When The Woodward, Detro's olst-nng gay bar, burned a massive fire last week, spurred a nversatn about the history of the bar self and how to remember and celebrate s signifince the gay muny while lookg toward the future.
Contents:
- GAY-IENDLY SPORTS BAR OPENS DETRO
- WH THE WOODWARD’S FUTURE UNCERTA, TAKG STOCK OF DETRO'S DISAPPEARG GAY BARS
- INTERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA? JT NOT GAY ENOUGH? WHY THIS DOWNTOWN DETRO QUEER CLUB FLAMED OUT SO QUICKLY
- HUNDREDS REMISCE ABOUT HISTORIL DETRO GAY BAR SCENE
GAY-IENDLY SPORTS BAR OPENS DETRO
From downtown Detro to Royal Oak, Gay-Friendly nightlife reigns supreme. Check out the gay-iendly bars and nightclubs. * gay sports bar downtown detroit *
From downtown Detro to Royal Oak, Gay-Friendly nightlife reigns supreme.
Gay-Friendly Bars & Clubs Metro Detro. As one of the olst gay spac Detro, this spot is te to s gay roots but is always open to anyone who wants to jo the fun.
WH THE WOODWARD’S FUTURE UNCERTA, TAKG STOCK OF DETRO'S DISAPPEARG GAY BARS
The gay-iendly bar & grill replaced Tom’s Oyster Bar Bricktown. * gay sports bar downtown detroit *
Loted the former gay mec of Detro, Palmer Park, the plex clus the Menjo’s Bar, the Eagle Leather Bar, and the Olymp Theater.
It’s fely the place for a night of gay-oriented entertament — the bt kd! Gigi's Gay Bar. One of the bt gay and drag bars the cy, Gigi’s is optimal for drks and a show.
INTERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA? JT NOT GAY ENOUGH? WHY THIS DOWNTOWN DETRO QUEER CLUB FLAMED OUT SO QUICKLY
Ferndale has been the center of gay life Detro sce the 2000s and Soho is the classy yet sual spot for gay men, women and everyone between right the heart of the downtown area off Wt Ne Mile Road.
Whether you’re gay, straight, bi, trans, or queer, the are great tablishments to make a night of and teract wh a diverse muny. Loted at Jefferson and Bebien where Tom’s Oyster Bar ed to be, Briggs Detro is the first gay-owned bar downtown Detro sce the early 1990s, say owners Tim Moored and Roc Tossone.
Gay bars/clubs? Briggs claims to be the first gay-owned sports bar to open the downtown area sce the '90s.
HUNDREDS REMISCE ABOUT HISTORIL DETRO GAY BAR SCENE
The history of the LGBT muny metro Detro spans the cy’s past, but took new shape right after World War II when gay clubs began openg mostly downtown. This gay-owned Spanish tapas rtrant featur a lp of tradnal tapas, which are meant to be eaten small portns while sippg on the spot’s hoe-ma sangria or a craft cktail.
This relative newer to the cy’s nightlife scene isn’t explicly a gay bar, but ’s fely LGBTQ-clive, om s management to the event programmg on hand. When The Woodward, Detro's olst-nng gay bar, burned a massive fire last week, spurred a nversatn about the history of the bar self, but also where was suated Detro gay history more broadly — and how to remember and celebrate s signifince the gay muny while lookg toward the future. The fire happened the middle of Pri Month, and not jt any Pri Month Detro: This year marks 50 years sce the cy's first Pri march, held June 24, 1972 to mand "full civil rights for gay people" and a repeal of all anti-gay laws, the Free Prs reported back then.
The march, officially lled Christopher Street '72, was self a remembrance of the uprisg at the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street New York Cy on June 28, 1969, when protts broke out rponse to a police raid at a gay bar. In s 70-odd years, The Woodward has been part of many tersectg stori of gay life and culture Detro, cludg policg of gay spac, ownership shifts, racial segregatn and populatn trends the cy. The owners said they never set out to open up a gay bar.