Lookg for the gay old days the East Village

Contents:

• TOP 5 GAY BARS NYC'S EAST VILLAGE
• A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF NEW YORK CY'S GAY & QUEER BARS
• THE 30 BT GAY BARS NYC
• LOOKG FOR THE GAY OLD DAYS THE EAST VILLAGE
•  NEW YORK LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
• BT GAY BARS EAST VILLAGE, NEW YORK CY
• A HOTEL BAR WH A (GAY) TWIST
• BIG GAY ICE CREAM SHOP — EAST VILLAGE
• GAY NEW YORK CY
• NEW YORK CY GAY BARS

TOP 5 GAY BARS NYC'S EAST VILLAGE

The East Village has long been Manhattan's alternative enclave, and s array of quirky (and sometim downright rnchy) gay bars reflect that anti-tablishment athetic. Now the Boiler Room is back wh a vengeance, often packed to the gills wh one of the wist cross-sectns of gays imagable. A longtime rnerstone of the East Village gay scene, the days the Phoenix n be a b h-or-miss crowd-wise, sometim packed and sometim empty, whout apparent rhyme or reason.

A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF NEW YORK CY'S GAY & QUEER BARS

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.

THE 30 BT GAY BARS NYC

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.

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. 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.

LOOKG FOR THE GAY OLD DAYS THE EAST VILLAGE

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 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. 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. 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.

 NEW YORK LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS

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. 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. While you’ll disver a lightful melange of gay thgs to do NYC at all hours of the day, there’s no nyg that gay New York alive after dark.

The Stonewall InnAny list of the bt LGBTQ bars New York Cy would be remiss not to clu the landmark waterg hole largely rponsible for lnchg the morn gay rights movement: The Stonewall Inn. If late-night hunger hs, the Tex-Mex menu is surprisgly good; opt for Flamg Saddl’ signature Fro Pie—’s Fro rn chips smothered homema Texas red chilli, and ’s absolutely Maria BadasianAn East Village stutn for two s, the Phoenix Bar is one of the bt gay bars NYC for a reason4.

It’s perhaps a bizarre mix, yet somehow works brilliantly, cementg Club Cummg’s place amongst the bt gay clubs NYC. JuliWhile the Stonewall Inn is rightfully famed wh startg the gay liberatn movement, the acla for the olst operatg gay bar NYC go to Juli. ” Inspired by civil rights s-s and anized by the Mattache Society, the “Sip-In” was a public challenge to the state’s discrimatory policy of revokg licens of bars servg gay clientele—a precursor to Stonewall and an sential step towards legimizg the velopment of gay bars.

BT GAY BARS EAST VILLAGE, NEW YORK CY

Today, Juli is a buzzg gay bar and rtrant servg up juicy, expensive burgers a snug space overflowg wh fascatg historil piec. CubbyholeAs acceptance and tolerance ntue to bee the way of the world, once exclive gay clubs NYC are now welg everyone and anyone—so long as you’re equally open-md. Such is the se at Cubbyhole, a longtime lbian and gay lole that’s ls ncerned about labels and more foced on fosterg a welg, eclectic ambience.

A HOTEL BAR WH A (GAY) TWIST

LipsFor a sctillatg drag queen show paired wh an exquise culary experience, head straight to Lips—NYC’s go-to drag spot for over two s and a mt-clu on any gay travel gui to New York Cy. Marie's CrisisIn this laid-back, gay-popular venue Greenwich Village, mil theatre stunts, fun-lovg ctomers, and even the ocsnal celebry stop by to belt their favoure Broadway show tun to the acpaniment of a live pianist.

In the early morng of Saturday, June 28, 1969, dozens of gay men, lbians, and transgenred people, many of them people of lor, risted a route police raid on the Stonewall Inn. The rts that followed over the urse of three days are wily nsired to be the sgle most important event leadg to the morn gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) rights movement the Uned Stat. On April 21, 1966, members of the New York chapter of the Mattache Society staged a “Sip-In” that helped tablish the right of homosexuals to be served licensed premis New York (the existg l ma gay bars facto illegal, hence their nstant police harassment and their largely beg n by the mafia).

BIG GAY ICE CREAM SHOP — EAST VILLAGE

Other anizatns that have been loted here (or got their starts here) clu SAGE (Senr Actn a Gay Environment), the Metropolan Communy Church (an LGBT ngregatn), the AIDS activist group ACT UP, and GLAAD (Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn). Pyramid Club, 101 Avenue ASce openg 1979, the Pyramid Club has also been creded wh fg the East Village drag and gay scen of the 1980s and is known for s polilly nsc drag performance art and as a hangout for the unterculture of the neighborhood. On December 2, 1964, gay rights activist Randy Wicker and four others – cludg Kay Tob & probably Craig Rodwell – staged a picket at the ont entrance of the Great Hall, prottg a talk nducted by Dr.

GAY NEW YORK CY

Harvey Milk High School/Hetrick-Mart Instute (2 Astor Place)Harvey Milk High School (named for the first openly gay man to be elected to public office the Uned Stat) was found 1985 to serve as the first public high school the world for, though not limed to, gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr young people.

NoHo has also served as the home and workplace for several of the late 20th century’s most proment artists who were also gay. In December of 1980, the New York Gay Men’s Chos had their but performance the Great Hall at Cooper Unn, an event which helped empower the fledglg group and allow them to bee the tour force they are today.

The ially ty chapter shared an office wh the gay male anizatn Mattache and bounced around the cy for the next 13 years.

NEW YORK CY GAY BARS

The buildg at 99 Wooster Street was formerly home to the Gay Activists Alliance, one of the most highly fluential LGBT groups of the post-Stonewall era. Their lotn an abandoned cy firehoe at 99 Wooster Street beme the first gay and lbian anizatnal and social center New York Cy. 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.

(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.