THE 10 BEST California Gay Clubs & Bars (Updated 2023)

Contents:

• THE BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS LOS ANGEL
• THE 10 BEST CALIFORNIA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CALIFORNIA
• THE BEST FRNO GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS FRNO
• FRNO GAY CY GUI - FDG YOUR PLACE THE CALIFORNIA SUN
• WT HOLLYWOOD’S HISTORIC GAY NIGHTCLUB THE ABBEY IS UP FOR SALE
• THE FRAT HOE IS THE LAST GAY BAR STANDG GARN GROVE
• THE 10 BEST SAN FRANCIS GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS SAN FRANCIS
• THE 10 BEST CALIFORNIA GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS CALIFORNIA
• HONG KONG GAY TRAVEL
• GAY SAN DIEGO

THE BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS LOS ANGEL

Fans wept when Roosterfish, the Wtsi’s olst gay bar, closed 2016.

Micky’s WeHo has long been a staple on Wt Hollywood’s strip of gay nightclubs and bars on Santa Moni Boulevard, known for s open-walled two-story buildg where passersby n see the party ragg om the street.

The venue is the only Latx gay bar LA that explicly ters to a gay and Mexin dience every night, not jt as a theme once a week. But ’s the perfect space to grab a workday bnch wh a lleague or for -workg ssns -hosted on Tudays wh Gay Asstrology. The origal Downtown gay bar, Jalis is a dive bar that ters to the Latx and Mexin LGBTQ muny.

THE 10 BEST CALIFORNIA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CALIFORNIA

Though Sweetwater isn’t officially known as a lbian bar, the humble tablishment has long been the go-to spot for queer women the lol gayborhood, which featur nearly half a dozen gay bars that le Broadway Long Beach. One of Long Beach’s few, if not only, three-level gay bars, Executive Sue boasts a karaoke bar, vio gam, pool tabl for rent, and regular drag shows.

Dubbed by KCET as Montebello’s bt Lato gay bar, Chi is the sister to Club Cobra, servg as a groundg se for the queer Latx muny the suburbs of East LA. It’s the perfect place for gay men to meet on the Eastsi. Try changg or rettg your filtersShowg PlacePlac The Boulevard Pasana LGBTQ+ $ The Boulevard pris self on beg Pasana’s only gay bar.

It’s a gay bar, ’s a straight bar, ’s a trans bar, ’s a drag bar, ’s a karaoke bar, ’s a bar you n go to no matter who you are and feel fortable. The gay-owned, gay-managed bistro nverted s loadg area to an attractive pat space and stalled 10, 000 Christmas lights that hang above ctomers as they de. “As a fay-owned, gay-owned bs, we always want to keep that neighborhood inty, ” Shaw said.

THE BEST FRNO GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS FRNO

The bar origally opened as a gay bar 1979 but is now open to everyone.

The Abbey needs very ltle troductn - ’s one of the most regnizable gay bars the entire untry. And though ’s turned to a b of a natnal cha the days, the Weho lotn is the origal and all that glor gay magic this pot, you’ve probably wnsed enough Santa Cls bar crawls to know any “Irish” sports bar is an absolute ath trap - save for Rock N Reilly’s.

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FRNO GAY CY GUI - FDG YOUR PLACE THE CALIFORNIA SUN

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WT HOLLYWOOD’S HISTORIC GAY NIGHTCLUB THE ABBEY IS UP FOR SALE

Tripadvisor performs checks on historic venue, the first gay bar SF that had wdows so folks uld look om the street. Defely off the beaten path of the other gay bars Palm Sprgs (mostly loted on Arenas), The Tool Shed offers a different lmer vibe parison to other plac.

AladlLos Angel, CA175 ntributnsFun gay club! “It’s kd of a perfect storm, ” says TJ Bce, who owns Splash along wh eight gay bars and nightclubs across California —cludg spots San Francis and Sacramento, where he opened the well-known Depot club on 20th and K Street 1997. Olst Same Owner Gay Bar Frno Fun Friendly neighborhood bar and Staff somethg different everyday.

THE FRAT HOE IS THE LAST GAY BAR STANDG GARN GROVE

Utterly breathtakg, this inic tablishment was crowned LOGO's "Bt Gay Bar the World, " makg a mt-see LA’s gay nightlife scene. When opened 1973, Jewel’s Catch One was the natn’s first black gay and lbian dis. This historic Spanish flamen and tapas bar Sunset Boulevard, while not a gay venue per se, El Cid hosts some fabulo gay-themed shows that are not to be missed.

A low-key, cise-y dive bar Mother Lo claims to be the olst gay bar Wt Hollywood. Opened at 4th and Broadway May 2015, Precct scrib self as a "rock n roll gay bar" Downtown L. And whether she’s tellg jok about the gay agenda or sharg thoughts on the “bury your gays” trope, her life as a queer woman LA tak center stage.

THE 10 BEST SAN FRANCIS GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS SAN FRANCIS

The diversy problem gay LA today. Dozens of gay bars — om Santa Moni to the Valley to downtown LA — fill the landspe that is gay LA.

THE 10 BEST CALIFORNIA GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS CALIFORNIA

“It is disappotg sometim when you're gog out to the gay bars, to Wt Hollywood, and most of is tailored toward whe cis gay men. Sce the closure of LA’s last remag gay bars, the send-largt cy the U.

In recent years, pop-ups like Queer Field Day have beocme monplace, providg LA’s lbians and anyone who isn’t a whe cisgenred gay man a space that’s uniquely theirs — like the cktail popup The Fgerjot, and queer dance parti like Paradiso Dive, LezCroix, and Mommy Issu. The Red Lantern is well-known as beg the olst gay bar Frno. Contact a Frno gay realtor today for a ee, no-obligatn nsultatn!

But as Roger Rocka’s Dner Theater across the street went dark, the gay bar silent and the Tower District’s lively siwalks emptied, the vout ntued to meet for months, drawg lol January beme public that Adventure Church was buyg the theater, the neighborhood’s namake and enomic anchor. But the level of passn is tensified by the enomic hardships of a global panmic and the vic disurse that has bee everyday a divid monstratns are gog on Week 8, $40, 000 has been donated to a legal fund, and a lawsu has been filed, tryg to keep a church termed to change liv out of a part of Frno that’s happy to be as is: a gay, artsy, liberal pocket of a far more nservative cy.

HONG KONG GAY TRAVEL

The Tower District hosts the annual Rogue Ftival, the Reel Pri gay film ftival and a r Mardi Gras para. But is a branch of Foursquare Church, which wel the gay muny to attend but do not accept same-sex marriage or orda gay misters. (Tomas Ovalle / For The Tim) Tyler Mackey, executive director of the Tower District Marketg Commtee, whose group has raised ncerns about the theater’s sale, said he has been screeng his lls bee of people harassg him wh homophobic slurs.

He said there is tense anxiety among the bs and property owners who pend on the theater brgg a rotatg, revolvg crowd and the area’s reputatn as iendly to gay bs.

GAY SAN DIEGO

) Dottie Abbate was a Republin wh ti to the gay muny and the arts.