In his new memoir, “Gay Bar,” Jeremy Atherton L documents his personal history and the history of queer inty by explorg gay bars around the world.
Contents:
- THE 42 BT GAY BARS AMERI
- LGBTQ BROOKLYN – A GAY GUY’S WEEKEND GUI TO BROOKLYN
- A MEMOIR ABOUT QUEER INTY, TOLD ONE GAY BAR AT A TIME
- 13 BT GAY BARS IN BROOKLYN, NY
- LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
- GAY BAR MOUNTA BROOK
THE 42 BT GAY BARS AMERI
* the brook gay bar *
Once upon a time, Wtport had both a gay bar and a strip club. The gay bar was The Brook. The gay bar outlasted them all.
It’s a ramshackle old buildg — sry, almost — and whatever is erected there will be much more profable than a gay bar.
At 71 years old, the Cedar Brook has been lled the olst ntually operatg gay bar the Uned Stat.
LGBTQ BROOKLYN – A GAY GUY’S WEEKEND GUI TO BROOKLYN
A three-storey mosque and Islamic centre, named 'Picdilly Prayer Space,' is set to be tablished wh the Troro, a historic entertament plex London's entertament quarter. However, the cisn to build the mosque has also sparked a bate, wh crics qutng s lotn, also known for s bars, nightclubs, gay venu and strip jots. * the brook gay bar *
For 7 s, every gay boy growg up Wtport has told the same story. Knowg there was a gay bar right down the street created both tremendo excement (there are people like me!
A MEMOIR ABOUT QUEER INTY, TOLD ONE GAY BAR AT A TIME
Wonrg who — and what — lurked behd those ramshackle walls nsumed gay teenagers. “This is a gay bar. But was hard to sta a gay club suburban Fairfield County the 2000s.
Soon will no longer have a gay bar, eher. And some other place, somewhere, will say wh pri: “We’re the olst ntually operatg gay bar Ameri.
13 BT GAY BARS IN BROOKLYN, NY
June is Gay Pri Month. Which means ’s a great time to look back — wh pri — on the s when our ltle suburb was home to a gay bar. And not jt any gay bar.
But the olst ntually operatg gay bar the untry.
The Brook — aka as the Brook Cafe, and the Cedar Brook — was said to be the olst ntually operatg gay bar Ameri, when closed 6 years ago. (Want to know more about Wtport’s gay bar?
LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
When “the Brook” closed last June — after 71 years — was the olst ntually operatg gay bar Ameri.
And a few years om now, newers will thk we’re kiddg when we say that right there — across om Walgreens, jt down om the der — Wtport once boasted one of the most historic gay bars the untry. Sic trans Gloria Gaynor.
GAY BAR MOUNTA BROOK
News that the Brook — not a fe, but perhaps the olst ntually operatg gay bar the untry — is closg tonight prompted a ll om the owner of Lili’s, the breakfast food/terer on the eastbound platform of the Sgatuck railroad statn. I told Lili that the Cedar Brook is not really a fe — ’s a gay dance club.
The word “gay” speaks to our abily to do exactly that.
The word “gay” lls to md our special knack for fdg the light the darkns, for buildg the dance floor off to the si of the cel world.