Gold Coast, WeHo's Inic 'Dive Bar,' Is the Fourth Gay Bar to Close on Santa Moni Blvd.

Contents:

• SANTA MONI AND VENICE BEACH GAY GUI
•  CALIFORNIA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
• THE GAYEST CORNER IN WEHO
• WT HOLLYWOOD’S HISTORIC GAY NIGHTCLUB THE ABBEY IS UP FOR SALE
• GOLD COAST, WEHO’S INIC ‘DIVE BAR,’ IS THE FOURTH GAY BAR TO CLOSE ON SANTA MONI BLVD.
• A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD GAY BAR FALLY OPENS WT HOLLYWOOD
•  CALIFORNIA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
• THE BT GAY CISG SPOTS LOS ANGEL
• GAY LOS ANGEL

SANTA MONI AND VENICE BEACH GAY GUI

Moni’s Gay and Lbian Outreach Mistry. The hotel is associated wh World Rabow Hotels, a travel directory that curat hotels based on World Rabow Hotels’ “acceptance creria, ” which clus: hotel’s lotn, characteristics, knowledge of lol gay scene, current volvement wh the LGBTQ muny and pliance wh non-discrimatn polici and same sex benefs to their staff.

Havg proudly served the Abbot Kney area for nearly 40 years, this inic gay bar lls self a safe haven for those the LGBTQ muny. There aren't many rourc for gay travelers foced specifilly on Santa Moni, Venice, and ast; however, this is part of metro Los Angel, which has is one of the world's centers of GLBT culture.

There are numero gay newspapers and publitns servg the general area, and Wt Hollywood is the hub of the regn's gay scene. Long Beach Gay also has a gay culture on that part of the ast.

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Other gay L. Gay & Lbian Center and the popular gay newspapers Frontiers and Lbian News.

THE GAYEST CORNER IN WEHO

Today, you'd never know that this primarily straight, whe, and profsnal area was an early bastn of gay society, a land of bathho, cisg, and nu sunbathg. Jt off the beach a huge gay bar, the Tropil Village, drew everybody om navy men to closeted celebri to rint thors Christopher Isherwood and Stephen Spenr. Gay rints are still most fely a prence Santa Moni, but wh nowhere near the prence they have Wt Hollywood, Silver Lake, and some other parts of Los Angel.

And wh the flux recent years of stellar rtrants and sign-driven hotels, Santa Moni has steadily bee a favore gay getaway for upl, beachgoers, and those wantg a more relaxed Los Angel vatn. 's East Village or Haight-Ashbury by the sea—ed, was a haven of unter-culture and members of the Beat Generatn durg the '50s and '60s, as well as avant-gar artists and graffi experts, like the late gay artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, the '80s.

Along the ast near the Santa Moni–Pacific Palisas town le, you'll fd the most famo gay beach greater Los Angel, loted at the nearly 2-e-long Will Rogers State Beach (15900 Pacific Coast Hwy., at Teml Canyon Road).

WT HOLLYWOOD’S HISTORIC GAY NIGHTCLUB THE ABBEY IS UP FOR SALE

A ftive atmosphere prevails on most sunny days, pecially around the gay sectn, known affectnately as "Gger Rogers Beach. Below here, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Redondo Beach are three middle-class suburbs—there is one gay bar the area, the Dolph, Redondo Beach.

Long Beach has a lively gay nightlife scene. The cy has one of the largt gay muni California, somethg that probably has a great al to do wh the town's strong navy history durg World War II.

GOLD COAST, WEHO’S INIC ‘DIVE BAR,’ IS THE FOURTH GAY BAR TO CLOSE ON SANTA MONI BLVD.

Owg largely to s scenic shorele, Long Beach has one of the Wt's most popular Pri events—Long Beach Gay Pri is held late May. This isn't a real hotbed of gay culture, but plenty of GLBT visors e over to explore this betiful ltle island. There's a visor ksk at Pleasure Pier, Avalon, and Catala do have a number of overnight acmodatns, cludg the very gay-iendly Avalon Hotel.

If you're lookg for a be to eat after relaxg at the gay beach at Will Rogers State Beach, try Gladston Malibu for outstandg seafood a handsome oceanont buildg, or historic Patrick's Roadhoe for burgers, omelets, and no-nonsense der fare. Other upsle properti of note clu the discreetly upsle Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows, where 's hard to choose between an ocean view om the 10-story tower or one of the serene and romantic garn bungalows; the boldly rate Viceroy Santa Moni (sister to the hip and siarly gay-popular Viceroy Palm Sprgs); and the dramatic blue tower, the timate (84 rooms) Geian Hotel, one Santa Moni's allurg beti, datg to 1933.

A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD GAY BAR FALLY OPENS WT HOLLYWOOD

A quirky, morately priced, and very tertg historic hotel that has somethg of a gay followg, the Palihoe Santa Moni Hotel (formerly known as the Embassy Hotel Apartments)—rved out of a 1920s Moorish Revival apartment buildg—has enormo rooms wh full kchens and distctive furnishgs.

Other gay-welg, ls-expensive optns clu the betifully renovated Wyndham Santa Moni at the Pier, steps om the pier, and the enomil but well-mataed Travelodge Santa Moni Pi Boulevard.

Santa Moni and Venice Gay Nightlife Gui. Most of the gay bars greater L.

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Don't let this news leave you thkg you won't see gay people partyg around Santa Moni and Venice—'s jt that most of them are hangg out at the bars some of the hipper rtrants and hotels around the area (see above), as well as mostly straight but gay-iendly hangouts like the ftive and que trendy Otheroom, Venice—you may know the Otheroom om one of s four other lol Miami Beach and NYC's Wt Village, TriBeCa, and SoHo neighborhoods. Another hot spot is the sexy High Rooftop Lounge at the gay-popular Hotel Erw, one of the most enjoyable spots California to watch the sunset. For a lot of folks, once they're this far down the ast, they jt keep venturg south to Long Beach, which is home to several very fun gay nightspots, cludg Club Rippl, Silver Fox, and Hamburger Mary's.

Fans wept when Roosterfish, the Wtsi’s olst gay bar, closed 2016. Micky’s WeHo has long been a staple on Wt Hollywood’s strip of gay nightclubs and bars on Santa Moni Boulevard, known for s open-walled two-story buildg where passersby n see the party ragg om the street.

The venue is the only Latx gay bar LA that explicly ters to a gay and Mexin dience every night, not jt as a theme once a week. But ’s the perfect space to grab a workday bnch wh a lleague or for -workg ssns -hosted on Tudays wh Gay Asstrology. The origal Downtown gay bar, Jalis is a dive bar that ters to the Latx and Mexin LGBTQ muny.

THE BT GAY CISG SPOTS LOS ANGEL

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.

GAY LOS ANGEL

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.

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. It’s the perfect place for gay men to meet on the Eastsi.

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