Licht Café, D.C.’s Newt Gay Bar, Is a Cozy, Art-Filled U Street Hiaway  - Eater DC

Contents:

• THE U STREET CORRIDOR FALLY HAS A GAY CLUB AGA
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• RH, “AN ALL NEW GAY BAR” G TO SHAW, POSTS LIQUOR LICENSE PLARD
• LICHT CAFé, D.C.’S NEWT GAY BAR, IS A COZY, ART-FILLED U STREET HIAWAY
• MEET KIKI, AN EXCG NEW GAY BAR REPLACG A PAIR OF SHUTTERED SHAW DIV

THE U STREET CORRIDOR FALLY HAS A GAY CLUB AGA

Bunker, a subterranean gay club, opened s massive doors to live DJ sets on Thursday, Febary 23. In the past three years, all of the cy’s siar clubs have closed, cludg Cobalt, Secrets, DC Eagle, and the largt gay dance club D. While Bunker is the first bona fi gay club D.

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JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

There is even a preponrance of gay Christmas movi. Based on the popular novel by queer wrer Casey McQuiston, “Red, Whe & Royal Blue” isn’t jt notable for s storyle volvg the buddg romance between Alex, the bisexual First Son of the first female POTUS, and gay Brish Prce Henry.

RH, “AN ALL NEW GAY BAR” G TO SHAW, POSTS LIQUOR LICENSE PLARD

“Red, Whe & Royal Blue” marks the directorial but by Tony and GLAAD Media Award-wng gay playwright Matthew López (“The Inherance” and “Some Like It Hot”). BLADE: Wh actors such as Taylor Zakhar Perez and Nicholas Galze the lead rol of First Son Alex and Prce Henry, “Red, Whe & Royal Blue” will have no trouble drawg gay men. In recent years, the UK has begun takg actns such as the posthumo pardong of thoands of gay men for gross cency, and such, as well as Prime Mister Sunak’s recent apology to LGBT members of the ary.

Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St. Last week we learned that: “RUSH—an all new gay bar g soon to 9th & U! Owner Spencer Hurd moled Licht after his favore gay fé Mannheim, Germany.

His dream: lnchg a cktail bar moled after his favore gay fé Mannheim, Germany. “The goal is to foc on the classic cktails, rather than jt vodka-sodas and rose Kennedys, as you may get at other gay bars, ” he says. Licht Café is a reference to the spiratn om his go-to gay spot Mannheim, but also reflects his ial zy space.

LICHT CAFé, D.C.’S NEWT GAY BAR, IS A COZY, ART-FILLED U STREET HIAWAY

“I love art and sign, ” Hurd says, “and I wanted to make the bar unapologetilly gay. “I want the to be a bid edgy—this is a part of gay culture.

The U Street NW strip’s gay bar scene is on the up as of late. Kiki owner Keaton Fedak, the former general manager at nearby gay bar Dirty Goose, will expand Kiki to the next-door space that formerly hoed dive Dodge Cy. “We’re hopg to make a gayborhood Shaw, ” he told Eater last month.

MEET KIKI, AN EXCG NEW GAY BAR REPLACG A PAIR OF SHUTTERED SHAW DIV

Meet Kiki, an Excg New Gay Bar Replacg a Pair of Shuttered Shaw Div.

Val Dupont Gay Bar Cobalt Is Closg After Two Des. The new project om Keaton Fedak, the outgog general manager at nearby gay bar Dirty Goose.