The Top 13 Gay Bars Philalphia | G Philly

Contents:

• GAYBINGO!
• THE 7 BT GAY BARS PHILALPHIA
• PHILLY GAY PRI MONTH
• GET YOUR HISTORY STRAIGHT AND YOUR NIGHTLIFE GAY®
• TOP GAY BARS PHILALPHIA
• 1920S AND 30S: GAY BARS SURFACE
• MOVG TO LGBT PHILALPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
• GUI TO PHILALPHIA'S GAYBORHOOD
• PHILALPHIA GAY SNAS
• GAY PENNSYLVANIA

GAYBINGO!

Historic s, popular neighborhoods, and LGBTQ+-owned bars and rtrants Philalphia's Gayborhood and beyond... 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.

THE 7 BT GAY BARS PHILALPHIA

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.

PHILLY GAY PRI MONTH

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.

GET YOUR HISTORY STRAIGHT AND YOUR NIGHTLIFE GAY®

Get your history straight wh historic LGBTQ+ markers sprkled throughout the Gayborhood, cludg:. 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. Inpennce Hall was the se of the untry’s earlit anized recurrg gay rights monstratns, begng July 4, 1965. Meetg atten planned the first Natnal March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights.

3rd Street to the gay activists who found the cy’s first LGBTQ+ ffeehoe.

TOP GAY BARS PHILALPHIA

Like most gay men the first half of the 20th century, Locke remaed closeted throughout his life. 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. Across Broad Street, a sign at 13th and Loct streets the Gayborhood clar the thoroughfare Barbara Gtgs Way.

1920S AND 30S: GAY BARS SURFACE

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. 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.

GayBINGO is the fabulo, irreverent, mpy, wildly popular monthly event that has been entertag Philalphia dienc for over 20 years! GayBINGO is hosted by the famo Bgo Verifyg Divas (BVDs! GayBINGO promis to be an eveng of unbridled fun, plete wh ridiculo mil numbers, hilar drag queen antics, chanc to w fabulo priz, and much, much more!

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

There are currently no gam schled for GayBINGO! 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 dancg to drag queens, om chary events to workg mixers, om -person to virtual happengs, om events for teens to adults, Philly Gay Pri Month has somethg for everyone 2023.

Support Philly’s LGBTQ chari, queer artists and gay-owned bs. Pri Month featur 300+ ways and 30 days to celebrate beg gay Philalphia.

The area ntas a multu of gay-iendly tablishments and is home to “Outft” every year. This longtime gay hnt offers ol theme nights, unlimed dancg, and tasty treats the pub area.

GUI TO PHILALPHIA'S GAYBORHOOD

This sual gay sports bar has billiards and serv up classic Amerin food. Owned by JonCarl Lachman, the chef behd the East Passyunk favore (and sadly soon-to-be-closed) Noord, Wkel is a statn bnch spot the Gayborhood.

Philly’s olst gay bar has been an in for the leather muny sce 1982 and is home to the Mx.

Get Your History Straight and Your Nightlife Gay®. 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 GAY SNAS

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.

Woody's, Tabu Lounge and Sports Bar, and more our updated gui to the top gay bars Philalphia. The Beagle Tavern NorristownBeagle Tavern1003 East Ma Street, Norristown610-272-3133, s unassumg, beagle-lovg gay bar ( was named after the owner’s pooch Timmy) has great drk specials for happy hour and, on Wednday nights, drag queens Thunr Showers and Summer Clearance stop by to give out blh-worthy priz at their Kky Quizzo event. Bt for: Cheap drks (go for the Cywi Special), live jazz, and rnchy PHL | Photo by Patrick HagertyBoxers PHL1330 Walnut Street215-735-2977, Gayborhood’s newt addn to the gay-bar scene, this New York Cy cha stands apart by havg s bartenrs slgg drks nothg but red mh shorts (Insi tip: ’s mored that most of them don’t wear undi.

GAY PENNSYLVANIA

ICandy254 South 12th Street(267) 324-3500, multi-level nightclub is whout a doubt the gayt of the gay bars around here.

From the rabow lights to the sntly-clad shotboys, iCandy screams ‘gay night out. Stir1705 Chancellor Street215-732-2700, is our Rtenhoe gay embassy loted one of the area’s ls-sry alleys.