California still has an anti-gay marriage law on the books. Voters uld remove next year - Santa Moni Daily Prs

Contents:

• SANTA MONI AND VENICE BEACH GAY GUI
• WT HOLLYWOOD’S HISTORIC GAY NIGHTCLUB THE ABBEY IS UP FOR SALE
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
• LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS SANTA MONI, CA

SANTA MONI AND VENICE BEACH GAY GUI

Gay Bars Near Santa Moni.

Havg proudly served the Abbot Kney area for nearly 40 years, this origal gay bar lls self a safe haven for those the LGBTQ+ muny. The Bayou is a popular gay bar on Santa Moni Blvd. Moni’s Gay and Lbian Outreach Mistry.

The hotel is associated wh World Rabow Hotels, a travel directory that curat hotels based on World Rabow Hotels’ “acceptance creria,” which clus: hotel’s lotn, characteristics, knowledge of lol gay scene, current volvement wh the LGBTQ+ muny and pliance wh non-discrimatn polici and same sex benefs to their staff. There aren't many rourc for gay travelers foced specifilly on Santa Moni, Venice, and ast; however, this is part of metro Los Angel, which has is one of the world's centers of GLBT culture. There are numero gay newspapers and publitns servg the general area, and Wt Hollywood is the hub of the regn's gay scene.

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

Long Beach Gay also has a gay culture on that part of the ast. Other gay L. Gay & Lbian Center and the popular gay newspapers Frontiers and Lbian News.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

Today, you'd never know that this primarily straight, whe, and profsnal area was an early bastn of gay society, a land of bathho, cisg, and nu sunbathg. Jt off the beach a huge gay bar, the Tropil Village, drew everybody om navy men to closeted celebri to rint thors Christopher Isherwood and Stephen Spenr.

Gay rints are still most fely a prence Santa Moni, but wh nowhere near the prence they have Wt Hollywood, Silver Lake, and some other parts of Los Angel. And wh the flux recent years of stellar rtrants and sign-driven hotels, Santa Moni has steadily bee a favore gay getaway for upl, beachgoers, and those wantg a more relaxed Los Angel vatn. 's East Village or Haight-Ashbury by the sea—ed, was a haven of unter-culture and members of the Beat Generatn durg the '50s and '60s, as well as avant-gar artists and graffi experts, like the late gay artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, the '80s.

LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS SANTA MONI, CA

Along the ast near the Santa Moni–Pacific Palisas town le, you'll fd the most famo gay beach greater Los Angel, loted at the nearly 2-e-long Will Rogers State Beach (15900 Pacific Coast Hwy., at Teml Canyon Road). A ftive atmosphere prevails on most sunny days, pecially around the gay sectn, known affectnately as "Gger Rogers Beach.

Below here, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Redondo Beach are three middle-class suburbs—there is one gay bar the area, the Dolph, Redondo Beach.