"Givg People the Courage to Be Themselv": Gay Pri Day D.C. | Boundary Ston

Contents:

• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
• WASHGTON DC GAY DANCE CLUBS

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

Uned Stat Gay Sports Network. Though occurrg New York Cy, is an important event that lead the gay liberatn movement and the morn fight for LGBTQIA+ rights natnally. “We’ve been throwg events now for que a few years, and the District, after the closure of really every gay nightclub — both before COVID and then durg COVID — has really been lackg a te dance floor, ” says Zach Renovát, one of the Bunker -owners.

The Ltle Gay Pub – Photo: Do Sevilla.

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

The other new addn, The Ltle Gay Pub, is the brachild of three longtime rtrant and bar dtry fixtur — Do Sevilla, Dty Martez, and Ben Ganr. The -owners, who have a bed experience of 37 years the bar and rtrant dtry, have a shared visn of The Ltle Gay Pub as a “gift” to the muny, providg an LGBTQ space for people the Logan Circle/Shaw neighborhood where one currently do not exist, and where there’s a arth of drkg or eatg tablishments that n rival those near the Walter E. “It looks like an old hotel vibe, a very W Anrson-y take on quirk, where pomp and circumstance have been shelved and taken over by three quirky gays who cid to overrate to s next eratn.

The Ltle Gay Pub has a kchen that the owners plan to utilize, begng wh about a dozen food ems that one uld classify as “elevated pub food, ” meang more than your typil ied pub fare. While the liquor license and fal settlement agreements are still beg procsed, the tr behd The Ltle Gay Pub note that their spotls rerds, as far as ABRA vlatns, and their longstandg reputatns appear to have aid them openg whout much phback om the cy, scribg the procs of applyg for var licens and perms as “drama-ee. The Ltle Gay Pub is aimg for a soft openg around March 1, pendg on how quickly a liquor license n be obtaed.

The natn's pal is home to a lively LGBTQ+ nightlife scene wh plenty of gay and lbian bars jt wag for you to jo on the fun. Larry’s Lounge is a gay neighborhood pub, wh always-affordable drks, solid happy hour specials, mouth-waterg pub fare (see: sweet potato tots) and one of the cy’s iendlit pats (you n brg your dog, too!

WASHGTON DC GAY DANCE CLUBS

Number Ne to the btlg Logan Circle urty of -founr Ed Bailey, who helped DC’s gay nightlife scene to grow durg his days as a DJ.

Suated right the heart of Adams Man’s btlg 18th Street is Pchers, a gay sports bar, and A League of Her Own, the adjacent bar for lbian and queer women.

McDaniel was former general manager of A League of Her Own at Pchers, and Pike was both a bartenr and head of secury at the Adams Man gay bar. The bar also sponsors Washgton Prodigy (women’s tackle football), as well as gay softball and kickball.

In a new place, at a new pot his life, he cid to e a tool that an creasg number of the cy’s young, gay newers are g to fd their place the District: jog an LGBT-oriented recreatnal began spendg Sundays on the top floor of the Cobalt nightclub Dupont Circle, where more than 100 people gather each week for a petive versn of flip cup anized by Flip Out DC, one an ever-expandg list of leagu terg to the cy’s gay rints.

"I'm ually a rerved and nservative person, so was a chance for me to e out of my shell and be a part of the center of the gay muny. "The District has gaed a reputatn as one of the most gay-iendly ci the natn, wh a 2013 survey om Gallup timatg that 10 percent of rints intify as LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr). But the LGBT-oriented social sports occupy their own, players say, they’ve add a more fortable way for gays to alce the cy away om the too-formal settgs of profsnals mixers or the datg prsure at nightclubs.