History of Edmonton’s Gay Bars, Part 3: The Long-Runng | 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. 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.

LIST OF EDMONTON’S GAY BARS

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!

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.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS EDMONTON

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.

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

THE BEST EDMONTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS EDMONTON

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

GAY ALBERTA TRAVEL GUI

On September 22, 2012, the Junctn closed s doors, brgg to an end forty-two years gay bar operatn that space.

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

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. 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.

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

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

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). — Travel Guis wh a Gay Perspective.

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

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Another important venue Edmonton’s gay bar scene was The Roost. At the same time that Flashback ( s first lotn on Jasper Avenue) was fillg to pacy, four people who had been fluential the management of Club 70 quietly built a new gay bar on the ma floor at 10345 – 104 Street. Ultimately, this proved to be a huge benef to Edmonton’s gay bar scene as people moved back and forth between the clubs.

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

In 1985, the AIDS epimic h Edmonton and began takg the liv of clubgoers om the gay muny.

THE BEST EDMONTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS EDMONTON

Other plac entered Edmonton’s gay bar scene those early years. Boots ‘n Saddle operated as a more open-door gay bar, as opposed to beg exclive to queer folk. Consistently voted the Bt Burgers by See Magaze and Vue Weekly, the ia of a public eatery joed wh a gay bar was a novelty that was met wh general acceptance by the by lunch crowds downtown.

GAY EDMONTON · HOTELS

Loted a two-story buildg at 10116 – 124 Street, they also tered to the gay and lbian crowd. Seeg an opportuny for a new gay bar, Jim Brown began renovatg the send floor to a licensed space. On July 22, 2000, Buddys Neclub opened the basement at 11723b Jasper Avenue, makg this the third time a gay bar would be suated a basement (and certaly not the last!