D.C.'s Bt Gay Bars and Hangouts - Eater DC

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• GAY WASHGTON DC
• D.C.'S BT GAY BARS AND HANGOUTS
• THE BEST WASHGTON DC GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS WASHGTON DC
• WASHGTON DC GAY BARS

GAY WASHGTON DC

The natn's pal is home to a lively LGBTQ+ nightlife scene wh plenty of gay and lbian bars jt wag for you to jo on the fun.

Larry’s Lounge is a gay neighborhood pub, wh always-affordable drks, solid happy hour specials, mouth-waterg pub fare (see: sweet potato tots) and one of the cy’s iendlit pats (you n brg your dog, too!

Number Ne to the btlg Logan Circle urty of -founr Ed Bailey, who helped DC’s gay nightlife scene to grow durg his days as a DJ. Suated right the heart of Adams Man’s btlg 18th Street is Pchers, a gay sports bar, and A League of Her Own, the adjacent bar for lbian and queer women.

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Washgton DC is home to a big gay scene. 's evolvg gayborhood has shifted towards Logan Circle and U Street. In Febary 2016, the Washgton Bla noted an "unual flurry of activy" wh the openg of four new gay bars, the majory of which land the U Street/Shaw/Logan Circle area.

Those spots and more sports bars, dance clubs, and cktail havens are all clud Eater's round up of the District's gay-iendlit bars and hangouts. New gay dive bar Tra opened last year, urty of the team behd Town Danceboutique and Number Ne.

New to the Shaw/U Street gay bar scene is Uproar, which buted last year. Washgton, DC has played an important role LGBT activism the US.Washgton, DC is among the most gay-iendly ci the US, and worldwi! From the untry’s first gay bookstore, to the world’s only gay rner a cemetery, to one of the most important march the history of LGBTQ+ activism - there are numero plac across the cy that have played a signifint role LGBTQ+ history.

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It beme creasgly popular wh the gay and lbian muny. It gaed natnwi notoriety when DC's first gay bookstore, Lambda Risg, opened 1974 (more about that later). A stretch of 17th Street NW is named honor of Frank Kameny, an Amerin gay rights activist and astronomer who was dismissed om his posn bee of his homosexualy.LGBTQ+ Bars  Washgton, DC Most of Washgton, DC's LGBTQ+ nightlife tak place around Dupont Circle and Logan Circle, as well as the Adams Man neighborhood.

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We've handpicked some of the cy's most inic bars, but make sure to check our Washgton, DC gay bars page for a prehensive list.

Pchers DC is one of Washgton, DC’s most well-known gay bars. Pchers DC is open om Wedndays to Sundays.Pchers DC is a sports-themed gay bar Washgton, DC.Another tablished and popular sports-themed gay bar  DC is Nellie's Sports Bar, loted near Logan Circle.

Eher way, this place should be on your gay DC bucket list.Enjoy boozy bnch and drag performanc on weekends at Nellie’s Sports Bar. This gay spot has a big bar area downstairs, while upstairs has a dance floor and more of a nightclub feel to . This is the place to go if you like RuPl's Drag Race as Tra hosts regular viewg parti, wh queens om the show makg an appearance sometim!Historic LGBTQ+ spots  Washgton, DC Lambda Risg was a notor gay bookstore Washgton, DC.As mentned earlier, DC's first gay bookstore opened Dupont Circle 1974.

The discreet shop started out wh only 250 gay tl and beme known for s wi selectn of books, rangg om queer theory and relign to eroti, as well as DVDs, mic CDs and gifts. Lambda Risg soon gaed notoriety across the US, pecially when ran the world's first gay-oriented TV mercial 1975.