CursiD: Did Detro Ever Have A 'Gayborhood'? - WDET 101.9 FM

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• GAY DETRO TRAVEL GUI
• BT GAY BARS IN METRO DETRO
• BT GAY BARS IN DETRO
• GIGI’S CELEBRAT 50 YEARS: THE OLST GAY-OWNED GAY BAR DETRO IS NOW A HALF-CENTURY OLD
• THE STATE OF GAY
• MOVG TO LGBT DETRO, MICHIGAN? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
• BT GAY BARS IN DETRO
• HUNDREDS REMISCE ABOUT HISTORIL DETRO GAY BAR SCENE
• MENJO'SDETROMENUHOTELSBARSDANCE CLUBSGAY WEDDGSGAY MAPMENJO'S
• CURSID: DID DETRO EVER HAVE A ‘GAYBORHOOD’?

GAY DETRO TRAVEL GUI

From downtown Detro to Royal Oak, Gay-Friendly nightlife reigns supreme. Gay-Friendly Bars & Clubs Metro Detro. As one of the olst gay spac Detro, this spot is te to s gay roots but is always open to anyone who wants to jo the fun.

Loted the former gay mec of Detro, Palmer Park, the plex clus the Menjo’s Bar, the Eagle Leather Bar, and the Olymp Theater. It’s fely the place for a night of gay-oriented entertament — the bt kd! Gigi's Gay Bar.

One of the bt gay and drag bars the cy, Gigi’s is optimal for drks and a show. Ferndale has been the center of gay life Detro sce the 2000s and Soho is the classy yet sual spot for gay men, women and everyone between right the heart of the downtown area off Wt Ne Mile Road. Whether you’re gay, straight, bi, trans, or queer, the are great tablishments to make a night of and teract wh a diverse muny.

BT GAY BARS IN METRO DETRO

The history of the LGBT muny metro Detro spans the cy’s past, but took new shape right after World War II when gay clubs began openg mostly downtown. This gay-owned Spanish tapas rtrant featur a lp of tradnal tapas, which are meant to be eaten small portns while sippg on the spot’s hoe-ma sangria or a craft cktail. This relative newer to the cy’s nightlife scene isn’t explicly a gay bar, but ’s fely LGBTQ-clive, om s management to the event programmg on hand.

BT GAY BARS IN DETRO

Text 'GAYTRAVEL' to 1-800-GAY-TRAVEL (1-800-429-8728). — Travel Guis wh a Gay Perspective. The BEST Gay-Friendly Hotels, Rorts, Bars/Clubs & Events Detro.

Featured Gay Friendly Hotel Detro. Gay Detro. What's the gay scene like?

GIGI’S CELEBRAT 50 YEARS: THE OLST GAY-OWNED GAY BAR DETRO IS NOW A HALF-CENTURY OLD

MUST EAT: Gay-iendly dg.

MUST VISIT: Gay-iendly bars & nightlife. Lol Expert: Gay Scene Detro. Detro has a large and vibrant gay scene.

THE STATE OF GAY

Ferndale is a well-known gayborhood to the lols. MUST EAT: Detro Gay-Friendly Dg.

MUST VISIT: Detro Gay-Friendly Bars & Nightlife. Wh a signifint number of gay bars the area shutterg their doors, 's good to know there are still some great plac around!

Wherever you end up, 's almost a guarantee you'll have a great time at one of the gay bars around Detro. Woodward Cocktail Bar is one of the olst gay bars the cy.

MOVG TO LGBT DETRO, MICHIGAN? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

(248) 542-7646 known as a gay bar, this Ferndale hot spot is great for anyone lookg to have a fun time.

The loss of the Woodward Bar & Grill — one of Detro’s olst gays bars, which burned down a fire earlier this month — unsred the cle of Detro’s queer spac and the value the on that rema. Gigis’s Gay Bar and Cabaret16920 W.

Warren Ave., DetroWarrendale gay bar wh a drag revue and other events. Menjos Entertament Complex (Includg Menjos, Olymp Theatre and Detro Eagle)928 Wt McNichols Rd., DetroOne of the olst gay bars Detro, wh a nightclub, bar and theater.

BT GAY BARS IN DETRO

Backstreet at Large Multiplex14925 Livernois Ave., Detro Gay nightclub and rtrant Northwt Detro, wh “events for the LGBTQ+, Straight, and Hoe/Techno muni unr one roof. Savannah St., Highland ParkGay nightclub and bar Highland Park “where everyone is wele. Ci like Royal Oak and Ann Arbor are gay-iendly; there are gay bars and gay bs and a strong show of LGBT neighbors wh their rpective muni.

But the difference between Ferndale and other ci is the difference between "" and "them:" Ferndale the gay muny is simply referred to as the muny; ’s not about beg gay-iendly or tolerant but beg fully clive and tegrated - to the pot that "gay" isn’t even part of the discsn anymore. "It’s not about jt beg gay-iendly and open but beg a hub; there’s a difference terms of how a cy embrac [diversy] and what else they do to enurage . It’s one thg to say you’re gay-iendly and one thg to actually BE gay-iendly.

HUNDREDS REMISCE ABOUT HISTORIL DETRO GAY BAR SCENE

Prr to WWII the gay muny was centered downtown, then moved up Woodward to settle New Center and later Palmer Park. In Detro, when the ph for gay rights beme part of the natnal bate, Palmer Park would have been our Castro or Montrose. Gay people historilly tend to move to classic neighborhoods that need gentrifitn - all of the thgs created a kd of perfect storm.

Every day of the weekTemple Bar Midtown, sce 1927As one of the olst ntually operatg gay bars near Ltle Caars Arena, you never know who might show up at Temple Bar — n pull que a cross sectn, pecially on summer nights.

MENJO'SDETROMENUHOTELSBARSDANCE CLUBSGAY WEDDGSGAY MAPMENJO'S

Gigi’s, one of the most beloved and rpected gay bars on the Michigan map, is celebratg a tone few venu manage to reach — 50 years the bs.

As was Rosalyn Delight, whose signature number was a Crystal Gayle parody lled “Donuts Make My Brown Ey Blue, ” durg which she actually threw donuts – day olds, I’m told, to the dience.

CURSID: DID DETRO EVER HAVE A ‘GAYBORHOOD’?

The bar’s gay roots date back to the very early 1970s.

In 1973, 35-year-old Tony Garne, a former grocer, acquired the bar and turned all the way gay. The Woodward Bar & Grill Midtown held the distctn of beg Detro’s olst gay bar until s untimely mise by a three-alarm fire last year. That mak Gigi’s the olst gay-owned gay bar still operatn Detro.

Some nearby straight neighbors weren’t too happy to have a homo bar on the block.