Portland ed to be home to a handful of gay bars, cludg The Unirn and The Unrground, that were LGBTQ muny stapl.
Contents:
- JT TIME FOR PRI, A POPULAR PORTLAND GAY BAR REOPENS
- DOWNTOWN PORTLAND WILL GET NEW GAY DANCE CLUB FORMER EMBERS SPACE
- NEW DOCUMENTARY RELLS IMPORTANCE OF PORTLAND’S LONG-GONE GAY BARS
- DO WE HAVE GAY BARS MAE?
JT TIME FOR PRI, A POPULAR PORTLAND GAY BAR REOPENS
In 2021, Lol Lounge—the inic (if nonscript) gay bar at Northeast Mart Luther Kg and Fremont known for regular karaoke, drag shows, and dance parti—shut s doors, jog the growg list of beloved queer spac Portland that have closed recent years (Embers, Rebel Rebel, and the Roxy, to name a few). However, jt the nick of time for Pri Month ftivi, the new gay bar is set to open on Friday June... * new gay bar portland *
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DOWNTOWN PORTLAND WILL GET NEW GAY DANCE CLUB FORMER EMBERS SPACE
TJ Bce is a 20-year veteran openg bars, wh another spot lled Badlands Sacramento, pl three different nightclubs lled Splash Frno, San Jose and Reno. He says he hop to brg much of the same vibe to the Portland Badlands as at his prev Splash lotns. His two-story, vio-screen-packed San Jose lotn was apparently the most popular Lyft lotn the Bay Area, potential good news for a Portland gay bar scene that hasn’t seen a high-profile openg years. * new gay bar portland *
So if somebody asks, ‘When did you know you were gay?
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NEW DOCUMENTARY RELLS IMPORTANCE OF PORTLAND’S LONG-GONE GAY BARS
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DO WE HAVE GAY BARS MAE?
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In 2021, Lol Lounge—the inic (if nonscript) gay bar at Northeast Mart Luther Kg and Fremont known for regular karaoke, drag shows, and dance parti—shut s doors, jog the growg list of beloved queer spac Portland that have closed recent years (Embers, Rebel Rebel, and the Roxy, to name a few). However, jt the nick of time for Pri Month ftivi, the new gay bar is set to open on Friday June 30, unr the new name of Back 2 Earth.