Pack your beach bag and head to the welg seasi towns for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) travelers.
Contents:
- YOUR ULTIMATE EAST COAST GAY ROAD TRIP GUI
- UNR THE ‘GAYDAR’: 10 BT GAYTN DTATNS THAT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU
- THE 10 GAYEST STAT IN AMERI FOR 2020
- THE REAL STORY OF THE GAY MIDDLE EAST
- TOP 5 GAY BARS NYC'S EAST VILLAGE
- LOOKG FOR THE GAY OLD DAYS THE EAST VILLAGE
- GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
YOUR ULTIMATE EAST COAST GAY ROAD TRIP GUI
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It’s really the bt of both worlds, meang you n kick off your road trip wh a round of pool at Blackston, the olst gay bar town, and follow wh chic cktails at Jewel Box, a sparkly cktail bar that seems perpetually drsed for prom — f wh twkly lights and pops of pk. Or there's always a chee tray and rosé all day at Rebel Rebel, a Bow Market we bar whose webse perfectly and proudly proclaims: “Leave your misogyny, your homophobia, your racism, your classism, your ableism, your patriarchy, your genr bias, and all your other bullsh at the door, 'e that sh will get you kicked out real quick. ”Pair queer history and happy hour New York CyHome to p gay bars, LGBTQIA-owned rtrants, queer galleri, and gayborhoods so wispread that the entire metropolis is one big rabow-hued blur, New York Cy is a mt-vis mec on any gay pilgrimage.
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If you’re passg through and scratchg the surface, your queer agenda might clu a stop at SoHo’s Llie-Lohman Mm, a stimulatg showse for queer artists and blatantly gay artwork, while bnch uld clu New Mexin burros at queer-owned Ursula, a vibrant Brooklyn fe known for hostg queer bnch events. For an afternoon snack, satisfy your sweet tooth wh a key lime pie-spired mermaid sundae om Big Gay Ice Cream before takg some important history at the New York Cy AIDS Memorial and Stonewall Natnal Monument — the latter of which is a stone’s throw om Cubbyhole, a “straight-iendly” lbian bar wh a bang’ happy hour. While most of the cy is stnchly liberal and queer-iendly, a brief sojourn the Cy of Brotherly Love should foc on downtown’s gayt alve, where you n relax the six-acre Washgton Square Park or admire the magnolias on the lh grounds outsi the historic Pe Buildg.
When all that leisurely strollg has built up an appete, wd down at any number of Washgton Square Wt rtrants, like Double Knot for Japane small plat and cktails, or wood-oven pizza at LGBTQIA-owned outsi wh pri Richmond, VirgiaKeepg the theme of historic Amerin ci led wh brick buildgs and cute bbltone streets, Richmond is more of an unrrated gem — pecially as a gay statn.
This is the kd of cy that offers somethg for everyone, be shoppg for rabow prts and lbian stickers at Lady Street Studs; drkg the history (and the Poe-spired cktails) at historic Ln Row Inn, a former Edgar Allen Poe hnt-turned-LGBTQIA-iendly mastay; eatg “Gay-Fil-A” chicken sandwich om Cobra Cabana, wh proceeds gog to support Virgia’s queer youth; or takg the outdoorsy route wh a tranquil hike on the Butterk Trail and a dip the Jam River.
THE 10 GAYEST STAT IN AMERI FOR 2020
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Nowadays, ’s home to gay-iendly hotels like the Raleigh Marrtt Cy Center, which offers Pri and Joy upl packag, and inic queer shops, like The Green Monkey, a quirky queer-owned store wh kschy war, beer on tap, and drag shows.
THE REAL STORY OF THE GAY MIDDLE EAST
” Then dance off the pimiento wh a night unr the dis ball at Legends Nightclub, the cy’s olst gay dner a pk mansn Savannah, GeiaDraped Spanish moss and filled wh historic archecture, bbltone streets, and astal cuise, Savannah is a sgular Amerin cy oozg nate romance and charm. Along wh the larger Geian metropolis of Atlanta, this is a cy that’s been at the foreont of progrs and cln the Deep South, and while lacks the multu of gay bars found ATL (save for the mt-vis Club One), what you’ll fd is a more wispread and hive sense of warmth and wele. Orlando is the ultimate road trip stopover, wh endls gay-iendly thgs to do Disney World, a global pneer of clivy and merriment that’s been champng LGBTQIA+ rights for s by hostg events like Gay Days Orlando and overloadg s gift shops wh Pri merch.
TOP 5 GAY BARS NYC'S EAST VILLAGE
Today, Orlando is filled wh gay bars and clubs for dancg — Southern Nights and SAVOY are star attractns — or you n keep quat wh a romantic scenic boat cise through Wter Park’s nals, and bnch at LGBTQIA-owned Se7en B where the pearl sugar waffl may not be Mickey-shaped, but they’re still Miami-style wh drag shows, art, and clubs1, 600 later, there’s no better place to p off an epic road trip than Miami, a verable Oz of gay bars and drag queens. The Magic Cy, all s vibrant queerns and omniprent art, is the perfect end pot, and an ial settg which to ret and recharge — assumg your method of rettg volv over-the-top drag bnch, pool parti, and gay nightclubs that stay pumpg until 5 am.
LOOKG FOR THE GAY OLD DAYS THE EAST VILLAGE
For somethg a b lmer, Miami’s sheer size ensur you’ll fd fort and cln anywhere, om the queer artist murals at Wynwood Walls to the immersive and lorful photo ops at Superblue and the Lat beats at gay nightclub Azur near Coral Gabl.
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’Outsirs may thk of the old Conferate pal as a cy stuck s ways, but ltle do they know that Richmond, Virgia is anythg “g out” 2014, Richmond has emerged as the gay pal of the South.
The Milwkee Gay Arts Center offers one-of-a-kd LGBTQ productns, and Walker’s Pot is settg self up to be the next big most renowned “gay statns, ” Santa Fe, New Mexi don’t have a go-to district like L. S., but ’s also home to North Carola’s annual Pri Ftival and the state’s Gay & Lbian Film if that’s not enough for North Carola, head wt to Asheville and fd an LGBTQ bohemian paradise smacked the Smoki. Lolly known as the San Francis of the regn, the gay cultural landspe is vibrant, and the drag scene is easily among the bt the natn–jt watch “Kgs, Queens, and In-Betweens” cy is also a risg fashn mec, hog the third most fashn signers the untry, along wh retail giants like L Brands, Exprs, Victoria’s Secret and Abercrombie & Fch.
” It mt be somethg the over 140 gay-owned bs, rangg om B&Bs to bars to art galleri to cuty ice cream shops, the small neighborg towns of Sgatuck and Douglas are home to the largt gay rort the Midwt–and thanks to lol protectn of genr inty and sexual orientatn, you’ll be hard-prsed to fd anti-LGBTQ attus here. The cy created the first gay and lbian muny center the untry, and ’s Albany that was home to one of the earlit transgenr groups datg back to the cy may not have the crazy, never-endg nightlife of NYC, and may not have the sheer numbers of NYC, but, for general “Queer Life, ” Albany ranks seventh the untry–not to shabby for a cy overshadowed by the Big LGBT muny and the Mormon church hasn’t always seen eye-to-eye.