Gay Bars and Clubs New England

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• THE 10 BEST MASSACHETTS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MASSACHETTS
• GAYT PLAC IN MASSACHETTS FOR 2020

THE 10 BEST MASSACHETTS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MASSACHETTS

Tripadvisor performs checks on staple gay club P-Town. It’s a fun and ol gay club. (401)831-GAYS (4297).

GAYT PLAC IN MASSACHETTS FOR 2020

Over the weekend, one of Sprgfield's three gay bars announced that s long-anticipated closure would happen about a month.Acrdg to a statement posted to Touché Nightclub's Facebook acunt early Saturday eveng, the bar's last day of bs will be four to six weeks, "due to the impendg moln of our buildg.""This will mark the end of s of history for this muny," the announcement stated.But the owner of Touché's downtown buildg, Jack Ballew, said Monday that while the real tate is unr ntract for sale, the sale has not yet closed.Ballew said that he do not know when the buyer, a Sprgfield-based velopment firm lled the Veco Group, plans to tear down the buildg.The property is worth $237,900 for the buildg and s half-acre se, acrdg to the Greene County Asssor's 2018 appraisal.Seekg rmatn on when moln might happen, the News-Lear reached out to a Veco Group official three tim for this report but has not yet heard back.Reached by the News-Lear on Monday, Touché manager Jab Welch said that he and the bar staff were planng farewell celebratns, but no dat were set. Sce the early 1990s, the no-ills stcture has been a fixture the life of LGBT Sprgfield as home of three popular gay bars.Those clu The Peanut Gallery (open 1994 to 2000); The Edge (2000-2012) along wh the most recent club, Touché (2012-prent).In s six years, Touché has bee known for hostg drag performanc most weekends and charable events cludg bgo gam on some Sunday afternoons.For example, 2016 the bar raised $11,633 for chari and nonprofs, acrdg to s Facebook page. There, he wrote that he found "drag queens, drag kgs, women drag as women, and men drag as men.""I’ve never seen such drag diversy one place," Goss wrote.On April 23, a Facebook reviewer gave Touché a five-star ratg for beg "a very relaxg nonsmokg club full of love, talent and spiratn."In southwtern Missouri and beyond, observers have noted a trend of disappearg LGBT bars recent years.Jopl's only gay bar closed on New Year's Eve, the News-Lear reported.The Enomist reported s Dec.

London lost 16 2014 alone.The culprs are often risg rents revelopg neighborhoods — which gays equently make up the first wave of gentrifyg revelopers — along wh rapid attu chang  wir society that have prompted many LGBT people to feel ls of a need for "gay-only" spac.The availabily of mobile apps such as Grdr and Her that facilate meetg people is also a factor, The Enomist reported.Martha's Veyard and Mix Ultralounge, Sprgfield's other two gay bars, rema open.'I've never seen such drag diversy':Sprgfield's drag scene uld rival Wt Hollywood’s, says LA-based sgerDisappearg LGBT bars:Jopl's only gay bar to shut down after New Year's Eve partyThe latt on the IDEA Commons:New downtown plans float giant shew statue as a symbol of Sprgfield’s amb future. This is our sixth time rankg the gayt plac left for slishow.

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