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Contents:

• THE 30 BT GAY BARS NYC
• THE 10 BEST NEW YORK CY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK CY
• THE 10 BEST NEW YORK GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK
• NEW YORK CY GAY TRAVEL
• THE ULTIMATE LGBTIQ+ TRAVEL GUI TO NEW YORK CY: OM QUEER HISTORY TO THE BT GAY BARS
• A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF NEW YORK CY'S GAY & QUEER BARS
• TOP 20 NEW YORK GAY BARS
• GAY NEW YORK: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, DRAG SHOWS AND QUEER CULTURE
• CAN GAY BARS, AN ANCHOR OF N.Y.C. NIGHTLIFE, SURVIVE THE PANMIC?
• WT HOLLYWOOD’S HISTORIC GAY NIGHTCLUB THE ABBEY IS UP FOR SALE
• STREAM IT OR SKIP IT: ‘LAST CALL: WHEN A SERIAL KILLER STALKED QUEER NEW YORK’ ON HBO, A DOCERI THAT TAK A LOOK AT 1990S POLICE INDIFFERENCE IN THE FACE OF GAY MEN GETTG MURRED

THE 30 BT GAY BARS NYC

27 plac sorted by traveler favorBars & Clubs • Gay BarsDowntown Manhattan (Downtown)Bars & Clubs • Gay BarsDowntown Manhattan (Downtown)Gay BarsDowntown Manhattan (Downtown)Bars & Clubs • Gay BarsDowntown Manhattan (Downtown)What travelers are saygDgn1010Dungannon, UK392 ntributnsSo ol to be drkg such a historil bar. Flamg Saddl is the perfect mix of great drks, Amerina, gay culture and cute bar high energy gay bar rais the roof wh their bar top dancg bartenrs.

I went to a few gay bars, and by far this was the bt place to dance and the mic was the bt here, varied, and not too much dance mic like you got your head bangg a fish bowl!

THE 10 BEST NEW YORK CY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK CY

There are plenty of gay bars up and down 9th ave and there's no reason to spend money at a place that will treat you like total trash, threaten you, and be unnecsarily belligerent and make you feel unsafe jt bee they're on some kd of power trip. 29 plac sorted by traveler favorBars & Clubs • Gay BarsDowntown Manhattan (Downtown)Bars & Clubs • Gay BarsDowntown Manhattan (Downtown)Gay BarsDowntown Manhattan (Downtown)Bars & Clubs • Gay BarsDowntown Manhattan (Downtown)What travelers are saygDgn1010Dungannon, UK392 ntributnsSo ol to be drkg such a historil bar. Delightful ambiance and great mic - I remend all gay women checkg out this amazg ltle bar Park Slope.

I’ve been a New York lol for more than ne years, so I’ll give you some of the bt New York Cy gay travel advice you n fd. From explorg storybook-like neighborhoods to dancg until sunrise at tense circu parti, there are limls ways for gay travelers to explore New York. Gay, lbian and transgenr populatns New York Cy are huge, so ’s easy for everyone to fd their muny.

Below, I’ll tell you where to stay for the bt gay New York experience, remend crowd-favore hotels, rtrants, gay nightlife venu and share eful travel tips. Overall, New York has such an enormo gay populatn that ’s not necsary to lim yourself to gay-specific hotels, although I will say that some of New York Cy’s gay hotels all offer stylishly unique experienc that travelers love.

THE 10 BEST NEW YORK GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK

Below I’ll remend some hotels and other plac to stay by borough, addn to verg the var gay neighborhoods of New York Cy. I remend stayg Hell’s Kchen, the Wt Village, or Chelsea sce the are New York’s bt gay neighborhoods. A Hell’s Kchen apartment rental is your bt bet if you want to be the heart of New York’s bt gay neighborhood.

Midtown East is isolated om gay nightlife, the Fancial District n feel lifels the eveng, and Chatown is both isolated and dirty.

Williamsburg is the ial neighborhood for New York Cy gay travelers who want to experience that classic “Brooklyn” feel. However, you’ll fd gay lols om here all the way eastward through the middle of Bhwick, followg the route of the L subway rridor.

NEW YORK CY GAY TRAVEL

Here you’ll only be one stop away om Manhattan while still beg close to Astoria’s gay nightlife. Elmo is always packed wh gay men, who enjoy the pany of the rtrant’s gay servers and bartenrs.

GITANO Garn of Love – Showg off some betiful Tulum vib, GITANO is one of the bt summertime rtrants New York popular wh gay lols.

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The Big Gay Ice Cream Shop – Perfect place to ol down summer wh lotns both the Seaport District and Upper Wt Si Manhattan. There are tons of thgs for gay travelers to do New York, no matter whether ’s day, night, a weekday or weekend.

A historic New York Cy gay neighborhood wh all sorts of boutique shops, spend an afternoon wanrg Manhattan’s quat Wt Village.

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

Stroll by the Stonewall Natnal Monument the Wt Village, the famo place of the 1969 rts that ntributed to the Gay Liberatn Movement. Sheep Meadow is a lol gay hangout spot Central Park where the LGBT muny nven on the send Sunday of each month the summer. Gay lols flnt their sexy swimwear here Sheep Meadow all summer, even though there’s nowhere to swim!

Jab Riis Beach is the official New York Cy gay beach and has been a popular summertime LGBTQ hangout sce the 1940s. Make sure to pack snacks and a day bag full of all your gay beach sentials bee there’s not too many plac for rehments near Riis Beach.

In terms of strictly gay bars, my personal favor are REBAR Chelsea, Rise Bar Hell’s Kchen, and Eagle NYC gay leather bar.

TOP 20 NEW YORK GAY BARS

Wh endls bar optns full of handsome lols to explore, sgle gay travelers will have an pecially epic time New York! I ver all the bt lol gay bars here wolfyy’s NYC Gay Bar Ultimate Gui, where you n fd out which typ of guys are at each gay bar, which days each bar is bit, and their overall vibe. Check out wolfyy’s ctom Google Maps layer of all 40+ New York Cy gay bars, which is ntually updated and ntas sential not for each bar.

New York Cy has all different typ of gay parti, om massive circu events to upsle rooftop gathergs. Larger gay parti New York are hosted monthly or a few tim per year, but there’s almost always at least one major gay party happeng every weekend. MEAT is a leather & fur-fetish-themed party wh dark rooms (one of the few New York Cy gay parti that has them).

Wearg mostly jockstraps and sexy unrwear, gay men go back and forth om the dance floor to the cisg area, which is a sectned-off area of the club. 3 Dollar Bill is a hugely popular gay event space East Williamsburg, brand as New York’s premier queer bar and performance venue. They’re well-known for hostg large circu parti (like MEAT NYC mentned above), and a bunch of other popular gay parti like Ty Tea, Love Prism, and DILF XL.

GAY NEW YORK: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, DRAG SHOWS AND QUEER CULTURE

PHD at the Dream Hotel Downtown is another gay party wh geo panoramic views of New York’s skyle.

FLY Sundays is a summertime rooftop gay party at the Monarch Rooftop wh sweet gummy-bear u punch cktails, upbeat mic and a betiful view of the Empire State Buildg. You n also fd more about sex parti New York as well as some history about why there are only a few tradnal gay bathho NYC.

CAN GAY BARS, AN ANCHOR OF N.Y.C. NIGHTLIFE, SURVIVE THE PANMIC?

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. Hell’s Kchen and Chelsea offer the most “tradnal” gay bars and clubs, where visors n check out venu wh hunky shirtls bartenrs, a mostly-gay-male clientele, and thumpg hs gog late to the night. It’s a fun and totally ridiculo experience that’s like a gay Coyote Ugly llid wh a down-home honky-tonk, but the fact that Flamg Saddl don’t take self serly is exactly why ’s such a fun bar to go to, offerg an unpretent experience that’s pecially good for anyone visg a gay bar for the first time.

One of my favore thgs about Duplex is that don't feel the need to nform to any prenceived notn of what a gay bar is.

Other mils wh queer them clu Come From Away, which clus the te story of Kev Tuerff and his partner, both of whom bee strand Newfoundland wh hundreds of others durg the 9/11 attacks, and The Book of Mormon, which often mocks relig bigotry agast gay people.

WT HOLLYWOOD’S HISTORIC GAY NIGHTCLUB THE ABBEY IS UP FOR SALE

Wh storeonts that are cked out rabow flags and a sassy, ice-cream-lickg unirn, Big Gay Ice Cream knows how to create a scene. One of the most important facilators of muny for LGBTIQ+ New Yorkers is The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center, referred to by lols simply as “The Center”.

“Cisg” Central Park is also very real, and if you're g om somewhere that don't have much of a gay muny, thgs like this might e as a b of a culture shock. A number of gay bars Jackson Heights have a big followg Queens, but Friend’s Tavern is one of the most popular. Ground zero for the 1969 rts that helped lnch the gay rights movement, Stonewall is still a rog, though very touristy, Village statn to pay tribute to the movement.

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This popular and cheerful gay bar occupi a roomy, thoughtfully signed space wh a backyard South Williamsburg.

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