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- RH, “AN ALL NEW GAY BAR” G TO SHAW, POSTS LIQUOR LICENSE PLARD
- MEET KIKI, AN EXCG NEW GAY BAR REPLACG A PAIR OF SHUTTERED SHAW DIV
- MAN WHO MENACED GAY BAR WH GUN SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS
- LICHT CAFé, D.C.’S NEWT GAY BAR, IS A COZY, ART-FILLED U STREET HIAWAY
RH, “AN ALL NEW GAY BAR” G TO SHAW, POSTS LIQUOR LICENSE PLARD
* new gay bar in dc *
The new project om Keaton Fedak, the outgog general manager at nearby gay bar Dirty Goose.
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MEET KIKI, AN EXCG NEW GAY BAR REPLACG A PAIR OF SHUTTERED SHAW DIV
Bunker and The Ltle Gay Pub are slated to bee the latt addns to D.C.'s nightlife offergs for the LGBTQ muny. * new gay bar in dc *
Across the street om Kiki and Dirty Goose, unaffiliated gay tablishment Nellie’s Sports Bar ma negative headl this June after a secury guard asslted a Black woman. Asslt Agast a Black Woman at Nellie’s Could Lead the Gay Bar to Lose Its Liquor License [EDC].
MAN WHO MENACED GAY BAR WH GUN SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS
Here before me were three men who were gay and died om AIDS. Then-Print Ronald Reagan did not mentn the word AIDS publicly for years until after his Hollywood iend Rock Hudson me out as gay and revealed that he was livg wh AIDS.
The ernment was so adamant about not mentng AIDS that the topic was met wh lghter and homophobic remarks a 1982 prs nference which former Prs Secretary Larry Speak asked reporter Lter Ksolvg if he had AIDS.
In that time of ernmental neglect, misrmatn, and homophobia, Jake posed a challenge his piece. In my muny, ’s not unmon to hear someone mentn that homosexualy isn’t “Ain” or that homosexualy is an “agenda” beg phed by the whe mastream media to stroy the Black fay stcture.
LICHT CAFé, D.C.’S NEWT GAY BAR, IS A COZY, ART-FILLED U STREET HIAWAY
Even though the Black church is currently experiencg drops attendance, not too many Black people are far removed om the fluence the church has had on our people and unfortunately, homophobia has been one of s fluenc.
Beg a Black gay man the 70s, 80s, and 90s, I wonr how Charl navigated the social issu.
“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.