Shas of the rabow: East Bay gay bars evolve, stay relevant wh the queer muny

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• SHAS OF THE RABOW: EAST BAY GAY BARS EVOLVE, STAY RELEVANT WH THE QUEER MUNY
• TOP 5 FIERCT GAY BARS IN THE BAY AREA
• THE 30 BT GAY BARS NYC
• DOORS TO BAY AREA GAY SEX VENU SWG OPEN
• THE 10 BEST NEW YORK CY GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK CY

SHAS OF THE RABOW: EAST BAY GAY BARS EVOLVE, STAY RELEVANT WH THE QUEER MUNY

Possibly datg back to the 1930s, this place is the olst ntuoly operatg gay-and-lbian bar the Uned Stat.

TOP 5 FIERCT GAY BARS IN THE BAY AREA

Club 1220Known as Contra Costa's olst gay and lbian tablishment, Club 1220's Walnut Creek lotn is queer-oriented, but wel all walks of life. (Walnut Creek), (Courty of Club BNB) Club BNB (Bench and Bar)Club BNB, currently the largt gay and lbian nightclub the Bay Area, offers pageants, drag shows, and go-go dancers for your viewg pleasure.

This spot is 100% gay owned and operated, wh weekly Lat parti such as Lat Explosn (Friday nights) and La Bota Lo (Saturday nights). But the area n be harr to navigate for those who are not whe gay men.

The Harvey Milk-era of gay rights activism is no ls important — ’s jt that the LGBTQIA+ muni are vast and nta myriad ways to exprs and reprent sexualy and genr. Growg up gay the Amerin South was not a pleasant experience, Miah Jefa says.

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In the South Bay, they go to the off-the-beaten-path gay bar Renegas. “Jolene’s is also a spot that is workg hard to -cis-gay-man the queer nightlife scene, ” Calamia says.

This is also the first time Huynh will own a bar, but a ago he was a bartenr at some of the most proment gay bars San Francis, mostly the Castro district.

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When he took stock thgs, Huynh said, “I realized that the bt tim my life were the Castro, beg myself, beg gay and ee. “I would love to make a quote unquote Castro of Oakland, ” he said, “where people flow om bar to bar all night, a real gay scene right here Oakland. From historic gay bars to Jack London's favore dive, here's where to drk the past.

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The Whe Horse claims to be Ameri’s longt ntuoly operatg gay bar, wh a fuzzy openg date that probably happened durg Prohibn.

The Whe Horse Bar Oakland claims to be the olst ntuoly operatg gay and lbian bar the Uned Stat. A 45-year-old self-intified gay man, Murphy has been g to the Whe Horse for 17 years and workg there, as need, for 16. He the word “fay” a lot his scriptns of the Whe Horse, the putative “olst ntuoly operatg gay and lbian bar the Uned Stat.

The turng pot Stonewall reprents is not when gay Ameri got angry, ’s when straight Ameri started to pay attentn. Gay bars have long been at the center of the movement for equaly.

Photo: Cirs WoodMurphy scrib the Whe Horse generally, and gay bars specifilly nearly spirual terms. ”Like Murphy, generatns of Amerins have gone to gay bars to fd and make their own fai.

Yet gay bars are closg. ’ Photo urty of The Port BarBut the biggt sgle factor drivg gay bars out of bs is the broar trend of natnal acceptance.

Gay bars have bee a sualty of progrs.

”“Dpe the advanc that we have ma terms of our rights, so many people, even around here, grew up hom that were evangelil, or acceptg of other people beg gay but not their kid, ” he said. Whereas lbians, gays, bisexuals and even trans dividuals of prev generatns hewed largely to genr norms and sexual orthodoxy, younger generatns are ls likely to choose and stick to an early and dividual letter of LGBTQ, and more likely to reach directly for Q, embracg a sort of “etcetera” or “y, and” inty that allows for multiple and more flexible exprsns of self.

In the tradnal sense, gay bars may be closg, but the world is also gettg more queer. The more accurate statement is fively gay bars are closg. Sullivan not that though the gay rights movement was started by queer, trans people of lor, s primary beneficiari — and most equently picted victims — have been cisgenred whe men.

Though historians dispute who actually threw the first brick, unlike the fictnal Danny Wters, Johnson was actually Uribe, general manager of Club 21 and Club BNB, two gay nightclubs Oakland. Uribe wants to make sure Club 21 and Club BNB n wele but also expand beyond the queer subcultur most associated wh gay bars — the “typil gogo boys, or high femme female-prentg folks, ” he said — subcultur that still hold to tradnal, if hyperbolic, terpretatns of bars are a place to ask “how n those of who intify as queer or LGBTQ+ be better alli wh the muny?

”The role, as Uribe se , of gay bars is to expand outward to queer bars, which is to say to a more pletist reprentatn. Gay bars are a place to ask “how n those of who intify as queer or LGBTQ+ be better alli wh the muny? “It’s part of our rponsibily as owners and operators of gay or historilly gay and queer spac to ph the envelope to make sure that we’re evolvg wh our muny.

There’s a good reason why Walker’s Pot is fondly referred to as "The Gayborhood" – the near South Si neighborhood has been home to many gay people, fai, bars and rtrants for s. Today, the LGBTQ bar scene is still gog strong – primarily on and around Send Street – and ntu to offer fun, safe spac for everyone, gay or straight.

Here are 10 Milwkee gay bars to check out durg Pri Month or whenever:.

This Is It opened 1968, makg one of the top 10 longt-nng gay bars the untry, and possibly one of the top five. Referred to by the owner as "The gay 'Cheers' of Milwkee, " Woody's has stood proudly on the south-end of the Gayborhood for 22 years. Loted Riverwt, Art Bar is gay-owned and gay-and-straight iendly, but also serv as a hub for Milwkee's art scene, pool scene and as a neighborhood gatherg place.

The San Francis Bay Area is one of the bt spots the world for gay bars.