Harlem’s Black, Gay Bars Are Thrivg the Middle of a Panmic | Them

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• HARLEM’S BLACK, GAY BARS ARE THRIVG THE MIDDLE OF A PANMIC
• NYC: MARRIED COUPLE OPENS 'LAMBDA LOUNGE,' SEND GAY BAR IN HARLEM CREATED FOR BLACK LGBTQ PATRONS

HARLEM’S BLACK, GAY BARS ARE THRIVG THE MIDDLE OF A PANMIC

Harlem Bpoke: Before the panmic, there was only one LGBT bar Central Harlem but now there are a total of 4 gay bars the neighborhood!

NYC: MARRIED COUPLE OPENS 'LAMBDA LOUNGE,' SEND GAY BAR IN HARLEM CREATED FOR BLACK LGBTQ PATRONS

Photograph: Lemon BrandsLambda Lounge officially opens on July 11th—jt blocks om the cy's only other Black-owned gay bar.When the DJ turned off the mic, Charl Hugh and Ricky Solomon knew was time to start their own bar. We need to have a gay club, a gay environment that is a safe space for .”. Only six blocks north of Lambda Lounge is Alibi Lounge, the only other Black-owned gay bar town, which was on the brk of closg.

“What I love about Black people, there’s a rilience , and if you’re Black and gay, ’s even stronger, ” he explaed. At plac like Alibi, they n feel at down the street om Alibi — a quick, five-mute walk so close that hoppg a r would feel like a waste of gas — is Lambda Lounge, the neighborhood’s only other Black-owned gay bar.

“I really wanted the Black muny to have good optns, to not only have to go to Chelsea for a gay bar. We have a lol gay bar! ”Though the gradual shift om summer’s warmth to wter’s chill has put an end to that specific sense of outdoor mararie, Alibi and Lambda still offer a wele change of pace om the gay bars of lower Manhattan and Brooklyn.