A history of L.A.’s gay bar scene, told matchbooks   - Los Angel Tim

Contents:

• LA’S MOST FAMO GAY BAR HAS A 30-YEAR-OLD BAKERY HIDN INSI
• LI'L DEVILS: BAKER'S NEIGHBORHOOD HANGOUT THAT HAPPENS TO BE A GAY BAR
• THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
• A HISTORY OF L.A.’S GAY BAR SCENE, TOLD MATCHBOOKS

LA’S MOST FAMO GAY BAR HAS A 30-YEAR-OLD BAKERY HIDN INSI

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LI'L DEVILS: BAKER'S NEIGHBORHOOD HANGOUT THAT HAPPENS TO BE A GAY BAR

Fleh has worked the bar dtry around town for more than 25 years, and was actually employed for six years at the Barker Lounge, a now-funct gay dive bar that was the prev occupant of the space at 255 South Broadway. In Li'l Devils, Fleh has created a neighborhood bar that also happens to be a gay bar.

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THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW

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A HISTORY OF L.A.’S GAY BAR SCENE, TOLD MATCHBOOKS

Gay bars and sex clubs, most of them now closed. -based queer artist who was a regular at a number of the spots worked briefly as a barback at Cuffs, a major gay hangout of the recent “was credibly dark and super cisey, ” Jony rells.