Gay Phoenix / Sttsdale 2023 Travel Gui - Hotels, Bars, & Events

Contents:

• GAY PHOENIX / STTSDALE TRAVEL GUI
• WELE TO THE GAY IENDLY PHOENIX METROPOLAN AREA
• PHOENIX GAY AND LBIAN SCENE
• FOR PRI MONTH AND BEYOND, HERE ARE 10 SENTIAL GAY BARS PHOENIX AND STTSDALE
• PHOENIX GAY DANCE CLUBS
• GAY EATS: 9 LGBTQ RTRANTS SERVG UP DELECTABLE CULARY DELIGHTS PHOENIX, ARIZONA
• 'IT'S ABOUT FEELG WELED': HOW GAY YOUTH FD BELONGG PHOENIX'S BALLROOM SCENE
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS PHOENIX
• MOVG TO LGBT PHOENIX, ARIZONA? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
• KEV MAXEN, JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH, OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE ACH NFL BY STT THOMPSON PUBLISHED JULY 21, 2023 NFL FOX NEWS SHARE COPY LK EMAIL FACEBOOK TWTER LKEDIN REDD HISTORY OF THE NFL AND HOW BEME THE WORLD'S RICHT SPORTS LEAGUE THE NFL WAS FORMED 1920 WHEN 10 FOOTBALL TEAMS ME TOGETHER CANTON, OH, AND STARTED THE AMERIN PROFSNAL FOOTBALL ASSOCIATN (APFA), NOW KNOWN AS THE NFL. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH AND NDNG ACH KEV MAXEN ME OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY THURSDAY, MAKG HIM THE FIRST KNOWN OPENLY GAY MALE ACH THE NFL AND MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS THE UNED STAT.  THERE ARE REASONS MAXEN CID TO E OUT PUBLICLY NOW, ONE OF WHICH IS BEG ABLE TO LEAD AN OPEN LIFE WH HIS BOYIEND, NICK, WHO HE HAS BEEN DATG TWO YEARS.  "I DON’T WANT TO FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO THK ABOUT ANYMORE," MAXEN, WHO JOED THE JAGUARS’ STAFF LAST SEASON, EXPLAED TO OUTSPORTS. "I DON’T WANT TO FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO LIE ABOUT WHO I AM SEEG OR WHY I AM LIVG WH SOMEONE ELSE.  JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS FENSIVE TACKLE JAY TUFELE (97) TALKS WH ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN DURG THE JAGUARS' ROOKIE MIMP AT TIAA BANK FIELD JACKSONVILLE, FLA., JUNE 14, 2022. (GETTY IMAG) "I WANT TO BE VOL SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIVG HOW THEY WANT TO LIVE, BUT I ALSO JT WANT TO LIVE AND NOT FEEL FEAR ABOUT HOW PEOPLE WILL REACT." MAXEN ADD THAT HIS SUPPORT SYSTEM, WHICH CLUS FAY, IENDS AND LLEAGU, SHOWED SUPPORT, ALLOWG HIM TO MAKE THE CISN TO E OUT PUBLICLY.  RAIDERS' CARL NASSIB ON COMING OUT GAY: ‘I DIDN’T KNOW IF IT WOULD RUIN MY CAREER' "IT WASN’T UNTIL RECENTLY — AND WH THE IMMENSE LOVE AND SUPPORT OF MY FAY, MY IENDS, LLEAGU AND PEERS, AND THE URAGE AND SACRIFICE OM MY PARTNER — THAT I REALIZED I HAVE THE RIGHT AND RPONSIBILY TO LOVE AND BE LOVED, AND THAT MAYBE SHARG THIS WILL HOPEFULLY GIVE SOMEONE ELSE THE STRENGTH TO ACCEPT THEIR OWN LIFE AND TAKE NTROL OF THEIR OWN STORY," MAXEN EXPLAED.  MAXEN SAID HE IS "HOPEFUL" HIS JAGUARS LLEAGU ACCEPT HIS TTH.  "I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR," HE SAID. "SO, A LOT OF THE GUYS I N JOKE WH AND NOT TAKE ANYTHG PERSONALLY." THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS VIO BOARD AFTER AN AFC WILD-RD PLAYOFF GAME AGAST THE LOS ANGEL CHARGERS AT TIAA BANK FIELD JAN. 14, 2023, JACKSONVILLE, FLA. THE JAGUARS FEATED THE CHARGERS 31-30. (DON JUAN MOORE/GETTY IMAG) "IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS DIVERSIFYG, IS A PRIVILEGE TO WORK ALONGSI KEV WHO IS HARDWORKG, DITED AND THRIVG AS A STRENGTH AND NDNG ACH FOR THE JAGUARS," JACKSONVILLE’S DIRECT OF PLAYER VELOPMENT, MARC POLLARD, TOLD OUTSPORTS.  FORMER JAGUARS CENTER BRANDON LR ALSO SAID MAXEN WAS ALWAYS SOMEONE HE ULD LEAN ON.  SUPER BOWL LIV WILL FEATURE 49ERS COACH KATIE SOWERS' HISTORIC APPEARANCE "KEV WAS A BIG PART HELPG ME PREPARE EVERY SUNDAY DURG MY LAST YEAR THE NFL" LR SAID. "HE WOULD WRE WORKOUTS FOR ME WH EXERCIS THAT WOULD HELP WH MY FICIENCI, WHICH HELPED ME BE THE BT VERSN OF MYSELF ON THAT FIELD. OUR IENDSHIP GREW WH THE TIME SPENT WORKG TOGETHER AND SHARG A LOT OF SIARI ON OUR VIEWS OF LIFE, BEG SOMEONE THAT JT GETS . "KEV, I’M PROUD TO LL YOU A IEND AND EXCED TO SEE WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR YOU, KEV. I KNOW YOUR STORY N HELP SO MANY PEOPLE. YOU THE MAN, ALL SHALL BE WELL." A JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS HELMET DURG AN OFFSEASON WORKOUT MAY 30, 2023, AT TIAA BANK FIELD JACKSONVILLE, FLA. (JAM GILBERT/GETTY IMAG) MAXEN WAS HIRED JACKSONVILLE AFTER SPENDG TIME WH THE BAYLOR BEARS' AND VANRBILT COMMODOR' FOOTBALL TEAMS AS A STRENGTH AND NDNG ACH.  JOG THE JAGUARS LED MAXEN TO WORK PRIMARILY WH THE LEMEN, BOTH ON OFFENSE AND FENSE. HE VELOPED THEIR WORKOUT REGIMEN WHILE KEEPG TRACK OF EVERYONE’S PROGRS.  IN THE NFL, TAMPA BAY BUCNEERS FENSIVE LEMAN CARL NASSIB BEME THE LEAGUE’S FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE PLAYER WHEN HE MA HIS ANNOUNCEMENT 2021 WHILE PLAYG FOR THE LAS VEGAS RAIRS.  SAN FRANCIS 49ERS ASSISTANT KATIE SOWERS WAS THE FIRST WOMAN AND OPENLY GAY ACH A SUPER BOWL 2020.   LINK: GET UPDAT AND MORE ON THIS STORY AT BREAKING NEWS

GAY PHOENIX / STTSDALE TRAVEL GUI

Text 'GAYTRAVEL' to 1-800-GAY-TRAVEL (1-800-429-8728). — Travel Guis wh a Gay Perspective.

Arizona’s gay scene is lively to say the least! Featured Gay Friendly Hotel Phoenix / Sttsdale.

WELE TO THE GAY IENDLY PHOENIX METROPOLAN AREA

Gay Phoenix/Sttsdale. The many slick and trendy dg, shoppg, and gay nightclub optns — upled wh the sunny dry climate and abundance of outdoors diversns — make this an creasgly popular lbian and gay travel statn.

Phoenix and Sttsdale have a lot of the charm of other sert gay getaways like Palm Sprgs (jt a 4-hour drive away)—but are more accsible and provi a lot of great entertament optns. Phoenix Gay Scene. Though there is no distct gayborhood Pheonix, you'll fd 's a very gay-iendly cy wh lots of bs that ter to the LGBTQ muny.

Most of the gay nightclubs and bs are predomantly the two-e wi area between 7th Avenue on the Wt and 7th Street to the East. The Biltmore neighborhood and the Mill Avenue District are nsired very gay-iendly as well.

PHOENIX GAY AND LBIAN SCENE

As for gay-iendly hotels, acmodatns optns here n the gamut om super-plh rorts and high-rise bs hotels to a smatterg of smaller gay-oriented properti. Look for Echo Magaze at the many gay and gay-iendly bars & rtrans; the lol, pennt magaze publish listgs of weekly LGBTQ events, ftivals, and happy hours.

Outdoorsy typ should avoid the athly hot summers, although May through September n be great months to sre great bargas at Phoenix’s gay iendly hotels, and there is air-ndng virtually everywhere, so ’s rarely opprsive. The biggt gay event of the year is Phoenix Pri, while many of the lol universi are still ssn, so 's a young, fun vibe town.

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FOR PRI MONTH AND BEYOND, HERE ARE 10 SENTIAL GAY BARS PHOENIX AND STTSDALE

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PHOENIX GAY DANCE CLUBS

You simply n't miss this untry-themed spot, where you n learn le dancg wh other tipsy gay patrons.

Gay Safety. Phoenix Gay and Lbian Scene. A noticeable gay neighborhood is startg to emerge wh the very center of Phoenix, beg particularly prevalent around Central Avenue, Camelback Road and 7th Avenue.

Rankg amongst the most popular of all the gay bars wh downtown Phoenix is the iendly Kobalt Bar, which stands on Central Avenue, between Park Central and the Monterey Medil Plaza. The Kobalt Bar is regularly voted as beg the bt gay bar wh the Valley of the Sun and offers a particularly by Friday Happy Hour, as well as karaoke nights and daily specials. Loted a uple of away and to the north, on Wt Camelback Road, is Charlie's Phoenix, a gay untry and wtern themed bar.

GAY EATS: 9 LGBTQ RTRANTS SERVG UP DELECTABLE CULARY DELIGHTS PHOENIX, ARIZONA

Phoenix Pri Gay Ftival. The 30th Phoenix Pri gay and lbian ftival was held April 2010 and drew crowds the regn of 30, 000 people. Greater Phoenix Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce (GPGLCC).

One n settle down at a Sttsdale rort, which clu all-male, clothg-optnal rorts and five-star luxury spa properti; attend gay pri Phoenix and enjoy the cy's LGBTQ club scene; or mix thgs up wh a b of fun each statn.

Movie lovers should check out the Dperado LGBTQ Film Ftival as well, while Phoenix's Melrose neighborhood is the cy's pulsg gay heart wh a thrivg social scene and nightlife. Loted Phoenix's Melrose district, Off Chute Too is a gay everythg shop. Of urse, sce boys will be boys, and get your gay sna actn on at The Chute.

'IT'S ABOUT FEELG WELED': HOW GAY YOUTH FD BELONGG PHOENIX'S BALLROOM SCENE

Bt (And Gayt! Much of the area's gay nightlife is ncentrated Phoenix's Melrose district, startg wh the aptly named Stacy’s @ Melrose.

Featured Anthony Bawn's lolly-produced 2019 gay feature film, "As I Am", about a young, awkward, gay Black man fdg his way, Stacy's is a "e one, e all" venue ("people's mothers e along, and 's very PG-13, " a lol not).

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS PHOENIX

As much a rtrant as a bar, Bliss reBar is gay-owned and hosts drag bnch on select Sundays.

Featurg art stallatns behd the bar by lol artists and ternatnal fort food fare, Sttsdale's AZ88 is also popular wh the gay muny, and be clubby at night. Two other LGBTQ go-tos clu forward-thkg New Amerin cuise outpost Rtrant Progrs, the heart of the Melrose Gayborhood, and way-gay Los Diablos, where pub fare and bnch meets cktails, kikis, events, and drag fun.

One is spoilt for choice among the world-class spa rort forts, pamperg, and gay-iendly clothg-optnal polici Sttsdale. A longtime favore of the Phoenix gay scene, Apollo's is the kd of bar where you n have a few beers and hang wh a diverse selectn of drkers. The one thg all the spots on this list have mon: They ve ctomers to e as they 's somethg for everyone at the 10 sential metro Phoenix gay bars.

MOVG TO LGBT PHOENIX, ARIZONA? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

602-248-8559, 'It's about feelg weled':How gay youth fd belongg Phoenix's ballroom sceneAnvilAnvil, a bar loted on Thomas Road east of 24th Street, dubs self a "Leather and Levi" bar and wel those who want to don their gear and those who don't, jt the same. 602-264-5307, Towne SaloonKnown as the olst gay bar metro Phoenix, Nu Towne Saloon fds s home across the street om the stacked layers of the Tovrea Castle.

BarMidtown Phoenix neighborhood the Melrose District may be packed wh gay bars, but they don't all ter to the dus.

KEV MAXEN, JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH, OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE ACH NFL BY STT THOMPSON PUBLISHED JULY 21, 2023 NFL FOX NEWS SHARE COPY LK EMAIL FACEBOOK TWTER LKEDIN REDD HISTORY OF THE NFL AND HOW BEME THE WORLD'S RICHT SPORTS LEAGUE THE NFL WAS FORMED 1920 WHEN 10 FOOTBALL TEAMS ME TOGETHER CANTON, OH, AND STARTED THE AMERIN PROFSNAL FOOTBALL ASSOCIATN (APFA), NOW KNOWN AS THE NFL. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH AND NDNG ACH KEV MAXEN ME OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY THURSDAY, MAKG HIM THE FIRST KNOWN OPENLY GAY MALE ACH THE NFL AND MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS THE UNED STAT.  THERE ARE REASONS MAXEN CID TO E OUT PUBLICLY NOW, ONE OF WHICH IS BEG ABLE TO LEAD AN OPEN LIFE WH HIS BOYIEND, NICK, WHO HE HAS BEEN DATG TWO YEARS.  "I DON’T WANT TO FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO THK ABOUT ANYMORE," MAXEN, WHO JOED THE JAGUARS’ STAFF LAST SEASON, EXPLAED TO OUTSPORTS. "I DON’T WANT TO FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO LIE ABOUT WHO I AM SEEG OR WHY I AM LIVG WH SOMEONE ELSE.  JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS FENSIVE TACKLE JAY TUFELE (97) TALKS WH ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN DURG THE JAGUARS' ROOKIE MIMP AT TIAA BANK FIELD JACKSONVILLE, FLA., JUNE 14, 2022. (GETTY IMAG) "I WANT TO BE VOL SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIVG HOW THEY WANT TO LIVE, BUT I ALSO JT WANT TO LIVE AND NOT FEEL FEAR ABOUT HOW PEOPLE WILL REACT." MAXEN ADD THAT HIS SUPPORT SYSTEM, WHICH CLUS FAY, IENDS AND LLEAGU, SHOWED SUPPORT, ALLOWG HIM TO MAKE THE CISN TO E OUT PUBLICLY.  RAIDERS' CARL NASSIB ON COMING OUT GAY: ‘I DIDN’T KNOW IF IT WOULD RUIN MY CAREER' "IT WASN’T UNTIL RECENTLY — AND WH THE IMMENSE LOVE AND SUPPORT OF MY FAY, MY IENDS, LLEAGU AND PEERS, AND THE URAGE AND SACRIFICE OM MY PARTNER — THAT I REALIZED I HAVE THE RIGHT AND RPONSIBILY TO LOVE AND BE LOVED, AND THAT MAYBE SHARG THIS WILL HOPEFULLY GIVE SOMEONE ELSE THE STRENGTH TO ACCEPT THEIR OWN LIFE AND TAKE NTROL OF THEIR OWN STORY," MAXEN EXPLAED.  MAXEN SAID HE IS "HOPEFUL" HIS JAGUARS LLEAGU ACCEPT HIS TTH.  "I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR," HE SAID. "SO, A LOT OF THE GUYS I N JOKE WH AND NOT TAKE ANYTHG PERSONALLY." THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS VIO BOARD AFTER AN AFC WILD-RD PLAYOFF GAME AGAST THE LOS ANGEL CHARGERS AT TIAA BANK FIELD JAN. 14, 2023, JACKSONVILLE, FLA. THE JAGUARS FEATED THE CHARGERS 31-30. (DON JUAN MOORE/GETTY IMAG) "IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS DIVERSIFYG, IS A PRIVILEGE TO WORK ALONGSI KEV WHO IS HARDWORKG, DITED AND THRIVG AS A STRENGTH AND NDNG ACH FOR THE JAGUARS," JACKSONVILLE’S DIRECT OF PLAYER VELOPMENT, MARC POLLARD, TOLD OUTSPORTS.  FORMER JAGUARS CENTER BRANDON LR ALSO SAID MAXEN WAS ALWAYS SOMEONE HE ULD LEAN ON.  SUPER BOWL LIV WILL FEATURE 49ERS COACH KATIE SOWERS' HISTORIC APPEARANCE "KEV WAS A BIG PART HELPG ME PREPARE EVERY SUNDAY DURG MY LAST YEAR THE NFL" LR SAID. "HE WOULD WRE WORKOUTS FOR ME WH EXERCIS THAT WOULD HELP WH MY FICIENCI, WHICH HELPED ME BE THE BT VERSN OF MYSELF ON THAT FIELD. OUR IENDSHIP GREW WH THE TIME SPENT WORKG TOGETHER AND SHARG A LOT OF SIARI ON OUR VIEWS OF LIFE, BEG SOMEONE THAT JT GETS . "KEV, I’M PROUD TO LL YOU A IEND AND EXCED TO SEE WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR YOU, KEV. I KNOW YOUR STORY N HELP SO MANY PEOPLE. YOU THE MAN, ALL SHALL BE WELL." A JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS HELMET DURG AN OFFSEASON WORKOUT MAY 30, 2023, AT TIAA BANK FIELD JACKSONVILLE, FLA. (JAM GILBERT/GETTY IMAG) MAXEN WAS HIRED JACKSONVILLE AFTER SPENDG TIME WH THE BAYLOR BEARS' AND VANRBILT COMMODOR' FOOTBALL TEAMS AS A STRENGTH AND NDNG ACH.  JOG THE JAGUARS LED MAXEN TO WORK PRIMARILY WH THE LEMEN, BOTH ON OFFENSE AND FENSE. HE VELOPED THEIR WORKOUT REGIMEN WHILE KEEPG TRACK OF EVERYONE’S PROGRS.  IN THE NFL, TAMPA BAY BUCNEERS FENSIVE LEMAN CARL NASSIB BEME THE LEAGUE’S FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE PLAYER WHEN HE MA HIS ANNOUNCEMENT 2021 WHILE PLAYG FOR THE LAS VEGAS RAIRS.  SAN FRANCIS 49ERS ASSISTANT KATIE SOWERS WAS THE FIRST WOMAN AND OPENLY GAY ACH A SUPER BOWL 2020.   LINK: GET UPDAT AND MORE ON THIS STORY AT BREAKING NEWS

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