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

Contents:

• GAY EATS: 9 LGBTQ RTRANTS SERVG UP DELECTABLE CULARY DELIGHTS PHOENIX, ARIZONA
• WELE TO THE GAY IENDLY PHOENIX METROPOLAN AREA
• PHOENIX GAY RTRANT
• GAY-FRIENDLY RTRANTS PHOENIX / STTSDALE
• FOR PRI MONTH AND BEYOND, HERE ARE 10 SENTIAL GAY BARS PHOENIX AND STTSDALE
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• GAY PHOENIX / STTSDALE TRAVEL GUI
• PHOENIX GAY RTRANT
• THIS PHOENIX SPOT IS ONE OF THE BT GAY BARS THE US — EVEN THOUGH 'S NOT A GAY BAR

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

Jo as we explore the excg dg scene one of the most gay-iendly ci the USA. It’s part gay bar and part rtrant. Charlie’s is one of Pheonix’s most popular gay bars.

Indtry PHX don’t nsir self a gay bar, stead, they ll themselv a “queer space” that’s open and welg of everyone. Google “Gay Denny’s, ” and you’ll see the first few hs are about the Denny’s on the rner of Seventh Street and Camelback Road Phoenix.

Hula’s Morn Tiki is a member of the Greater Phoenix Gay & Lbian Chamber and owner Dana Mule has long supported lol LGBTQ anizatns cludg One N Ten.

WELE TO THE GAY IENDLY PHOENIX METROPOLAN AREA

Breakfast-and-bnch fay der Melrose Kchen shar s stretch of Seventh Avenue wh several gay bars and LGBTQ-owned bs the historil Melrose District, makg a great stop along an antique shop stroll followed by a drag show or a game of pool. (The Posto Hoton’s Montrose District even displays a mural honorg the area’s gay history. The Greater Phoenix Gay & Lbian Chamber holds s monthly luncheon at The Gladly, an airy and spac New Amerin rtrant loted across om the Biltmore Fashn Park, which mak a popular nosh-and-shop optn.

From a generatnal standpot, this is an equal opportuny gayborhood too. Bliss/ReBAR is part of a group of dividually operated, gay-owned rtrants — unofficially lled "The Collectn" — which clus FEZ Rtrant & Bar and Swch Rtrant & We Bar.

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.

PHOENIX GAY RTRANT

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

Phoenix has plenty of gay-iendly rtrants and eateri to choose om. 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.

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.

GAY-FRIENDLY RTRANTS PHOENIX / STTSDALE

BarMidtown Phoenix neighborhood the Melrose District may be packed wh gay bars, but they don't all ter to the dus. Phoenix, AZ 85015602-768-7894Stop by and enjoy the valley’s bt Puerto Rin food at this cute and vibrant, gay-owned rtrant. Annually, this is the headquarters for the Arizona Gay Roo (which ris to town each Febary), as well as over-the-top parti on Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day weekends, thanks to the expansive pat out back.

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

Gay owned and operated sce 2004, Exposed is a space that celebrat all forms of art across many mediums — cludg live body patg — and hosts rotatg llectns as well as pop-up events.

Acrdg to Arizona’s Hip Historian Marshall Shore, who has lived Phoenix sce before the cy had a "gayborhood, ” the regn's LGBTQ+ history dat back to First Natn's people and the ia of two spirs. The days, everyone knows what a gayborhood is and where to fd one — even Phoenix. What distguish this gayborhood is the inic Melrose Arch, one of Phoenix's two rabow crosswalks, a larger-than-life rabow mural on the si of Stacy's @ Melrose (don't miss this photo op), s annual street fair and, of urse, the welg atmosphere.

Corona Ranch and Roo Grounds was home to Arizona's first gay roo 1984, and at the time, Arizona was only the fifth state to host an event of this kd. The Arizona Gay Roo Associatn, which was one of the foundg members of the Internatnal Gay Roo Associatn, is still gog strong 30-pl years later. At the same time the Arizona Gay Roo began, John Kg and Kenny Cunz opened Charlie's Phoenix, a untry-themed gay bar Phoenix's Melrose District.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

Phoenix has a history of hostg gay pri-themed events that predate the Phoenix Pri anizatn we know today. In June 1977, the cy's first gay pri week was anized by the cy’s LGBTQ+ muny at the time and,  1981, the first pri para took to the streets.

This hip, historic neighborhood near downtown was Phoenix's first and, perhaps only, "gay ghetto. " In the 1970s, middle class gay whe men began movg to the area and renovated many of the midcentury hom. Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St.

GAY PHOENIX / STTSDALE TRAVEL GUI

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

PHOENIX GAY RTRANT

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.

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.

THIS PHOENIX SPOT IS ONE OF THE BT GAY BARS THE US — EVEN THOUGH 'S NOT A GAY BAR

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.