Louisville Gay Bars: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly |

Contents:

• LOOKG FOR GAY BARS LOUISVILLE DURG PRI MONTH? TRY ONE OF THE LGBTQ PLAC
• THE BEST LOUISVILLE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LOUISVILLE
• 'I WANTED PEOPLE TO HAVE FUN.' AFTER 27 YEARS, LOUISVILLE SAYS FAREWELL TO INIC GAY BAR
• LOUISVILLE GAY BARS & THE QUEERT HAPPY HOURS 2021
• GAY BAR STORI  

LOOKG FOR GAY BARS LOUISVILLE DURG PRI MONTH? TRY ONE OF THE LGBTQ PLAC

But gay bars durg Pri month is a great start.

And more answers to your Pri Month qutnsSo, if you're new to Louisville, new to the LGBTQ scene or are jt lookg to have a good time wh some of the cy's iendlit cizens, we've got some ias for are the most well-known and popular gay spots the cy:Know of any gay or LGBTQ-iendly bars that should be on this list? "Nowhere Bar — Highlands1133 Bardstown Road, 502-451-0466While not technilly a gay venue,  would be remiss to exclu Nowhere Bar.

THE BEST LOUISVILLE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LOUISVILLE

That's bee has a healthy gay followg. "PRIDE Bar + Lounge — New Albany504 State St., New Albany, Indiana, 812-200-9546As Louisville ntu to burst at the seams wh LGBTQ tablishments, 's no wonr some has spilled across the river to Southern Indiana (OK, so that may not be where cred is due) Bar is the only Southern Indiana gay bar near New Albany gem is drizzlg glamoro showgirls — mostly on Saturday nights — and is fely worth a sashay and a shontay over the bridge — unls of urse you live 's a small dance floor, a stage for shows and a large pat.

5% of rints  the 13-unty Louisville metro scribe themselv as gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr.

'I WANTED PEOPLE TO HAVE FUN.' AFTER 27 YEARS, LOUISVILLE SAYS FAREWELL TO INIC GAY BAR

Edor's Note: This story has been updated to provi addnal attributn and ntext around the history of the days leadg up to Christmas, Mike Flatt and his staff would wrap hundreds of prents for the ctomers at bar owner knew many of them didn’t have a home they were wele to for the many ways, the recently shuttered Louisville gay bar beme their meant at Christmastime, everyone walked out of the bar wh armfuls of gifts, and on Thanksgivg, people packed to the bar for a full turkey dner. When the bar opened the early 90s, fewer fai embraced gay men and their partners. That means that while there are more clive and safe spac around the cy for the LGBTQ muny  creat a sort of loss for plac like Tryangl that tradnally ter to a specifilly gay crowd.

Flatt saw the downtick ctomers over the years as his Thanksgivg table thned out and his clientele grew more fortable mastream gay men have so many other plac they n go, Flatt told me when I met him on a Southern Indiana porch late June, about a month after Tryangl shut s doors for good at 209 S. When the bar closed May, was the longt nsistently operatg gay bar Louisville and an stutn for the LGBTQ muny.

“It’s a gay bar isn’t ? Here are 7+ thgs to do around Louisville to support the LGBTQ munyRobson, who was one of the first publicly HIV-posive people Louisville, remembers havg young gay men e up to him at the bar, pull him asi and nfi their own stat to him. My only assertn after reviewg some of the other google reviews is that a lot of people state that Play is a "gay" bar.

LOUISVILLE GAY BARS & THE QUEERT HAPPY HOURS 2021

So for me, drag shows do not necsarily mean that everyone at the show, or hostg bar is gay. I mean is there even "gay" marriage anymore? Oh and Play Bar and all you other gay bars, how ‘bout playg some real dance mic?

Large gay bar wh a drag show theatre.

GAY BAR STORI  

Had so much fun travel often and this by far the bt gay bar Ive ever been to.

If you are gay and Louisville. Play Louisville is a Gay bar loted Washgton street, Louisville, Uned Stat. Growg up gay the Louisville area wasn’t the easit, but I fely had better than others smaller ci.