History of Edmonton’s Gay Bars, Part 5: Into Today | Edmonton Cy as Mm Project ECAMP

Contents:

• GAY DATG EDMONTON
• LIST OF EDMONTON’S GAY BARS
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS EDMONTON
• THE BEST EDMONTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS EDMONTON
• HISTORY OF EDMONTON’S GAY BARS, PART 5: INTO TODAY
• GAY NIGHTLIFE - BARS, CLUBS, SNAS - NEED ADVICE - EDMONTON FOM
• HISTORY OF EDMONTON’S GAY BARS, PART 4: THE EXPANDG SCENE
• GAY ALBERTA TRAVEL GUI
• HISTORY OF EDMONTON’S GAY BARS, PART 3: THE LONG-RUNNG
• MOVG TO LGBT EDMONTON, ALBERTA? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
• HISTORY OF EDMONTON’S GAY BARS, PART 1: THE BEGNG
• TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE 'THE CROWD ROOM' DEFEND BY FANS
• THE BEST EDMONTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS EDMONTON
• GAY EDMONTON · HOTELS

GAY DATG EDMONTON

Read the 5-part seri, The History of Edmonton’s Gay Bars.

First Gay Bar (Club 70) – September 1969.

LIST OF EDMONTON’S GAY BARS

From private rooms and apartments to LGBTQ-iendly hotels, you have the optn to stay the heart of gay districts as well as other neighborhoods the plac you vis.

A loft Soho, a shared room Barcelona or the Castro, a gay-iendly hotel Le Marais or Chelsea, experience misterb&b all gay travel statns!

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS EDMONTON

Before we look at the most recent of gay bars Edmonton, let’s explore some honourable mentns. Outlastg the first attempt at a gay bar on Whyte Avenue (Club Aquari), Chigo opened s doors at 10838 – 82 Avenue.

Gay bars outsi the downtown area were rare, but one attempt was ma 1999 to open a lbian-focsed space on Calgary Trail. Operatg between 2001 and 2002, they looked to ter to a more sophistited gay crowd though they never really achieved this goal. In the sprg of 2005, Dennis Cambly (the owner of Pri Vio on the send floor of 10121 – 124 Street) ma his entry to the gay bar scene wh DiNovi’s Marti Lounge.

THE BEST EDMONTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS EDMONTON

Another lotn home to two different gay bars was the basement space at 10220 – 103 Street.

HISTORY OF EDMONTON’S GAY BARS, PART 5: INTO TODAY

By 2017, Evolutn was the only gay bar Edmonton, and remas that way 2020.

There had always been those rare “straight” spac that were “gay-iendly, ” om John Reid’s Rebar to spac like the now-closed Emprs on Whyte. Ongog rtrictns around COVID-19 leave a very different feel, but what feels the same is the celebratn of queer space and art, and the credible muny support which is what will keep Edmonton’s last gay bar alive and thrivg. List of Edmonton’s Gay Bars.

Gay Nightlife - bars, clubs, snas - need advice.

GAY NIGHTLIFE - BARS, CLUBS, SNAS - NEED ADVICE - EDMONTON FOM

Re: Gay Nightlife - bars, clubs, snas - need advice. And nothg has ever been wrten this magaze for an overview of the gay life. Buddy's and Woody's ter predomantly to a male clientele, whereas I believe that The Junctn and Flash ter to both lbians and gay men.

The mise of Boots was very sad as had been open for over 30 years and was the longt nng gay tablishment Canada. When nsirg Edmonton’s gay bar history, there were over thirty venu almost half a century. After about a year and a half of operatn, they cid to rename the bs and gear toward the gay muny.

HISTORY OF EDMONTON’S GAY BARS, PART 4: THE EXPANDG SCENE

The venue altered between gay and straight dienc throughout the years.

For reasons nobody uld que put their fgers on, the space jt never appealed enough to the gay muny for any of the ventur to be succsful. For the send time LGBTQ history, a queer-based bs had been forced out of s space by homophobic owners.

GAY ALBERTA TRAVEL GUI

It took time, but their posns regardg homosexualy eventually changed.

HISTORY OF EDMONTON’S GAY BARS, PART 3: THE LONG-RUNNG

One of the more unique gay bars Edmonton was a former Howard & McBri Funeral Parlor. Wh most of the gay bars to date primarily terg to the gay male populatn, the lbian muny felt the need to create spac that were appealg to them. When Jim Schafer passed away 2010, the historic gay bar lotn of Club 70 and Boots beme available.

MOVG TO LGBT EDMONTON, ALBERTA? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

On September 22, 2012, the Junctn closed s doors, brgg to an end forty-two years gay bar operatn that space. Right: “A Ltle Gay Bar on 106 Street, ” closg night event at Junctn Bar & Eatery, September 22, 2012.

As a queer space, a bathhoe is “a medium for gay men to make social and sexual relatns wh other gay men.

By this time, the steam baths had already bee one of “Edmonton’s early gay statns.

HISTORY OF EDMONTON’S GAY BARS, PART 1: THE BEGNG

Bordian knew many of his ctomers were gay, but stated, “As long as [they don’t] raise any trouble down here, there are no problems. How the Geia remaed a gay space well to the 1970s is documented by a firsthand reuntg of a vis by Edmonton Journal reporter Jam Adams, who ventured down wh lleagu unsure if they would enunter a “fabled world of heavenly pleasure.

TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE 'THE CROWD ROOM' DEFEND BY FANS

Ads on the walls at the Geia dited plac where the gay muny uld be tted for “VD.

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The Geia was still advertisg as a gay men’s bathhoe the Edmonton Rabow Bs Associatn’s 1998 guibook. Down Unr had sce been joed by Steamworks, and Edmonton was now home to three gay bathho. Owner Jim McBri told the lol media there “will be no prostutn or dgs” and exprsed his “hop the bs will ntribute to the gay muny growg that part of the cy.

” The Gay and Lbian Communy Centre of Edmonton’s Fred Dicker said “the bathhoe would help curtail the spread of sexually transmted diseas. Although many of the plac have now sce closed, was not due to public moraly, policg ncerns, or homophobia, but bee of the same chang that have impacted many lol LGBTQ2 bars and clubs: the rise and growth of the Inter and datg apps. Text 'GAYTRAVEL' to 1-800-GAY-TRAVEL (1-800-429-8728).

GAY EDMONTON · HOTELS

— Travel Guis wh a Gay Perspective. Gay Alberta.

Another important venue Edmonton’s gay bar scene was The Roost.