Central Coast Queer Archive Project to host rnn at historic former gay bar SLO

Contents:

• THE CENTRAL COAST HAS A THRIVG LGBTQ MUNY, SO WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY BARS? 
• IS THERE ANY GAY NIGHTLIFE ALONG THE CENTRAL AST? - SAN LUIS OBISPO FOM
• SAN LUIS OBISPO GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI
• THE 10 BEST CENTRAL MEXI AND GULF COAST GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CENTRAL MEXI AND GULF COAST
• GAY BAR CENTRAL COAST
• CENTRAL COAST QUEER ARCHIVE PROJECT TO HOST RNN AT HISTORIC FORMER GAY BAR SLO
• ARE ALL THE GAY BARS ZONA ROSA NOW GONE? - MEXI CY FOM
• A GAY BAR FALLY RETURNS TO THE GOLD COAST WH HOP TO UNE 'DISNNECTED' MUNY
• CENTRAL COAST BARS WH GAY FRIENDLY
• AS SEATTLE’S GAYBORHOOD MIGRAT, CAPOL HILL QUEER BARS FIGHT TO REMA A REFUGE
• GAYT PLAC IN OREGON FOR 2020
• CENTRAL STATN MSKPOPULAR GAY NIGHTCLUB.MOSWMENUBARSDANCE CLUBSSNASCISE CLUBSSERVICCY GUIGAY MAPRSIA INXCENTRAL STATN MSK
• CANNON BEACH AND NORTHERN OREGON COAST GAY GUI

THE CENTRAL COAST HAS A THRIVG LGBTQ MUNY, SO WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY BARS? 

As a teen, Rory Uribe fantasized about gog to a gay bar or club and fally beg able to be unabashedly gay public.

IS THERE ANY GAY NIGHTLIFE ALONG THE CENTRAL AST? - SAN LUIS OBISPO FOM

Click to enlarge Photo Courty Of Matthew Lalanne GAY CLUB ALCHEMISTS Daniel Gomez (left) and Frank Domguez (right) are known for turng typil bars to hugely succsful, LGBTQ-clive parti.

So Uribe always thought the gay bars Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo unti would provi that much-need and missg support system and work.

SAN LUIS OBISPO GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI

"I've dreamed of gog to a gay bar sce I was like, 16, " Uribe told New Tim. The lack of LGBTQ-specific nightlife on the Central Coast is an issue much of the lol gay and trans muny is forced to work around. Santa Barbara's once thrivg gay club scene dwdled, and eventually pletely disappeared, as varyg sexual orientatns and genr inti beme more wily accepted and datg apps beme more readily available.

But 's left the Central Coast whout a gay bar reach—the neart (acrdg to mor and Google) are Ventura, Frno, and San Jose—and many lols say the safety gay bars and clubs provi is still very much need, pecially the more nservative portns of the state. Uribe, who is now a stunt at Allan Hanck College, fally ma their gay bar dream e te this sprg while visg a iend San Francis.

THE 10 BEST CENTRAL MEXI AND GULF COAST GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CENTRAL MEXI AND GULF COAST

Like so many other LGBTQ rints the area and across the natn, Uribe helped start an anizatn dited to givg gay, trans, and queer dividuals a safe space to meet up and build support systems.

GAY BAR CENTRAL COAST

Uribe and other Hanck stunts revalized the school's long idle Queers and Alli Club last year, and the group regularly hosts meetgs, ffee meetups, and parti, which Uribe dubbed "gay bash. He wanted to spice thgs up by startg a group that would make easier for lol LGBTQ dividuals to meet, and was mullg over the ia one day when he walked to the now closed Metro Brewg Company San Luis Obispo and jt happened to spot two gay upl si.

"And I was like, 'Oh my god, is this a gay bar?

CENTRAL COAST QUEER ARCHIVE PROJECT TO HOST RNN AT HISTORIC FORMER GAY BAR SLO

One bar owner told SLOQueerdos that he didn't want his tablishment to be known as a gay bar, Domguez said.

Still, Domguez and his partner— bs and life—Daniel Gomez, who also -owns SLOQueerdos, agree that openg a gay bar on the Central Coast would be challengg. Rent is stly, liquor licens are hard to e by, and they qutned whether a gay bar SLO would have enough nsistent bs to stay open.

ARE ALL THE GAY BARS ZONA ROSA NOW GONE? - MEXI CY FOM

While gay bars do provi LGBTQ muni wh sential social opportuni, Gomez said 's easier than ever to lk up through readily accsible onle datg apps like Tr and Grdr.

A GAY BAR FALLY RETURNS TO THE GOLD COAST WH HOP TO UNE 'DISNNECTED' MUNY

I thk [onle datg] has a huge impact on the gay club scene.

CENTRAL COAST BARS WH GAY FRIENDLY

"We jt make clubs to gay clubs.

AS SEATTLE’S GAYBORHOOD MIGRAT, CAPOL HILL QUEER BARS FIGHT TO REMA A REFUGE

Chufar and Johns are married, and they're both board members at Santa Barbara's Gay and Lbian Bs Associatn, a nonprof that funds scholarships awards each year to llege-bound and votnal stunts across the unty.

The anizatn was ianally created the '80s to support gay- and lbian-owned bs the area. As gayns gradually beme more wily accepted, so did gay bs, and that arm of the nonprof eventually halted s work.

GAYT PLAC IN OREGON FOR 2020

The same thg happened wh Santa Barbara's gay nightlife, Chufar and Johns said. Johns has lived Santa Barbara sce the '70s, and said there were about six gay bars Santa Barbara alone at one time. The Wildt Lounge hosts "gay nights" every Sunday, but Johns said, "who wants to go out on a Sunday?

Younger generatns are g datg apps to fd other gays town now rather than gay bars, and Chufar and Johns said that's OK. But that's not necsarily te other, more nservative swaths of the Central Coast, acrdg to reprentativ of the Hoe of Pri and Equaly (HOPE), a Santa Maria-based anizatn dited to creatg safe spac for the lol gay and trans muny.

Cee Chavez works wh HOPE, and said that while she might ocsnaly see openly gay upl North County, 's not as predomate or accepted as South County. That wouldn't be a problem if there was a gay bar somewhere the area, acrdg to Anthony Lover, another HOPE official.

CENTRAL STATN MSKPOPULAR GAY NIGHTCLUB.MOSWMENUBARSDANCE CLUBSSNASCISE CLUBSSERVICCY GUIGAY MAPRSIA INXCENTRAL STATN MSK

It might be tricky to keep a gay bar nng this area, he said, but there has to be a way to do . Is there any gay nightlife along the central ast? Lookg for gay iendly tablishments around Pismo, Santa Maria, or Cambria.

Re: Is there any gay nightlife along the central ast?

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I know a few gay men and they are all extremely discreet. I've lived here 15 years and I don't know of any gay nightlife scene at tall. Is there any gay iendly tablishments where you've met other fay?