Gay New York: everythg LGBTQ travelers need to know - KAYAK

Contents:

• THE ULTIMATE LGBTIQ+ TRAVEL GUI TO NEW YORK CY: OM QUEER HISTORY TO THE BT GAY BARS
• NEW YORK CY GAY TRAVEL
• THE 30 BT GAY BARS NYC
• THE 10 BEST NEW YORK CY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK CY
• NEW YORK CY GAY BARS
• MOVG TO LGBT NEW YORK CY, NEW YORK? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
• GAY CY
• WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

THE ULTIMATE LGBTIQ+ TRAVEL GUI TO NEW YORK CY: OM QUEER HISTORY TO THE BT GAY BARS

Hell’s Kchen and Chelsea offer the most “tradnal” gay bars and clubs, where visors n check out venu wh hunky shirtls bartenrs, a mostly-gay-male clientele, and thumpg hs gog late to the night. It’s a fun and totally ridiculo experience that’s like a gay Coyote Ugly llid wh a down-home honky-tonk, but the fact that Flamg Saddl don’t take self serly is exactly why ’s such a fun bar to go to, offerg an unpretent experience that’s pecially good for anyone visg a gay bar for the first time.

Other mils wh queer them clu Come From Away, which clus the te story of Kev Tuerff and his partner, both of whom bee strand Newfoundland wh hundreds of others durg the 9/11 attacks, and The Book of Mormon, which often mocks relig bigotry agast gay people.

Wh storeonts that are cked out rabow flags and a sassy, ice-cream-lickg unirn, Big Gay Ice Cream knows how to create a scene.

NEW YORK CY GAY TRAVEL

One of the most important facilators of muny for LGBTIQ+ New Yorkers is The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center, referred to by lols simply as “The Center”. “Cisg” Central Park is also very real, and if you're g om somewhere that don't have much of a gay muny, thgs like this might e as a b of a culture shock.

New York Cy, the birthplace of the Gay Rights movement at the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street, offers one of the largt and most diverse gay scen the world. Gay New York n be a b overwhelmg, but that's also part of the thrill -- your optns for what (or who) to enjoy at any time are endls.

While gay hubs like Chelsea, Hell's Kchen, and the Village are certaly worth visg, vibrant queer scen have spread to the Upper Wt Si, Queens, Park Slope, and Brooklyn. From explorg storybook-like neighborhoods to dancg until sunrise at tense circu parti, there are limls ways for gay travelers to explore New York. Below, I’ll tell you where to stay for the bt gay New York experience, remend crowd-favore hotels, rtrants, gay nightlife venu and share eful travel tips.

THE 30 BT GAY BARS NYC

Overall, New York has such an enormo gay populatn that ’s not necsary to lim yourself to gay-specific hotels, although I will say that some of New York Cy’s gay hotels all offer stylishly unique experienc that travelers love.

THE 10 BEST NEW YORK CY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK CY

Midtown East is isolated om gay nightlife, the Fancial District n feel lifels the eveng, and Chatown is both isolated and dirty.

However, you’ll fd gay lols om here all the way eastward through the middle of Bhwick, followg the route of the L subway rridor.

NEW YORK CY GAY BARS

GITANO Garn of Love – Showg off some betiful Tulum vib, GITANO is one of the bt summertime rtrants New York popular wh gay lols. The Big Gay Ice Cream Shop – Perfect place to ol down summer wh lotns both the Seaport District and Upper Wt Si Manhattan. A historic New York Cy gay neighborhood wh all sorts of boutique shops, spend an afternoon wanrg Manhattan’s quat Wt Village.

Stroll by the Stonewall Natnal Monument the Wt Village, the famo place of the 1969 rts that ntributed to the Gay Liberatn Movement. Sheep Meadow is a lol gay hangout spot Central Park where the LGBT muny nven on the send Sunday of each month the summer. Make sure to pack snacks and a day bag full of all your gay beach sentials bee there’s not too many plac for rehments near Riis Beach.

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In terms of strictly gay bars, my personal favor are REBAR Chelsea, Rise Bar Hell’s Kchen, and Eagle NYC gay leather bar. I ver all the bt lol gay bars here wolfyy’s NYC Gay Bar Ultimate Gui, where you n fd out which typ of guys are at each gay bar, which days each bar is bit, and their overall vibe.

Check out wolfyy’s ctom Google Maps layer of all 40+ New York Cy gay bars, which is ntually updated and ntas sential not for each bar. Larger gay parti New York are hosted monthly or a few tim per year, but there’s almost always at least one major gay party happeng every weekend. Wearg mostly jockstraps and sexy unrwear, gay men go back and forth om the dance floor to the cisg area, which is a sectned-off area of the club.

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3 Dollar Bill is a hugely popular gay event space East Williamsburg, brand as New York’s premier queer bar and performance venue. They’re well-known for hostg large circu parti (like MEAT NYC mentned above), and a bunch of other popular gay parti like Ty Tea, Love Prism, and DILF XL.

FLY Sundays is a summertime rooftop gay party at the Monarch Rooftop wh sweet gummy-bear u punch cktails, upbeat mic and a betiful view of the Empire State Buildg. You n also fd more about sex parti New York as well as some history about why there are only a few tradnal gay bathho NYC.

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Although certaly has petn om ci such as San Francis and Los Angel, one nnot ny that ’s one of the most welg and flourishg gay pals of the Uned Stat (and the world). It’s home to the largt LGBTQ populatn the Uned Stat, and ’s unlikely that you’d enunter any issu if you’re openly gay while visg.

If you do fd yourself any suatns that need assistance om LGBTQ legal, health, or advocy groups, The Gay Centre and the New York Anti-Vlence Project n offer substantial help. However, s historil roots Chelsea and Greenwich Village are still gog strong, and you’ll fd some of New York’s most inic gay bars the areas. Although historilly the bar’s owners were not always receptive to the ia, Greenwich Village’s Juli’ is generally nsired the olst gay bar New York Cy.

The Mattache Society, one of the earlit gay rights anizatns the Uned Stat, held a “sip-” prott, which ultimately helped overturn the bans. Named “New York’s Bt Gay Bar” by magaz such as GetOut and The Village Voice, Indtry is bt experienced on Saturday nights when attracts the biggt crowds and on Thursdays when featur Queen, one of the bar’s longt-nng and most popular weekly drag shows. The venue ed to be a gay dive bar and, although ’s not que as gay-foced anymore, you’ll still fd a sizable queer crowd here.

It’s a popular hangout spot for gay sports leagu/teams and hosts equent events and themed parti, cludg “80s Night” and “Jock Night. Whether they’re owned by gay people, loted gay areas, or jt popular wh gay clientele, the eateri are the perfect plac to refuel as you move om sightseeg to clubs.

Owned by gay entreprenrs, Big Gay Ice Cream is an ice cream tck that has won numero awards, cludg Bt Gay Ice Cream Parlour and Bt Food Tck the Country. RALLY is ually the startg event and the spirual succsor to the “Gay Power” monstratn that occurred Washgton Square Park a few weeks after the ial Stonewall Rts. There are no exclively gay hotels New York, but generally, you won’t experience any problem stayg at most hotels, hostels, or rentals throughout the cy.

Many gay travelers choose to stay Chelsea, Greenwich Village, and Hell’s Kchen, as they are close to the LGBTQ-specific plac and events. ” The uprisg, largely led by transgenr women, put the Village, and New York Cy, on the map as a gay mec, and spurred the creatn of LGBT rights groups natnwi.