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THE LAST GAY BAR LLN
Longtime iends Matt Carter and Casey Delong met about 25 years ago at The Q — the only gay dance club Lln, Nebraska.
’ It also provid them wh a send fay, jt like gay bars have done for the LGBTQ+ muny for s. The Q was home to many regular patrons for years, servg as an epicenter for the gay muny of Nebraska’s pal. At s peak, Lln was home to two proment gay bars: The Q and Panic Bar.
GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS LLN CY
Found 1982, Panic Bar was one of the first gay bars Lln.
Like so many other gay bars, though, Panic Bar was h hard by the panmic. Das Hs, a new gay bar, opened up downtown Lln, jt a few blocks off the Universy of Nebraska-Lln mp. When Panic Bar closed 2020, Das Hs was the last gay bar left standg.
Historilly, gay bars have always served a val role for people the queer muny. In the 1960s, engagg any “gay behavr” public was illegal, so gay bars served as a refuge for LGBTQ+ Amerins to gather wh peers, exprs themselv eely and fd muny when they uldn’t be out public.