After much speculatn for several months, has been nfirmed that Oil Can Harry's, the beloved gay untry wtern le dancg bar, loted Stud Cy, is closed for good after 52 years. A msage posted back November, 5, 2020, assured ctomers that the bar would return as soon as they were allowed durg
Contents:
- OIL CAN HARRY’S STUD CY’S GAY COUNTRY BAR CLOS
- ANOTHER GAY BAR B THE DT — OIL CAN HARRY’S STUD CY ANNOUNC IT’S CLOSG
- GAY COUNTRY LE-DANCG CLUB, OIL CAN HARRY’S, CLOS FOR GOOD AFTER 52 YEARS
OIL CAN HARRY’S STUD CY’S GAY COUNTRY BAR CLOS
UPDATE: Oil Can Harry’s, the famed Stud Cy gay bar which closed earlier this year, might soon be signated as a Historic-Cultural Monument.
ANOTHER GAY BAR B THE DT — OIL CAN HARRY’S STUD CY ANNOUNC IT’S CLOSG
Oil Can Harry’s opened 1968 and was one of the olst gay bars the San Fernando Valley when closed nomatn mt still go before the full Cy Council for article origally appeared , and is shared here as part of a LGBTQ+ muny exchange between Q Voice News and Pri was April 19, Young, Oil Can Harry’s was more than a gay nightclub. “It was a wonrful acceptance of gay people.
GAY COUNTRY LE-DANCG CLUB, OIL CAN HARRY’S, CLOS FOR GOOD AFTER 52 YEARS
Durg his first night at the club, Young was offered as job as a bar back, and eventually, worked his way up to the patrons who equented the 52-year-old historic gay waterg hole, which was renowned for ’s Friday night untry le dancg or Saturday night dis parti, was more than a bar or a dance club.
“I attend hundreds of weddgs of gay upl who met at the club. It also was the days of Donna Summer, Thelma Hoton, and Gloria Gaynor, whose dis hs ed many fanny bumpers on the Can Harry’s (urty Q Voice News) and s owner Bert Charot (urty Jerry Arko)In Los Angel and the Valley, people felt eer and safer to equent gay spac not loted an out-of-the-way dtrial area or down a dark alley and hidn behd a nonscript door.