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FRIENDS LNCH MPAIGN TO BRG NEW GAY BAR TO HALIFAX
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A study lled "Are Gay Bars Closg? Nightclub, the only gay bar that cy, closed permanently long before the panmic, drag venu such as the 30-year-old Centretown Pub and nearby EDGE Club and Lounge Ottawa shut their doors. Spurrell, who performs as Rouge Fatale, said gay bars are still nsired a safe place for many young and old queer people he knows to gather and nnect wh like-md people, pecially smaller muni.
Ian MacLeod and Nicholas Close thk Halifax’s gay muny needs s own bar, somewhere to hang out, feel safe and have fun. The two say somethg important is missg sce the cy’s last gay bar, Menz and Mollyz, closed April 2020 jt after the COVID-19 panmic h the provce, so they are hopg to fill the gap through a fundraisg mpaign. In Augt, MacLeod, 39, of Halifax and Close, 27, of Lower Sackville, lnched a GoFundMe mpaign to help them wh their dream of openg a new gay bar.