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• PODST REUNTS HISTORY OF VERMONT’S FIRST GAY BAR
• THIS PHOENIX SPOT IS ONE OF THE BT GAY BARS THE US — EVEN THOUGH 'S NOT A GAY BAR
• GAY PHOENIX / STTSDALE TRAVEL GUI
• 10 BT GAY BARS PHOENIX
•  ARIZONA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
• 10 BT GAY BARS METRO PHOENIX
• PHOENIX GAY DANCE CLUBS
• PHOENIX GAY MAP
• PAT O'S BUNKHOE SALOONPHOENIXMENUHOTELSGAY BARSDANCE CLUBSSNASGAY WEDDGSGAY MAPPAT O'S BUNKHOE SALOON

PODST REUNTS HISTORY OF VERMONT’S FIRST GAY BAR

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602-248-8559, .'It's about feelg weled':How gay youth fd belongg Phoenix's ballroom sceneAnvilAnvil, a bar loted on Thomas Road east of 24th Street, dubs self a "Leather and Levi" bar and wel those who want to don their gear and those who don't, jt the same.

THIS PHOENIX SPOT IS ONE OF THE BT GAY BARS THE US — EVEN THOUGH 'S NOT A GAY BAR

602-264-5307, .Nu Towne SaloonKnown as the olst gay bar metro Phoenix, Nu Towne Saloon fds s home across the street om the stacked layers of the Tovrea Castle. .Boytt BarMidtown Phoenix neighborhood the Melrose District may be packed wh gay bars, but they don't all ter to the dus.

But if you are on the lookout for some of metro Phoenix's bt gay and lbian bars, keep readg. 602-266-9001 Far om the leather bars, rabow-flagged snas and diva-filled disthequ elsewhere, Bar 1 is sual gay nightlife that still knows how to have fun. (Historilly, 's been more of a gay male crowd, but everyone’s ved, regardls of their sexual orientatn or genr inty.

602-265-0224 Charlie’s is a slice of Phoenix gay bar history that has huddled along Camelback Road jt wt of Seventh Avenue sce s but 1984. In those days, the “lil bty ol’ pissant untry place” and dance hall opened by John Kg (-founr of the Internatnal Gay Roo Associatn) was aimed at gay urban wboys and untry mic fans.

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602-254-0231 The expansive, lorfully-l dance floor at this gay dance club is almost always packed wh bodi, whether 's boys dancg wh boys, gals gettg down wh other gals, or var other batns.

602-264-5307 The current Kobalt is the send lotn of this Park Central gay bar. Click to enlarge Nu Towne Saloon is the olst gay bar Phoenix. 602-267-9959 Open sce 1971, Nu Towne Saloon has earned landmark stat as the Valley’s olst gay bar still operatn.

602-200-9154 Pat O’s puts the “G” the Melrose District’s LGBTQ+ scene — s clientele is largely gay men, many of whom are unabashedly members or fans of the bear or leathermen subcultur. Former owner and namake Pat Olivo (a fixture the lol gay scene for s) died March 2022, but this bar ntu his legacy. Wh s roomy terr (’s a former home nverted s ago), a large bar, var tabl and untertops, relics om now-funct lol gay bars and plenty of playful banter and flickerg lghter are wag.

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21, 2023 at 1:50 PM MSTShare on FacebookEmail This LkShare on TwterShare on PtertShare on LkedInDpe beg closed for nearly 40 years, one of Vermont’s first gay bars is the spotlight this week thanks to a lol podster. Esquire jt published s list of the untry's 32 bt gay bars om Alaska to Washgton, D. Contributors om across the untry helped Esquire put together the lp of bars that clud classics and newers alike, om Oasis  San Francis, an 8, 000 square-foot bathhoe turned baret that has hosted nttants om RuPl's Drag Race to The Boatslip Provcetown, famo for s three-hour Tea Dance, and New York Cy's olst gay bar, Juli.

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" Esquire's Market Edor Alfonso Fernanz Navas suggted when the team set out to make the Burke, a ntributg edor at Esquire, GQ, The New York Tim and Travel & Leisure, selected Valley Bar Phoenix as his Valley Bar is an LGBTQ+ iendly bar, and a fabulo staple of downtown nightlife, a gay bar is not.

10 BT GAY BARS METRO PHOENIX

Gaymers to RuPl:10 inic events that shaped Arizona's LGBTQ+ munyWhat is Valley Bar? "It's a ol spot and clive (you may have seen the rabow flag hangg over the entrance durg pri), but 's not a gay bar. So, s cln on this list is a b puzzlg, pecially nsirg there are plenty of historic LGBTQ+ spots the Valley worth the neighbors:This rtrant is movg to historic Teeter Hoe downtownValley Bar is ol, but a weird choice for bt gay barPhoenix has s fair share of gay bars and drag clubs, many the Melrose District along Seventh Avenue.

So, while we're always hyped when our cy gets natnal regnn, when to celebratg our LGBTQ+ nightlife, we'll stick to spots like Nu Towne Saloon, one of the olst gay bars Phoenix, open sce 1971. It's a welg, kschy spot on 50th and Van Buren streets, known for over the top Christmas ratns that seem to stay up almost year round and bartenrs who know most of the patrons by there's Cis' 7th, a gay and trans-iendly bar that opened  1977 on Roosevelt as Cis' Central.

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Text 'GAYTRAVEL' to 1-800-GAY-TRAVEL (1-800-429-8728). — Travel Guis wh a Gay Perspective. Arizona’s gay scene is lively to say the least!

Featured Gay Friendly Hotel Phoenix / Sttsdale.

Gay Phoenix/Sttsdale. The many slick and trendy dg, shoppg, and gay nightclub optns — upled wh the sunny dry climate and abundance of outdoors diversns — make this an creasgly popular lbian and gay travel statn.

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Phoenix and Sttsdale have a lot of the charm of other sert gay getaways like Palm Sprgs (jt a 4-hour drive away)—but are more accsible and provi a lot of great entertament optns. Phoenix Gay Scene. Though there is no distct gayborhood Pheonix, you'll fd 's a very gay-iendly cy wh lots of bs that ter to the LGBTQ muny.

Most of the gay nightclubs and bs are predomantly the two-e wi area between 7th Avenue on the Wt and 7th Street to the East. The Biltmore neighborhood and the Mill Avenue District are nsired very gay-iendly as well. As for gay-iendly hotels, acmodatns optns here n the gamut om super-plh rorts and high-rise bs hotels to a smatterg of smaller gay-oriented properti.

Look for Echo Magaze at the many gay and gay-iendly bars & rtrans; the lol, pennt magaze publish listgs of weekly LGBTQ events, ftivals, and happy hours. Outdoorsy typ should avoid the athly hot summers, although May through September n be great months to sre great bargas at Phoenix’s gay iendly hotels, and there is air-ndng virtually everywhere, so ’s rarely opprsive. The biggt gay event of the year is Phoenix Pri, while many of the lol universi are still ssn, so 's a young, fun vibe town.

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