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- WASHGTON BLA: LGBTQ NEWS, POLICS, LGBTQ RIGHTS, GAY NEWS
- D.C.'S BT GAY BARS AND HANGOUTS
- 'THE GAY BLA' DEBUTS D.C.
- THE GAY BLA, JUNE 1972
WASHGTON BLA: LGBTQ NEWS, POLICS, LGBTQ RIGHTS, GAY NEWS
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’s prcipal lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) newspaper sce s first issue October 1969.
And the social and polil progrs of the gay rights movement. The paper’s name has evolved over the years om s origal, The Gay Bla, a 1960s slang term for a gay man: 'In the Victorian era, the phrase 'gay bla' meant a dashg and charmg swordsman. ' By the 1960s, however, sometim ‘gay bla’ was ed terchangeably wh phras like 'nfirmed bachelor, ' as for a gay man, generally the closet.
D.C.'S BT GAY BARS AND HANGOUTS
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Gay Communy Center om 1982 to 1988; beme volved gay sports anizatns, social and youth servic groups, LGBTQ veterans anizatns, the early D. Gay Pri events, and lol neighborhood groups, the Rabow History wre-up says. “Jam was a long-time member of the Gay Activist Alliance (GAA), former print of the Gay Communy Center of DC, a foundg member of SMYAL (Sexual Mory Youth Assistance League), a long-time member of the Board of Directors of the Rabow History Project, and print of CARA (Capal Area RaBowlers Associatn), ” acrdg to a wre-up by Woods.
The Rabow History Project wre-up says Ctchfield served for two years as print of the Capal Area Gay, Lbian and Bisexual Veterans of Ameri and served as secretary for an earlier lol LGBT veterans group.
's evolvg gayborhood has shifted towards Logan Circle and U Street. In Febary 2016, the Washgton Bla noted an "unual flurry of activy" wh the openg of four new gay bars, the majory of which land the U Street/Shaw/Logan Circle area. Those spots and more sports bars, dance clubs, and cktail havens are all clud Eater's round up of the District's gay-iendlit bars and hangouts.
'THE GAY BLA' DEBUTS D.C.
New gay dive bar Tra opened last year, urty of the team behd Town Danceboutique and Number Ne.
THE GAY BLA, JUNE 1972
New to the Shaw/U Street gay bar scene is Uproar, which buted last year.