Gayborhood - Encyclopedia of Greater Philalphia

Contents:

• MIDTOWN VILLAGE & THE GAYBORHOOD
• GET YOUR HISTORY STRAIGHT AND YOUR NIGHTLIFE GAY®
• GAY PHILALPHIA · CY GUI
• PHILALPHIA GAY SNAS
• THE 7 BT GAY BARS PHILALPHIA
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS PHILALPHIA
• MOVG TO LGBT PHILALPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
• TOP GAY BARS PHILALPHIA
• GAYBORHOOD

MIDTOWN VILLAGE & THE GAYBORHOOD

The Cy of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affectn hosted the untry’s first major monstratn for gay rights, the Annual Remrs, 1965.

And today, Philly visors n easily explore s where LGBTQ+ history was ma and where queer life ntu to thrive, pecially the cy’s Gayborhood and durg annual events like Philly Pri 365. The center of Philalphia’s gay rintial life and culture sce World War II, the blocks between 11th and Broad streets and Pe and Chtnut streets earned their nickname — the “Gayborhood”— durg an October Outft event 1995.

You have your choice of fabulo entertament and diversns as the bars and nightclubs of the Gayborhood e alive each night. Sce 2015, the brilliant rabow crosswalks at the tersectn of 13th and Loct Streets have served as an sential Gayborhood landmark.

GET YOUR HISTORY STRAIGHT AND YOUR NIGHTLIFE GAY®

Take a guid tour through the Gayborhood and learn more about the cy’s queer history wh help om Beyond the Bell Tour. The group’s LGBTQ and Trans History tours reunt the stori of Gay Liberatn Front – Philalphia founr Kiyoshi Kuromiya, explore morn history and current social issu the neighborhood, and stop at important muny s like the Attic Youth Center, which supports LGBTQ+ youth experiencg homelsns.

The Gayborhood got a h new mural at the start of Pri Month 2021 when muralist Ash Ryan fished this three-story-tall tribute to pop star Lil Nas X.

GAY PHILALPHIA · CY GUI

In 1965, the Universy of Pennsylvania expelled Fryer om his psychiatric rincy program on the basis of his homosexualy, which was then classified as a mental illns by the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn (APA).

In 1972, Fryer, a faculty member at the Temple Universy School of Medice, offered an electrifyg anonymo ttimony that rulted the APA’s 1973 classifitn of homosexualy as a mental illns. Philalphia Gay News Marker: This marker stands ont of the first office of the Philalphia Gay News, one of the natn’s most award-wng weekly newspapers.

A pneer the LGBTQ+ rights movement, Gtgs, a Philalphia rint om age 18 and a lifetime activist, eded The Ladr, the natn’s first lbian magaze; -anized the Annual Remrs at Inpennce Hall (see above) and led charg both to promote posive LGBTQ+ lerature public librari and to change the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn’s classifitn of homosexualy as a mental illns. It’s where radil gay llective Gazoo found Philalphia’s Gay Liberatn Front and where bisexual blu sger Bsie Smh performed at the Royal Theatre, an early 20th-century Black-owned cultural center.

PHILALPHIA GAY SNAS

Today, the street’s known for s Magic Garns, cheteak shops and hangouts, cludg dive bar extraordaire Bob & Barbara’s Lounge, home of one of Philly’s bt-loved drag shows; the punk art LGBTQ+ haven Tattooed Mom; and the eclectic, gay-owned boutique shop Workshop Unrground. The Gayborhood offers much the way of nightlife optns as well, and for those the LBGT muny, and other open-md people, the area remas rife wh possibili. Enjoy the classic gay bar experience at Woody’s, one of Philly’s longt nng gay bars; get swervg on the massive dance floor at Franky Bradley’s; and, post-last ll, wrap up your eveng at Voyr, the swank after-hours club.

Unsurprisgly, several of the biggt annual events the area are LBGT-themed, cludg the fantabulo PriDay LGBT Para and Ftival June, which begs the Gayborhood and eventually extends out to Penn’s Landg. Standg directly across the street om Inpennce Hall, a historic marker honors the Annual Remrs, the monstratn held at this se led by gay activists on July 4 om 1965 to 1969, the last of which occurred jt days after the history-makg Stonewall Rts.

Philalphia was the first cy the Uned Stat to lnch a major marketg mpaign (“Get Your History Straight and Your Nightlife Gay®”) to wele LGBTQ+ tourism, and reprents a trove of cultural, culary, artistic and ethnic diversy. Don’t miss a vis to the Gayborhood, a Center Cy neighborhood that sets self apart wh rabow street signs as well as rtrants and bars owned by and terg to LGBTQ+-intified clientele.

THE 7 BT GAY BARS PHILALPHIA

A mec for LGBT+ dividuals, Philalphia has a large, diverse and passnate gay scene that boasts an imprsive and varied range of gay bars and clubs. Pennsylvania did have a hate crime law that regnised homophobia and transphobia as motivators for vlent crime, however, this bill was stck down 2008 and was never bars PhilalphiaPhilalphia has one of the largt and most diverse gay scen the untry.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS PHILALPHIA

There is a range of gay bars and clubs the cy that ter to all terts and ma gay district Philalphia is Washgton Square Wt, a btlg and charmg hub of LGBT+ culture the cy and home to many gay bars and clubs. Tabu was the first gay sports bar the cy and now occupi a three-storey premis, showg sports throughout the day and to the night.

MOVG TO LGBT PHILALPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

The bar boasts a spac rooftop ck offerg stunng views across Philalphia’s such as U Bar and Boxers offer a sual and relaxed drkg environment the heart of the cy’s gay district and are great plac to warm up before headg to the bigger clubs such as Woody’ hotels PhilalphiaThe bt lotn to stay Philalphia pends on what you’ll be dog the cy.

The most popular statn amongst gay travelers, however, is Washgton Square Wt, the cy’s gay district, wh a selectn of gay-iendly hotels and credible LGBT+ of the bt optns for gay travelers lookg to stay and around Washgton Square Wt are the Inpennt Hotel, Alexanr Inn and The Warwick Hotel. The hotels will allow you to easily accs the area’s gay venu and landmarks as well as travel around the wir majory of hotels Philalphia n be nsired gay-iendly as staff are obliged to treat all guts wh the same rpect and digny regardls of sexual orientatn or genr inty, as outled the state’s anti-discrimatn snas PhilalphiaPhilalphia is home to a small but popular selectn of well-mataed gay snas.

TOP GAY BARS PHILALPHIA

One of the most popular venu is Club Philly, the cy’s premier gay sna, loted close to the gay village and many of the area’s clubs and bars. Before we prent you wh our list of bt gay bars Philalphia, a few tertg facts about the lol LGBTQ scene: almost every LGBTQ-centric statn the cy is found Gayborhood, an enclave Center Cy Philalphia that has quickly bee one of the most regnize neighborhoods town. From private rooms and apartments to LGBTQ-iendly hotels, you have the optn to stay the heart of gay districts as well as other neighborhoods the plac you vis.

A loft Soho, a shared room Barcelona or the Castro, a gay-iendly hotel Le Marais or Chelsea, experience misterb&b all gay travel statns! It was the se of the first signifint LGBTQ rights monstratn the US held outsi Inpennce Hall on July 4, 1965, and more recently was the first Amerin cy to enurage queer tourism wh s “Get Your History Straight and Your Nightlife Gay” markg mpaign.

Y, jt like San Diego, Portland, San Anton, and other fabuloly gay US ci, there is also a vigoro LGBT scene here (if you know where to look), and this is somethg a gay realtor Philalphia n help you navigate as you fd your new perfect home here. A cy of civic pri wh a mocratic food scene and urban bety galore, Philalphia would be amongst our favore queer ci to lie even whout s vibrant gay scene. Affectnately lled the Gayborhood, this Center Cy neighborhood is home to most of the LGBT+ hotspots Philalphia and is the place to ri near.

GAYBORHOOD

When to gay bars, Philalphia has somethg for everyone —om dance eaks to leather daddi, sports fans, and drag aficnados. If you need a more night-life and travel-foced gui tailg all the LGBT clubs, parti, and more, check out our Gay Philalphia Gui!