Gay Bars & Nightlife Salt Lake Cy | Craft Beer & Cocktails

Contents:

• THE SUN TRAPP – LIVELY GAY BAR & DANCE CLUB
• GAY BARS SALT LAKE CY
• WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ... THE RAD CY LOUNGE, UTAH'S OLST GAY BAR?
• JOE REDBURN, FOUNR OF TWO FAMO SALT LAKE CY GAY BARS, DI HOMELS SHELTER AT 82
• FOR REAL: SALT LAKE CY IS AMERI’S SUPER GAY, SUPER OL HIPSTER HAVEN

THE SUN TRAPP – LIVELY GAY BAR & DANCE CLUB

Salt Lake’s Gay Bar Scene Is Growg, Thrivg, and Never Lookg Back. In fact, the cy’s been listed by Advote magaze as one of the Ten Queert Ci Ameri (gayer than L. (There’s even a Utah Gay Ski Week—real thg,, see you there.

The cy’s lbian mayor, Jackie Biskupski, leads a cy uncil wh three out of seven members who are gay. Check out a few of our favore “officially” gay bars and gay-iendly bars—keepg md that, this town, needn’t be a “gay bar” for everyone to f right .

Try-Angl offers expensive pool, darts, and karaoke and is known by some as the “gay dive” of Salt Lake Cy, which only adds to s charm. Jam was an early fixture of the Salt Lake gay club scene, and is still gog strong unr recently-changed management. Revolutn Friday is a great troductn for someone jt gettg to the SLC gay club scene, and featur a different theme for each event.

GAY BARS SALT LAKE CY

Among the “not technilly gay bars but hella gay-iendly” tablishments, the Metro Mic Hall, Twile Lounge, and Bar X are all popular for good reason. Whether you intify as gay or straight, cis or trans, young or old– all are ved to e and enjoy the relaxed atmosphere. Salt Lake Cy gay bars are a popular statn for not only the cy’s gay men, but for straight men and women terted havg a “gay old time”.

The cy’s gay bars feature large, outdoor celebratns (not unlike a gay pri para) that attract people of all strip that wish to be entertaed by a group of eclectic and unique sgers and dancers. While not exclive any sense, some gay bars are signated for only certa typ of patrons (i. Wisns has long been a forenner LGBTQ+ advocy, ever sce was the first state to pass anti-discrimatn legislatn for the LGBTQ muny 1982, givg the tle of "the first gay rights state.

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ... THE RAD CY LOUNGE, UTAH'S OLST GAY BAR?

"Here are five stori that scratch the surface of the Fox Ci' LGBTQ muny and Lambda Lounge: Appleton's first gay barThroughout the late 20th century, gay people primarily found muny through the bar scene, often seen as a safe space for LGBTQ people to socialize. Appleton's first gay bar, the Lambda Lounge, opened downtown 1977 by partners Pl DeB and Gene DeB, Pl's sister, said the two bought the bar om Claire Kempky who ran Doris' Super Bar, a bs wh a reputatn as a hangout spot for gay people. That reputatn, she said, enuraged her brother to open a gay bar after Kempky's closed.

JOE REDBURN, FOUNR OF TWO FAMO SALT LAKE CY GAY BARS, DI HOMELS SHELTER AT 82

Matchbook vers for The Lambda Lounge that read "The Gayt Spot Town. " The bar opened 1977 and was Appleton's first gay the bar wasn't openly advertised as a gay bar for the safety of s patrons, people knew of through word of mouth and natnal gay bar guis, such as the Damron Gui. Rearcher for the Universy of Wisns-Green Bay's "Our Voic: LGBTQ+ Stori of Northeastern Wisns" Dennis Jab said bar patrons often experienced backlash om Appleton rints who believed homosexualy was wrong and didn't like havg a gay bar patrons were safe to be themselv si the bar, Jabs said people knew to not enter or leave the bar alone as they faced vlence om straight people and many fights took place outsi the bar.

"The early [gay] bars were rough, " Jabs said. "But the gay populatn Appleton stood their ground and fought back.

FOR REAL: SALT LAKE CY IS AMERI’S SUPER GAY, SUPER OL HIPSTER HAVEN

"Ultimately, the bar closed down amid petn om 1101 Wt, a gay dance club, that opened down the road soon after. However, the Lambda Lounge's prence Appleton paved the way for other LGBTQ bars, such as The ReMixx Neenah, Rasls Appleton and the now-closed Pivot A Neenah LGBTQ club is creatg a growg love for drag shows the Fox CiMore: Rasls has long been a gay refuge AppletonBook clubs allow gay people to fd munyBook clubs have often been a place for people wh shared inti to fd muny while discsg lerature pertag to their liv and provi a safe space for gays and lbians to socialize, Appleton Public Library llectns ordator Michael Nz and Lawrence Universy Profsor Dick Wslow found a book club named the Lavenr Salon 15 years, the group met each Sunday members' hom wh potluck meals and discsns on books and club was exclive to gay people, so members — whether they were openly gay or not — were able to be themselv and safely meet other people the LGBTQ muny. "For some, was their first time knowgly meetg other people who were gay and lbian so beg a safe space was really important, " Nz told The Post-Crcent.

Participatn the club grew om seven members to over 60 at a time, brgg people om Marette and Sheboygan for the weekly stunts' fight for gay-straight alliance clubDurg the turn of the century, stunts Madison and Milwkee high schools started creatg gay-straight allianc, or GSA clubs, to provi supportive environments for LGBTQ word about the clubs grew, a number of stunts at Neenah High School 2001, cludg Nick Ross — a current Appleton School Board member — wanted to create an official club for LGBTQ stunts to discs experienc and issu they were gog of the stunts were already LGBTQ support groups at the school and the muny, but Ross said was important for them to create an official group to give visibily to LGBTQ stunts and let other stunts know there was a safe space the school to discs their, when the stunts applied for club regnn, Neenah High School Prcipal Mark Duerwaechter nied them, sayg a GSA has polil goals and would go agast district policy, acrdg to Post-Crcent archiv. "It was extremely terrifyg and sry for all the reasons of beg out public as LGBTQ, but also super excg bee we put ourselv out there and ma thgs happen, " Ross Neenah stunts' ph for a GSA and the attentn gathered the Fox Ci spired other stunts to create the club their own schools and a year later all three Appleton high schools had a High School Gay Straight Alliance club om an Oct. "In the last 15 years wh the cy of Appleton, we were dog some pretty active support of LGBTQ folks bee we were tired of seeg teens harmed and havg hate crim our parks, " Flor, who also prevly served as Appleton's diversy ordator, told The first time Appleton got volved LGBTQ issu was 2012 when the cy passed domtic partnership protectn for gay cy employe and their a time when same-sex marriage wasn't legal, domtic partnership benefs allowed cy employe and their partners the same benefs as spo, such as health surance and sick next time the cy got volved LGBTQ issu was Augt 2013 when the cy passed fair hog based on genr inty and exprsn, beg the third cy the state to ban hog discrimatn for transgenr people.

But almost any LGBTQ visor who’s been here before, and nearly every LGBTQ lol who lls the cy home, will tell you, ’s an clive urban statn wh tons of super gay stuff gog on. (Even gayer than L. Gay Bars.