The fight for LGBT equaly started a bar, but the movement's succs is now threateng the very spac that birthed . Memphis' last two gay bars are now workg to stay relevant an creasgly ls hostile world.
Contents:
- THE GAY OLE OPRY
- BAR FIGHT: THE RISE AND FALL OF MEMPHIS' GAY BARS
- MEMPHIS GAY BARS
- MOVG TO LGBT MEMPHIS, TENNSEE? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
- MEMPHIS GAY GUI AND EVENTS CALENDAR
THE GAY OLE OPRY
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BAR FIGHT: THE RISE AND FALL OF MEMPHIS' GAY BARS
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On June 28, 1969, police raid the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar New York Cy’s Greenwich Village. At the time, homosexual acts om hand-holdg to drsg outsi of one’s assigned genr were illegal across most of the U. The morn LGBT rights movement was born om that uprisg and gay and lbian bars throughout the untry served as hubs for the revolutn.
But today, there are only two full-time, dited gay bars operatg Memphis.
MEMPHIS GAY BARS
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Cens bure showed a loss of nearly 6, 000 gay and lbian bars natnwi om 1997 to 2007 and the trend has ntued.
“Gay bars, they were everythg. But Memphis’ last gay bars are still well-loved spots to socialize.
“That’s where gay rights started, a gay bar, and they’ve always been fought for the bars. Montgomery said ’s still important that D’s keep s inty as a gay bar, but part of their succs has been their willgns to ter to a wir dience.
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“My petn has never been the other gay bars. “The folks are gog through exactly what we went through as gays and lbians … It’s not safe for them walkg down the street. Historilly, Memphis’ gay and lbian bars have been segregated down whe-Black l.
MEMPHIS GAY GUI AND EVENTS CALENDAR
But wh only one men’s bar left, the Pumpg Statn’s clientele is ShiftsExamg Memphis’ historic LGBT newspapers and magaz giv sight to the rise and fall of the cy’s gay bars. The first edn of Gaze, published 1979, lists a handful of gay bars and featur a small classified sectn advertisg odd jobs, rooms for rent and bs servic. By 1990, the Triangle Journal featured dozens of gay bars, muny groups, sports leagu, retail stor and servic.
Historilly, rigid separatns wh the LGBT muny supported a plethora of niche bars cludg gay bars, lbian bars, leather bars, drag bars and bars for whe or Black patrons.
“This ia that one space, ‘The Gay Bar, ’ is enough room for all of , only worked unr a ntext of extreme opprsn, ” said CaPece. Murphy and Montgomery note many of Memphis’ gay bars closed bee they were owned by the same handful of proprietors who eventually wanted to retire, but younger people were ls willg to pick up the mantle. “[Wh] ls money beg spent the actual gay bars, you’d be stupid to open a bar and ll a gay bar, ” said Montgomery.