big gay day at the beach than wh a stiff drk at Roosterfish?
Artia BarThis longstandg spot (formerly known as The Dolph) is ltle known outsi of sleepy Redondo Beach, but ’s an oasis the otherwise gay sert that is the South Bay and s surroundg areas.
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“The irony is that jt as gay bars have bee more clive, they’re startg to go away, ” he owners of Jalis are stgglg to ensure their closure isn’t Rosa Garcia, 53, started as a bartenr there 1992.
Garcia, outgog and iendly, often threw back a beer or two wh patrons as they exchanged stori and the time, there was only one gay bar downtown: The Sre. Then-Print Clton unveiled the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which prevented service members om beg openly gay, lbian or bisexual whout the threat of beg discharged. (Steven Bernal) “We have to regnize that this is a gay bar, ” Hernanz told his wife.
DO WE NEED BLACK GAY BARS ANYMORE?
“Gay bars have survived polil opprsn, the AIDS crisis, prev recsns, so they will survive this panmic, ” he said. “Gay bars have survived polil opprsn, the AIDS crisis, prev recsns, so they will survive this panmic.
The New Jalis bar, one of the longt nng Lato gay bars downtown Los Angel, has turned to GoFundMe to avoid closg durg the COVID-19 panmic. Caterg to a mix of mostly Lato, hipster and drag crowds, but wele to all, The New Jalis billed self as, "The Only Gay Bar Downtown" until 2015 when Precct opened down the street.
NORTH HOLLYWOOD GAY LATO BAR ‘COBRA’ CLOSED FOR BS
It's more like a gay Cheers—everybody knows your name, om the bartenr to the door man to the DJ. The Eagle is sh-only which only adds to the nt vibe of unrground gay bars of yore, which is why you may want to ask your girliends to s this one out and meet you for a last ll dance at Akbar afterward.
THE OXWOOD INNWhile the days most of our gay bars are nsired gay & lbian, and a lot of them feature lbian-themed nights, The Oxwood Inn is officially the last lbian bar Los Angel proper.
A LOOK BACK AT HOLLYWOOD’S UNRGROUND GAY CLUB CULTURE OF THE 1970S
BFD at Fubar (via @fubarlosangel) FUBARAs Wt Hollywood's gay bar that is furtht east on Santa Moni Boulevard, Fubar is a sexy nctn of the Boystown mastays back wt and the laid-back hnts out east. PRECINCTLast year, Precct was the first to her a new wave of gay bars openg downtown. Ually featur a live performance by drag queen royalty Jackie Beat and promot self as "a big dumb gay party, " which is sometim jt what we queers need.
Celebratg their 25th anniversary earlier this year, The Abbey remas a nstant force our llective gay bar experience. The New Jalis Bar, seen here on Augt 5, 2020, is one of the longt nng gay Lato bars downtown Los Angel. The New Jalis Bar, one of the longt nng Lato gay bars downtown Los Angel, serv a val need as a safe space for the muny.
Club Cobra North Hollywood, one of the last Lato gay clubs the regn, said May that they would not be re-openg.