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

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A survey of 200 matchbooks om a bygone era of L.A.'s gay bar scene at the downtown Central Library.

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

Li'l Devils is a classic neighborhood bar Baker on South Broadway that also happens to be a gay bar. * baker's gay bar *

This bar is gay-owned and staffed. Jt happens that the owners are a gay uple" the bar's Facebook page Carl D.

The crowd was olr, gayer and ls hipster than your average bar the Baker area, which was rehg.

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

Top Mosw Gay Clubs & Bars: See reviews and photos of Gay Clubs & Bars Mosw, Rsia on Tripadvisor. * baker's 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.

Sarah McGill As my iend and I ught up over our stes of green Bud Light, we noticed that the TVs were spl between llege basketball gam and a channel playg a mix of mic vios om Chaka Khan, Whney Hoton and Lady Gaga— which, aga, seems to reflect the tent to be both a neighborhood bar and a gay bar. It was a nice change of pace, drkg my green beer wh some nice olr gay men Baker this year stead of wanrg around LoDo sperately tryg to fd a bar that don't charge $20 and my left shoe as ver (which may or may not have actually happened the past).

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

Good lotn: cy centre, another gay club (911) the nearby area and a gay iendly hostel next to stay (Inga Hotels).

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.

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