13 Bt Gay Bars, Rtrants, and Coffee Shops Raleigh and Durham - Eater Carolas

Contents:

• FIRST LOOK: THE TRIANGLE — A LEGENDARY GAY BAR — IS RURRECTED
•  WISNS LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
• QUEER & GAY BERL: YOUR GUI FOR LGBTQ+ BERL
• THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
• MOSW GAY MAP
• MOSW GAY BARS
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

FIRST LOOK: THE TRIANGLE — A LEGENDARY GAY BAR — IS RURRECTED

One of Denver's legendary gay bars, the Triangle, stood s ground for s on the edge of downtown.

Every cy needs a slightly dgy basement gay bar, and Raleigh has Flex. It don’t intify self as an explicly gay bar, but ’s a popular hangout for olr gay men occupyg the former Barker Lounge space. Its owners have claimed ’s the cy’s olst gay bar, havg opened the 1950s and gone openly gay the 1970s, acrdg to Wtword, wh s stantly regnizable, rabow-pated door.

 WISNS LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS

Although ’s not an overtly bear bar — owners scribe as Denver’s queer, unrground fetish bar — ’s a favore of the beard, equently mcle-bound class of gay men who scrib themselv as such (particularly the absence of the late Denver Wrangler). Tra also helps fill a blank spot that particular area’s Denver’s gay scene, wh a perch along Santa Fe Drive and diverse programmg that rang om drag shows and DJ nights to leather nights and beer bts. The name stretch back to the 1970s when the slim brick buildg hosted a gay club lled Triangle, and was a tryout spot for var, unsuccsful bars and craft rtrants after the origal Triangle closed the early 2000s.

QUEER & GAY BERL: YOUR GUI FOR LGBTQ+ BERL

Like Lucid, #Vybe featur a b more diversy than many gay bars, wh drag queens of lor and top tourg queens like Adore Delano swgg through regularly, addn to stand-up edy, game nights, Denver Brons parti (the cheerlears even stopped for a show recently) and lots more. Tracks is one big gay party.

The extent of queer nightlife Colorado ed to be ltle more than a few unrground nightclubs for gay men, but now the scene has expand to clu optns for jt about everyone.

Its bnch shows (wh $15 bottomls mimosas available) are a rollickg good time, but be warned: Gay bars do not water down their mimosas. But still has plenty of strong signature cktails and live entertament, makg an ial spot for people who want to have a gay old time outsi of a nightclub environment.

THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW

Opened Augt 2020 and loted on East Colfax the heart of Denver's Gayborhood, 's advertised as "Denver's Dis Lounge.

MOSW GAY MAP

Tra is kd of a throwback to when the gay nightlife scene was mostly unrground, before beme wily mercialized to draw a straight dience. Tra's Facebook page explas, "While we are a gay men's bar, we are welg to all the queer and kk muny. #VYBE offers s own versns of all the ual gay bar entertament, like drag bgo wh a Lat twist (Lotería), Karaoke wh Sexy J, and equent drag shows om rints Kat Danger, Lala Queen and Krystal Towers.

MOSW GAY BARS

2036 BroadwayToday's Triangle is a rurrectn of a legendary Denver gay bar of the same name, loted the same historic triangular buildg as the origal. Click to enlarge Tight End is Denver's first (and only, officially) gay sports bar. Tight End, owned by Steven Alix (-owner of the Squire Lounge) and Sudy Kudva, is Denver's first (and only, officially) gay sports bar.

Denver fally has s own Eagle — the gay bars poppg up across the untry spired by New York Cy’s leather jot that was origally lled the Eagle’s Nt (now Eagle NYC). The Cy of Oaks ntu to evolve to an excg statn where lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer visors n feel fortable beg themselv—here’s our gui to help you plan an excg, fabulo weekend stay.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

You n also tch a show at Raleigh Ltle Theatre—known to stage ground-breakg LGBT-centered plays and to screen LGBT movi—or grab tickets to mil productns like MisCast and The Gay Card, both g to the North Raleigh Arts & Creative Theatre. Check the performance lendars for the Triangle Gay Men’s Chos and the men’s glee club, Vox Virom, and grab yourself a ont row seat.

Self-scribed as a DIY queer space (open to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer folks), this unrground bar prents drag shows, themed danced parti and lol bands for nights filled wh entertament.

There’s also Flex, a gay/straight/dive bar that offers everythg om dance parti to karaoke to go-go boys.

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

Back the 70s, the buildg was home to one of Denver’s most popular gay bars, The Triangle.

“I loved that was able to flourish a time when was illegal to be gay, or was not an easy time to be gay, ” O’Grady said. “This was such a big part of history, and we’re happy to turn the buildg back to another gay bar. “The first week we were open, all the 70-80-year-old gay men me out and were like, ‘I remember Triangle back the day.

But Triangle is not jt another gay bar. “In Denver, there are so many world class bartenrs and bars like Williams & Graham, but I don’t know why hasn’t h the gay scene yet. Stt Coors, who is the openly gay grandson of the Coors Brewg founr, and Dave Hurt are vtors.