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(Courty Kristen Porter/Hurley Event Photography)The se of so much gay history Boston is pretty borg om the outsi, jt a squat gray buildg that stretch a whole block on Boylston near Fenway Park. But until jt before quarante — when Mache Nightclub and bar Ramrod officially closed — past the ont door and the blacked-out wdows at 1254 Boylston St., si was, the leather and Levis gay bar, moved to the first floor 1981 wh Mache rvg out a separate gay nightclub downstairs 1998. Both spots had that kd of slightly dgy, lived- feel of a well-loved gay hangout, the cigarette smell that seemed to hang the air long after Boston banned smokg doors, the dim rners here and there for makg out.

(Courty Helix Peb Photos)The gay scene Boston is still domated by whe guys, but at least for many, Mache was a hub for a more diverse crowd.

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The spot hosted Dyke Nights and at least one gay weddg receptn.

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“It was one of the few gay bars where you uld see Black people gog , and Black queer people, and straight people, ” Krone says. Blame the ter for the ath of gay spac Fenway and beyond if you want, but the real reason perhaps isn’t that tidy. El, an eveng gay bar for Black patrons, operated briefly Roxbury om 1970 to 1973.

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“The gay bars Boston never have e back after AIDS. ”Mark KroneBis gentrifitn, Krone has another theory about the cle of the gay bar Boston. Unlike New York and other plac which bounced back pretty well after the height of the AIDS crisis, gay bars wise, Boston never did, ” he says.

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COVID-19 and the ensug quarante have thrown the world for a loop, but there are still gay spots town, like Club Café Back Bay and Blend Dorchter, where Miranda Wrights hosts viewg parti of shows the “RuPl’s Drag Race” anchise. has this list of former gay bars and hot spots, wrten by someone much younger than I:Do you remember....?

Not sure what the name was, but I was told there ed to be a bar or der where gay men equented back the 70s and 80s. Wh the 24-hour ders and Chatown nearby, one would have thought that gay nightlife would thrive... Okay, 's not a bar or club, but was perhaps the most popular, longt-survivg gay bookstore Boston.

Another short-lived bar on Washgton Street Downtown Crossg that featured gay night (Wedndays). Saturday morngs had a mixed crowd, and Sunday morngs were all-gay.

The Loft has been closed for almost ten years now, but now RISE has returned (after a fire that closed the club for over a year) as the after-hours hot spot for gay club-goers.

Filed unr Gay Issu | permalk | October 17, 2004 at 07:35 PM. I hear of lot of top 20 om the eighti listed as "Gay Mic".

"Not sure what the name was, but I was told there ed to be a bar or der where gay men equented back the 70s and 80s. I remember standg ont of the Commons, lookg left and right for anyone I knew who might see me, then nng across Boylston to enter the gay world.

I've done some rearch but am lookg for someone who might be open to talkg to me about their rellectns of gay bars and bath hoe/s Boston (C) 1972.

A few gay guys hung out there at night. The 80s gay bar scene Boston wasGR8.

Memori of all the different gay bars Boston to what 2 or 3 left today?