In Northampton, a gay bar that glters

Contents:

• GAY NIGHTLIFE NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHETTS: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE
• IN NORTHAMPTON, A GAY BAR THAT GLTERS
• GAY NORTHAMPTON (HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHETTS)
• LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS NORTHAMPTON, MA
• LGBTQ+ PSYCHIATRISTS NORTHAMPTON, MA

GAY NIGHTLIFE NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHETTS: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE

Over the years, gay men and trans people have joed the vast number of lbians this Massachetts town, altogether lendg to an acceptg and clive vibe throughout. Northampton has more than five tim the natnal average number of same-sex hoeholds, yet the town has no gay drkg tablishments (not officially, anyway).

IN NORTHAMPTON, A GAY BAR THAT GLTERS

While isn't an LGBTQ+ tablishment, per se, this affordable, zy, and nvivial tavern has been a favore among lol lbians and gays sce opened the mid-'70s. Every uple of months, Bishop's hosts an ostensibly gay party lled Kg, but pretty much any eveng you'll see a number of gay guys and lbians here.

GAY NORTHAMPTON (HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHETTS)

Sylvter's: The odds are high that you'll bump to the same gay and lbian folks om last night's bar-hoppg havg a breakfast burro at Sylvter's, a longtime supporter of the annual Noho Pri celebratn.

LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS NORTHAMPTON, MA

Spoleto: This cheerful and vg Italian eatery is part of a lol group of trendy, gay-iendly eateri that also clus Pizzeria Paradiso and Mama Iguana's.

NORTHAMPTON — When Diva’s Nightclub closed 2016 after a 16-year n, the cy was left whout a gay that’s no longer the se. In September, the Majtic Saloon, which opened as a craft beer and we bar last year, beme a “fully popped queer bar, lounge and ocsnal club, ” as the new owners wrote their “big gay announcement” on the bar’s Instagram acunt, Parent, Sarah Whe and Samson Kg now -own Majtic, at 24 Ma St., wh s origal owner, Phil Peake, a psychology profsor at Smh they had a formal stake the bs, Parent and Whe worked at the earlier versn of the bar as bartenrs. “It beme very clear to that there was a mand for queer programmg this town, ” said late May, they started a weekly queer night — which they also lled a pop-up gay bar — and people started to le up.

LGBTQ+ PSYCHIATRISTS NORTHAMPTON, MA

So far, Peake is pleased wh how the new bs is gog, but he wrote an email, “The verdict is still out on whether there is sufficient muny support to mata a full-time gay bar the highly petive Northampton market.

“I thk when we ially lnched as a fully, fully popped-up queer bar, we had a lot of people who were askg , ‘Isn’t every bar Northampton a gay bar? Among other offergs: a lerary club, a New Year’s Eve drag show and screengs of “The L Word: Generatn Q” — a reboot of “The L Word, ” a 2000s Showtime seri about a group of lbians livg and workg Los Kg put , “We’re tryg to be both a muny space — a space where you n land and relax wh iends — or a place you uld go dancg and be around other homos.