Theatre artist Moe Angelos trac a path through the gay old days of the East Village.
Contents:
- A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF NEW YORK CY'S GAY & QUEER BARS
- LOOKG FOR THE GAY OLD DAYS THE EAST VILLAGE
- THE 30 BT GAY BARS NYC
- A HOTEL BAR WH A (GAY) TWIST
- STAIRS, AN EAST VILLAGE GAY CLUB, OPENS
- THE BT GAY HOOK-UP SPOTS NYC
- BT GAY BARS EAST VILLAGE, NEW YORK CY
- BIG GAY ICE CREAM SHUTTERS ORIGAL EAST VILLAGE LOTN AFTER A DE
A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF NEW YORK CY'S GAY & QUEER BARS
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S., if not the world, for gay — and more clively, queer — nightlife. Whether you're celebratg NYC Pri late June, planng a future trip to the Big Apple, or a lol lookg for a new bar to check out, here is a prehensive list of nearly every gay and queer bar NYC.
The Bt Gay and Queer Bars Manhattan:.
Alibi Lounge, Harlem: One of the cy's only gay, Black-owned LGBTQIA+ bars, this morn bar serv up a variety of specialty cktails, we, beer, and bar snacks. The Cock, East Village: This gay-men-only bar is the most cise-y of all the gay bars the cy.
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The Eagle NYC, Chelsea: Perhaps the send-most cise-y of New York's gay bars, the multi-level Eagle ters almost exclively to gay men, and gets more bchero on each floor. Gym Sportsbar, Chelsea: As the name impli, this is a gay sports bar, popular for post-game team drks. The Hangar Bar, Wt Village: A diverse crowd of mascule gay men equent this Wt Village dive.
Juli', Wt Village: Another Wt Village stutn, 1966, a "sip " was held by activists at the bar to challenge the New York State Liquor Authory's regulatn that barred the servg of homosexuals. REBAR, Chelsea: This dtrial-feelg gay bar is a Chelsea standard, featurg energetic drag shows and DJs throughout the week.
Rz Bar & Lounge, Hell's Kchen: Smack dab the thick of the Theater District, multi-level Rz Bar & Lounge plays host to many good old-fashned dance parti, attractg a mostly younger gay crowd. Thanks to Print Obama, The Stonewall Inn is regnized as a Natnal Historic Landmark — the first dited to gay history.
THE 30 BT GAY BARS NYC
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Sue, Upper Wt Si: This lol gay pub has a laid-back neighborhood feel and attracts stunts om nearby Columbia Universy. The Toolbox Bar, Upper East Si: One of the few, if only, gay bars on the Upper East Si, this lorful, timate bar offers happy hour specials and regular live entertament. Townhoe Piano Bar, Midtown East: Three bars, a piano room wh nightly performanc (and a drs ), this cktail lounge attracts a mix of senr and younger gay men.
A HOTEL BAR WH A (GAY) TWIST
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Ty's Bar NYC, Wt Village: Opened 1972, this classic Cristopher Street bar attracts an olr gay crowd.
STAIRS, AN EAST VILLAGE GAY CLUB, OPENS
The Boiler Room | The origal East Village gay dive bar still packs ‘em . * east village gay *
The Bt Gay and Queer Bars Brooklyn:.
THE BT GAY HOOK-UP SPOTS NYC
The Bt Gay and Queer Bars Queens:. Hombr Lounge, Jackson Heights: Self-proclaimed as havg the most Manhattan vibe of all Queens gay bars, Hombr Lounge attracts a diverse, predomantly Lat crowd and offers up tasty bar food wh s cktail menu.
Beloved actor and bon vivant Alan Cummg teamed up wh NYC gay nightlife imprar Daniel Nardic to create this enclave for baret, creativy and kk the former Eastern Bloc space, wh everythg om club nights to kntg circl to sexy drawg ssns. The neighborhood’s longt nng gay dive bar has watched s heydays e and go over the past quarter century; yet still packs them , endurg as the area’s go-to statn for low-ills fun.
Wele to the East Village’s rnchit gay bar, where cisg is heavy and public displays of affectn are mon. A laid-back rnerstone of the East Village scene, Phoenix has stayed te to s roots as a fun and attu-ee hangout for gay lols, wh rotatg weeknight activi like trivia, bgo, karaoke and, of urse, Drag Race on the east East Village on Avenue C, Bedlam is the hood’s most hipster-y gay n, plete wh a huge ski-lodge-style moose head lookg down on the proceedgs.
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It’s adored not jt for s female iendls but for s embrace of all lors of the LGBTQ+ rabow, and the posive and clive vibe has land on numero “Bt of NYC Gay Nightlife” 's Pub. Remarkably, gay ins Amy Wehoe and Ale both land their first Amerin club shows a former public school, Performance Space New York (formerly known as PS 122) has hosted untls alternative performance lumari sce opened 1980, cludg Eddie Izzard and Karen Fley. If the East Village uld talk, would have fascatg tal to tell about the early years of the gay rights neighborhood n’t talk, but Moe Angelos n, and she will provi livg history on a tour that don’t show up on any New York Saturday May 18, Angelos is leadg a walkg tour, “This Used to Be Gay!
” through the bars, baths, stor and performance spac that were sential buildg a stronger Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer muny.
And now the East Village is you know gog the way of Chelsea, ” Angelos told the Daily News, referrg to the gay-mec-turned-straight-paradise neighborhood on the Wt year, she lent her East Village expertise to MoMA, by participatg the panel on “Performg Difference: Genr the 1980s Downtown Scene, ” as part of the mm’s crilly acclaimed exhibn Club57: Film, Performance, and Art the East Village, 1978– year she’s gog on “a shamelsly nostalgic journey” through the gay old days of her neighborhood; and she wants you to sashay through LGBTQ history wh her. “That that was a ltle before my time, but still ed to be a very, very gay space… number 19 through 25 (of St. (Monaster, Thomas)While the buildgs may be gone or the storeonts changed, the spir of the gay rights revolutn and s pneers rema on the her scriptn of the tour, Angelos wr, “Born the murky shadows, bars wh sticky unters, watery drks, and postage-stamp dance floors, diss and clubs and bathho now bearg no plaqu to memorate them, the gay ghosts of my past will be rurrected for your entertament and cursy as we vis a few of the hallowed s and trace a path of queer life through the East Village.
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Celebratg 24 Years as The Premiere Gay Bar of the East Village. The Phoenix has a strong tradn of terg to a diverse and trendy crowd, and has bee a gay stutn the east village.
The spac, whether always gay iendly or only durg certa tim of the day or week, gave LGBT people the eedom to be themselv a way they ually uld not be their personal or profsnal liv.