THE 5 BEST Palm Sprgs Gay Clubs & Bars (Updated 2023)

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• THE 5 BEST PALM SPRGS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS PALM SPRGS
• BT GAY BARS THE DERT
• IN CALIFORNIA: PALM SPRGS' HISTORIC GAY BARS SEE LIGHT AT END OF TUNNEL
• GAY BARS GREATER PALM SPRGS
• PALM SPRGS GAY BARS

THE 5 BEST PALM SPRGS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS PALM SPRGS

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BT GAY BARS THE DERT

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Durg the two s that he’s spent visg and livg Palm Sprgs, Fuhr has watched the lol gay scene evolve. “For a long time, all the gay bars and lbian bars were Cathedral Cy, ” he said. ”Trixie Mattel, the skny legend who graced the “RuPl’s Drag Race” nway for two seasons, fell love wh Palm Sprgs all s gay glory the first time she vised.

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IN CALIFORNIA: PALM SPRGS' HISTORIC GAY BARS SEE LIGHT AT END OF TUNNEL

Some are LGBTQ-owned, some draw queer crowds, and some are gay the same way that iced ffee and walkg fast are gay: They’re gay if we believe they’re gay. Try changg or rettg your filtersShowg PlacePlac Stay at the maximalist haven that is the Trixie Motel Riversi Hotel There are plenty of gay plac to stay Palm Sprgs, cludg the clothg-optnal ns that draw men om near and far and the lol Margaraville that hosts the lbian mec known as the Dah Shore the Trixie Motel is a bright pk bean, filled wh mpy, lorful wallpaper and imag of Trixie drsed up as lol ins — cludg a photo of Trixie as Marilyn Monroe that hangs above one lucky of the motel’s seven rooms has a different theme, rangg om a Yeehaw Cowgirl sue to an tergalactic Atomic Bombshell room.

GAY BARS GREATER PALM SPRGS

Read AllRead Ls More Info Grab a spicy margara and a hot chicken sandwich at Blackbook Riversi Bar Blackbook, loted on Palm Sprgs’ popular gay strip known as the Arenas District, is one of Trixie Mattel’s favore plac to eat while she’s town. “I mean, ’s a gay bar, but whenever I’m there now, people are eatg — ’s like they accintally beme a rtrant bee their food is so good.

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Hunter's has been a fixture of the gay bar scene on Arenas Road downtown Palm Sprgs.

PALM SPRGS GAY BARS

PHOTOGRAPH BY JIM POWERSSo you want to go gay bar hoppg Palm Sprgs?

While the majory le a block of Arenas Road Palm Sprgs makg an unofficial gay mec, there’s a smatterg of bars spread throughout Coachella Valley. Pop here for souped-up bar food and a plex cktail and you’ll fd out why our rears voted Blackbook their favore gay bar Palm Sprgs. Voted favore gay bar Cat Cy by Palm Sprgs Life rears, The Roost offers live mic performanc, five huge TV screens where you n watch your favore vio clips, and on Mondays, your favore beverag at happy hour pric all day long.