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- LONG BEACH GAYBORHOODS: LOVG LGBTQ LIFE THIS COASTAL COMMUNY
- AFTER BY LONG BEACH PRI WEEKEND, GAY BARS SHOW SUPPORT FOR LGBTQ CULTURAL DISTRICT
- VISIT GAY LONG BEACH
LONG BEACH GAYBORHOODS: LOVG LGBTQ LIFE THIS COASTAL COMMUNY
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As the General Manager of The Faln—a gay bar that opened Long Beach 1996—Wirtz remembers how wary people were durg s ial days.
The celebratn is a key time of year for many of the owners of gay bars on East Broadway, long regnized as a major hub for the LGBTQ muny Long Beach. Wirtz said that there are three days of “nonstop traffic” down Broadway durg Pri, which is particularly amplified on Sunday, acrdg to Jeff Darlg, who owns long standg gay bars Mhaft and The Br on East Broadway alongsi his wife Rhonda. The current proposal would have the district extend om Alamos Avenue to Junipero Avenue, which would clu The Faln, The Br and Mhaft, along wh several other long-time gay bars Long Beach like Sweetwater Saloon and The Broadway Bar.