The L.A. Gay Bars Are Gog Extct — And Their Landlord Won’t Help | Them

Contents:

• THE 42 BT GAY BARS AMERI
• THE OLST GAY BAR QUEENS SECUR ITS FUTURE JACKSON HEIGHTS
• THE 30 BT GAY BARS NYC
• AMERI’S OLST GAY BAR IS TURNG 80
• GAY BARS NEAR ME
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• HOW TO BEE POPULAR AT A GAY BAR
• FORT LRDALE GAY BARS
• MOSW GAY BARS
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• 'GAY BAR' TRACKS THE WAVE OF A WHOLE CULTURE — AND ONE LIFE
• THE L.A. GAY BARS ARE GOG EXTCT — AND THEIR LANDLORD WON’T HELP
• THE 10 BEST TOKYO GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TOKYO

THE 42 BT GAY BARS AMERI

The word “gay” lls to md our special knack for fdg the light the darkns, for buildg the dance floor off to the si of the cel world. Let’s take a look at some of the bt gay bars Ameri, om the open-air, vil-may-re spac Wt Hollywood to the neighborhood pub downtown St. The entrance is through an unmarked shed behd a Chipotle, and featur a blend but unexpected gay/not crowd which same-sex grdg is rigur.

—Alfonso Fernanz NavasCourtyAt: Cheer Up CharliBack when I was a young gay, I saw the olt, most betiful woman the world at Cheer Up Charli.

When the bar fally reopened Sprg 2022, an entire borough’s worth of gays celebrated by floodg the new back pat all summer and Gger’s has been crowd wh queers ever sce. It began s life as a beer-and-we offshoot of the Metropolan Health Club, a gym that opened 1983 to serve the gay ctomers who’d been bullied out of other lol clubs at the height of AIDS hysteria.

THE OLST GAY BAR QUEENS SECUR ITS FUTURE JACKSON HEIGHTS

While you won’t fd any Pri flags at Farraguts, you will undoubtedly hear Cele Dn and Melissa Etheri blarg om the bar’s dty, old jebox and, hontly, isn’t that jt as gay? CourtyDallas: Round-Up SaloonEqual parts wboy boots and dis ball, Round Up Saloon opened 42 years ago Dallas as a gay untry wtern dance hall.

Thanks to Perez-Gallardo and their team, gay people who love the outdoors (most lbians) now have a iendly place to unwd after a hike.

THE 30 BT GAY BARS NYC

Live out your Brokeback Mounta fantasi at this verno club, where wboy stum are not nsired drag, and le dancg is not an explic exprsn of homophobia.

A gay gatherg spot sce 1939, and gay bar sce 1963, and the Bar Complex sce the 80s, s unassumg exterr beli a triple-threat treat of lounge, performance space, and a mirrored dance club reportedly moled after Stud 54.

) The glorly lively bar and rtrant scene is enhanced by a black box theater downstairs, where farcil plays, lbian standup, and gay dance troup reign.

AMERI’S OLST GAY BAR IS TURNG 80

Jt a uple of blocks om the beach, Twist brgs the whole breadth of the Miami gay world together to dance and flirt and keep movg.

CourtyIndianapolis: English IvyEnglish Ivy advertis self as an “LGBTQ+-enthed” “gay-therg place” and that is not an overstatement. If you want to get away om the typil scene at fellow gay bars Olly’s and Gregs Our Place, English Ivy is an ial place to meet iends: mature enough for a proper Ladi Lunch (or bnch or dner.

GAY BARS NEAR ME

They are stars the makg and their rendn of Cele Dn’s “It’s All Comg Back to Me Now” will shatter your pt glass and break your ltle, gay heart. It’s not a gay bar the tradnal sense, but a place where traed pianists play selectns om Broadway shows and all of the drama teachers and mil theater majors of the tri-state area nverge to sg along. It was the se of an early gay-liberatn “sip ” 1966, years before Stonewall, and has been a low-key haven ever sce, wh a diverse clientele, a small menu, classic cktails, and an extensive (and packed) 4:00-7:00 happy hour.

It’s not que French-themed, ’s not que Mardi Gras-spired, feels as close as we have experienced this untry to a gay neighborhood pub.

GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

The origal was burned down an anti-gay hate-crime a few years back, but the revival has jt opened across the street and is bigger and better, wh a new performance space. CourtyWashgton DC: TraIn a town where n feel like every other bar is crawlg wh Capol Hill staffers lookg to talk shop, Tra is the rare, glorly gay dive where absolutely everyone is wele to jt kick back.

Though was not immediately clear whether Friend’s was imment danger of closg whout purchasg the se, many gay bars have feared they wouldn’t be able to survive the panmic. Bars and ClubsNY Magaze rerds that the first “gay bar” New York Cy opened the, same-sex attractn beme a distct inty and nceptualizatns of "straight" and "gay" began to form throughout the 20th century, muni of like-md people also began to form.

Rather than a man who had sex wh men, a homosexual man) began to form and were medilised and penalised, for a long time was unsafe to adm to or act on any feelgs of same-sex attractn.

HOW TO BEE POPULAR AT A GAY BAR

This meant that tablishments that did serve people known or spected of belongg to the LGBT+ muny were closed down, which rulted a lot of gay bars and LGBT+-iendly tablishments were n by illegal anizatns and liable to shakedowns by the police. The were the days before the ter and datg apps; if you wanted to meet fellow LGBT+ people and fully exprs yourself, the gay bar was the place to go.

Unfortunately, for a lot of reasons - certaly datg apps, but also the 2008 recsn, risg rents, a wir atmosphere of acceptance that renrs LGBT+ bars and clubs val but not a necsy - gay bars and clubs are begng to disappear om the landspe. While there is certaly room to discs the disproportnate rat of alholism the LGBT+ muny, neverthels, gay bars rema important spac of LGBT+ herage and culture. Below is a list of historic and current ‘gay bars’ - important and vibrant LGBT+ bars and clubs that hold a special place LGBT+ history and culture.

FORT LRDALE GAY BARS

This Stonewall Factsheet, produced by NYC LGBT Historic S Project, Makg Gay History, New York Public Library, GLSEN, Natnal Parks Conservatn Associatn, and the Stonewall 50 Consortium, provis some answers to FAQs, and provis an excellent list of rourc for you to learn about the history of what is objectively the most famo gay bar LGBT+ history.

Juli’ Bar Manhattan may claim to be one of the olst gay bars the Village (though did not always operate as a gay bar), but is probably more famo for beg the se of the ‘sip ’ prott of 1966 that challenged the legaly of nyg service to LGBT+ patrons bars New York state. 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. 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.

MOSW GAY BARS

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.

This month, an unassumg gay dive on a quiet stretch of Telegraph Avenue near the Oakland-Berkeley borr officially turns 80 years old.

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

The Whe Horse Inn, now dubbed WheHorse Bar, is generally thought to be the olst gay bar Ameri — or at least the olst ntuoly operatg one the same lotn — but s exact age, jt like that of many a va olr gay man, is likely to rema a mystery. Official rerds put the bar’s openg 1933, as the Bay Area Reporter recently learned, jt after Prohibn end, but was likely a gay speakeasy years before that, as Prohibn was barely enforced the Bay Area and the buildg predat that year.

'GAY BAR' TRACKS THE WAVE OF A WHOLE CULTURE — AND ONE LIFE

As the San Francis Chronicle pots out, there’s another gay bar, Cafe Lafte New Orleans, which may be tied official age wh the Whe Horse, havg also “opened” cintally 1933, but has changed lotns once sce then. Like a number of other gay bars om the mid-twentieth century, the Whe Horse had no wdows to the street until jt a few years ago, datg as do to a time when homosexualy was a crimal offense.

THE L.A. GAY BARS ARE GOG EXTCT — AND THEIR LANDLORD WON’T HELP

(One San Francis bar, Tw Peaks Tavern, recently received landmark stat as the first gay bar the Bay Area to have glass walls to the street, sce 1972, and another the Castro district, the Midnight Sun, is about to unrgo a renovatn openg s ont wall, makg the last bar the neighborhood to do so.

THE 10 BEST TOKYO GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TOKYO

) And throughout the more nservative postwar perd, the Whe Horse was spared om any police raids, possibly bee the owners paid off the ps, and possibly bee the Bay Area’s liberal attu toward homosexualy extend to fifti Oakland policians as well. The days the Whe Horse is an unpretent, suburban-feelg hangout, wh s pool tabl and jebox, that attracts a mix of olr gay and lbian regulars and the ocsnal gaggle of Berkeley unrgrads. The bars are safe spac where members of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) muny n e together and celebrate their inti whout fear of discrimatn or judgement.

To fd gay bars your area, you n do a quick onle search or check out popular gay-iendly webs and apps such as Grdr, Her, and Gay Ci. The rourc n help you fd the perfect gay bar for you, whether you’re lookg for a laid-back neighborhood spot or a high-energy dance club. Many gay bars are safe havens for the LGBTI muny, and ’s important to be nsirate of others and follow the l of the tablishment.