CursiD: Did Detro Ever Have A 'Gayborhood'? - WDET 101.9 FM

gay bars downtown detroit

  • Home
  • gay bars downtown detroit

Recent Posts

GAY ROYALS FAMILY MEMBERSDecember 23, 2024
GAY EASTER HOUSTONDecember 23, 2024
GAY ACTOR CARLDecember 23, 2024
GAY FEMALE AUTHORSDecember 23, 2024
GAY PIERCING EARDecember 23, 2024
GAY PRIDE MONTH GERMANYDecember 23, 2024
ITALIAN GAY SONGSDecember 23, 2024
GAY NIGHTCLUB BIRMINGHAMDecember 23, 2024
GAY ROOMMATES IN LOS ANGELESDecember 23, 2024
GAY PERSONALS NYDecember 23, 2024

Tags

, statn travel guis wh a gay perspective.

Contents:

WH THE WOODWARD’S FUTURE UNCERTA, TAKG STOCK OF DETRO'S DISAPPEARG GAY BARS

From downtown Detro to Royal Oak, Gay-Friendly nightlife reigns supreme. Check out the gay-iendly bars and nightclubs. * gay bars downtown detroit *

From downtown Detro to Royal Oak, Gay-Friendly nightlife reigns supreme.

Gay-Friendly Bars & Clubs Metro Detro. As one of the olst gay spac Detro, this spot is te to s gay roots but is always open to anyone who wants to jo the fun.

Loted the former gay mec of Detro, Palmer Park, the plex clus the Menjo’s Bar, the Eagle Leather Bar, and the Olymp Theater. It’s fely the place for a night of gay-oriented entertament — the bt kd! Gigi's Gay Bar.

HUNDREDS REMISCE ABOUT HISTORIL DETRO GAY BAR SCENE

When The Woodward, Detro's olst-nng gay bar, burned a massive fire last week, spurred a nversatn about the history of the bar self and how to remember and celebrate s signifince the gay muny while lookg toward the future. * gay bars downtown detroit *

One of the bt gay and drag bars the cy, Gigi’s is optimal for drks and a show. Ferndale has been the center of gay life Detro sce the 2000s and Soho is the classy yet sual spot for gay men, women and everyone between right the heart of the downtown area off Wt Ne Mile Road. Whether you’re gay, straight, bi, trans, or queer, the are great tablishments to make a night of and teract wh a diverse muny.

GAY DETRO TRAVEL GUI

* gay bars downtown detroit *

The history of the LGBT muny metro Detro spans the cy’s past, but took new shape right after World War II when gay clubs began openg mostly downtown. This gay-owned Spanish tapas rtrant featur a lp of tradnal tapas, which are meant to be eaten small portns while sippg on the spot’s hoe-ma sangria or a craft cktail. This relative newer to the cy’s nightlife scene isn’t explicly a gay bar, but ’s fely LGBTQ-clive, om s management to the event programmg on hand.

When The Woodward, Detro's olst-nng gay bar, burned a massive fire last week, spurred a nversatn about the history of the bar self, but also where was suated Detro gay history more broadly — and how to remember and celebrate s signifince the gay muny while lookg toward the future. The fire happened the middle of Pri Month, and not jt any Pri Month Detro: This year marks 50 years sce the cy's first Pri march, held June 24, 1972 to mand "full civil rights for gay people" and a repeal of all anti-gay laws, the Free Prs reported back then. The march, officially lled Christopher Street '72, was self a remembrance of the uprisg at the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street New York Cy on June 28, 1969, when protts broke out rponse to a police raid at a gay bar.

In s 70-odd years, The Woodward has been part of many tersectg stori of gay life and culture Detro, cludg policg of gay spac, ownership shifts, racial segregatn and populatn trends the cy.

THE STATE OF GAY

Detro Gay Bars and Detro Gay Clubs map 48226 by ClubFly * gay bars downtown detroit *

The owners said they never set out to open up a gay bar. "We jt opened up and whichever way went, went, " Andy Karagas told "Gayzette" 1973 (as reported Andy's obuary 1997).

"And when went gay all the way, we kicked out all the straights that night. He later me out as the time, owners of gay bars Detro were mostly not gay themselv. Gay sex was a crime Michigan — as had been sce the 1800s — and police equently harassed and arrted gay people and raid gay bars.

CURSID: DID DETRO EVER HAVE A ‘GAYBORHOOD’?

"It was technilly illegal to operate a bar that was a renzvo for homosexuals, " said Tim Retzloff, adjunct assistant profsor of history and LGBTQ studi at Michigan State Universy. Bars at the time, gay and otherwise, sometim paid off police to be left alone. The Woodward provid a safe haven for whe gay men.

RIVIERA PARKSEE ALL THGS TO DO{"@TYPE":"LOLBS","NAME":"RIVIERA PARK","URL":"\","ADDRS":{"@TYPE":"POSTALADDRS","STREETADDRS":"YEGOROVA ST., 1","ADDRSCOUNTRY":"RSIA","POSTALCO":"354000"},"AGGREGATERATG":{"@TYPE":"AGGREGATERATG","RATGVALUE":"4.0","REVIEWCOUNT":1606},"OPENGHOURS":"MO-SU 07:30-23:30","IMAGE":"HTTPS:\U002F\\U002FMEDIA\U002FPHOTO-O\U002F1D\U002FF4\U002F58\U002F81\","@NTEXT":"HTTP:\U002F\"}SEE ALL THGS TO DORIVIERA PARK41,606 REVIEWS#36 OF 399 THGS TO DO SOCHIAMEMENT & THEME PARKSCLOSED NOW7:30 AM - 11:30 PMMONDAY7:30 AM - 11:30 PMTUDAY7:30 AM - 11:30 PMWEDNDAY7:30 AM - 11:30 PMTHURSDAY7:30 AM - 11:30 PMFRIDAY7:30 AM - 11:30 PMSATURDAY7:30 AM - 11:30 PMSUNDAY7:30 AM - 11:30 PMWRE A REVIEWABOUTSOCHI'S MOST POPULAR PARK NTAS GAM, AMEMENT RIS, ART GALLERI, F, STATU AND BETIFUL MAGNOLIA TRE PLANTED BY RSIAN ASTRONTS THE NAME OF PEACEFUL SPACE EXPLORATN.READ MORESUGGTED DURATNMORE THAN 3 HOURSSUGGT EDS TO IMPROVE WHAT WE SHOW.IMPROVE THIS LISTGFULL VIEWALL PHOTOS (1,377)THE AREA ADDRSYEGOROVA ST., 1, SOCHI 354000 RSIAREACH OUT DIRECTLYVIS WEBSECALLEMAILFULL VIEWBT NEARBYRTRANTS881 WH 5 KMSHMELI & SUNELI1,8700.5 KM$$ - $$$ • RSIAN • GEIAN • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYRTORAN SEMEYNYKH RETSEPTOV OLIVYE8230.6 KM$$ - $$$ • ITALIAN • SEAFOOD • EUROPEANCHETYRE SYNA400.3 KM$ • ITALIAN • PIZZA • CAFEBLACK SEA BISTRO RAPANAS380.4 KM$ • SEAFOOD • HEALTHY • STREET FOODKHACHAPURI1350.6 KM$ • EUROPEAN • ARMENIANPUB LISYA NORA320.3 KM$ • BAR • PIZZA • PUBPROMENAD2790.7 KM$$ - $$$ • MEDERRANEAN • CONTEMPORARY • SOUPSUMI ASIAN KCHEN & BAR1500.8 KM$$ - $$$ • JAPANE • SEAFOOD • SHIMOE HOE LAPSHA I DHA730.6 KM$ • CAFE • FAST FOOD • EUROPEANTRATTORIA PORTUM 1905270.5 KM$ • ITALIAN • MEDERRANEANSEE ALLATTRACTNS155 WH 10 KMSRIVIERA DOLPHARIUM4050.1 KMZOOSSECRETS OF THE OCEAN OCEANARIUM570.1 KMAQUARIUMSSKYTOWN SOCHI1278 MAMEMENT & THEME PARKSR ZOO20.1 KMZOOSEQUTRIAN THEATER70.2 KMTHEATRMM OF ENTERTAG SCIENCE GENIUM0.1 KMSCIENCE MMS • CHILDREN'S MMSMM VNUTRI CHELOVEKA0.1 KMCHILDREN'S MMSRIVIERA EXHIBN GALLERY550.4 KMPOTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSBYT LVA TOLSTOGO20.4 KMMONUMENTS & STATUGREEN THEATRE110.4 KMTHEATRSEE ALLCONTRIBUTEWRE A REVIEWUPLOAD A PHOTOREVIEWSQ&AFILTERSENGLISHMOST RECENTDETAILED REVIEWS: REVIEWS ORR RMED BY SCRIPTIVENS OF ER-INTIFIED THEM SUCH AS CLEANLS, ATMOSPHERE, GENERAL TIPS AND LOTN RMATN.4.01,606 REVIEWSEXCELLENT579VERY GOOD413AVERAGE349POOR177TERRIBLE88EVILBONDGIRLLONDON, UK331 NTRIBUTNS1A VERY MIXED FEELG! MAY 2018 • FAYWE HAD A VERY MIXED FEELG ABOUT THIS PARK. THE GROUNDS ARE NICELY KEPT, AND THERE IS A GOOD SELECTN OF THE RIS AND OTHER EXPERIENC. BUT THE BIGGT PROBLEM IS A VERY AGGRSIVE ADVERTISEMENT, AND LEAFLETS HAND OUT BY THE PROMOTERS. IT’S UNBEARABLE, EVERY SGLE STEP YOU MAKE SOMEONE IS TRYG TO STUFF AND SELL THGS TO YOU. THERE WERE TWO GUYS ONE WH A PARROT AND ANOTHER ONE WH A MONKEY, BE AWARE OF THOSE PEOPLE. THEY PUT ANIMALS ON YOU, THEN VERY QUICKLY TAKE SOME PICTUR OF YOU, AND THEY WILL AGGRSIVELY TRY TO GET AS MUCH SH OUT OF YOU AS POSSIBLE, THEY ARE OF A BULLYG TYPE. THEY WILL FIRST ASK FOR A RIDICULO AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND THEN BY BEG PHY AND TRYG TO PUT A GUILT TRIP ON YOU WILL START LOWERG THE PRICE. PERSONALLY, I THK THE PARK ADMS SHOULD REGULATE THEM, OR THEY SHOULD NOT BE PERMTED TO BE THERE AT ALL. IF THAT HAPPENS TO YOU, MENTN THAT YOU WILL LL THE POLICE AND THEY WILL LEAVE YOU ALONE. I WOULD SAY THAT THIS PLACE IS OK IF YOU ARE VISG A SPECIFIC ATTRACTN. BUT RATHER THAN THAT, N BE EASILY SKIPPED. WE WOULDN’T GO BACK THERE. READ MOREWRTEN 23 MAY 2018THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.NO AMOSW, MOSW CY, RSIA36 NTRIBUTNS0RIVIERA MAY 2018 • FAYIT'S AN OLD PARK THE CENTER OF TOWN, NOTHG EXTRAORDARY. WE DID.T LIKE VERY MUCH, I FELT LIKE I WAS BACK SOVIET UNN READ MOREWRTEN 11 MAY 2018THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.SHILOHBCLOWER MALAND, BC504 NTRIBUTNS0WORTHWHILE VISSEP 2017 • SOLOBE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE LEN MOSAIC AT THE ENTRANCE. THERE IS A LOT MORE TO SEE THAN JT THE CHILDREN'S AMEMENT PARK. THERE IS A GROVE OF MAGNOLIA TRE, EACH TREE PLANTED BY FAMO PEOPLE CLUDG SMONTS AND VISG OFFICIALS OM OTHER NATNS. BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE LORFUL AND WHIMSIL RSIAN HOE (BEG RENOVATED WHILE I WAS THERE AND CLOSED) WHICH SHOULD BE OPEN SOON, DID NOT VIS THE DOLPHARIUM.READ MOREWRTEN 4 DECEMBER 2017THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.KOSTAS MHERMOUPOLIS, GREECE159 NTRIBUTNS0EXCELLENT FOR FUNDEC 2016 • BSIT HAS MANY F, RTRANTS AND OTHER ATTRACTNS. LOTED NEAR THE SOCHI DOWNTOWN. IT'S A MT SEE PLACE IF YOU VIS SOCHIREAD MOREWRTEN 27 OCTOBER 2017THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.SANGEET KPENANG ISLAND, MALAYSIA31 NTRIBUTNS0A FUN PARK FEB 2017 • FRIENDSIF YOU JT WANT TO TAKE A STROLL AND MAYBE DULGE SOME LIGHT HEARTED ACTIVI, THIS IS THE PARK FOR YOU. IT'S EASY TO NAVIGATE AND REALLY BETIFUL! THEY'VE EVEN GOT CUTE F, I WOULD REMEND THE FE NEAR THE AQUARIUM, 'S BIG, CLEAN AND THEY'VE GOT REALLY YUMMY K. READ MOREWRTEN 2 FEBARY 2017THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.SARAHSSIAMOSW, RSIA31 NTRIBUTNS0AVERAGE PARKOCT 2016 • SOLOLOTS OF DIFFERENT ATTRACTNS AND RIS, BUT THE PARK HAS NOT BEEN KEPT VERY WELL - LOTS OF THGS APPEAR VERY OLD AND DIRTY, AND THE ROSE GARN HAS NOT BEEN TEND TO. THAT SAID, IS A GOOD PLACE FOR CHILDREN BEE OF THE RIS.READ MOREWRTEN 11 OCTOBER 2016THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.RTROCKBAD HARZBURG, GERMANY175 NTRIBUTNS0AN AMG DIVERSN.SEP 2015 • COUPLWHAT I SAW OF RIVIERA PARK WAS BASILLY A GRAND RNIVAL/AMEMENT PARK, NOT UNLIKE WHAT YOU WOULD SE AT A STATE FAIR, BUT VERY WELL DONE. CLEAN AND NOT TOO OBNOX, ACTUALLY VERY PLEASANT BY MIDWAY STANDARDS. I WAS THERE TO GO TO THE DOLPHARIUM SHOW, SO THE RT WAS SORT OF LLATERAL. IF I WERE A TEENAGER I'M THKG THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO CISE ON A FRIDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT. AS WAS, A PLEASANT DIVERSN, NOTHG MORE.READ MOREWRTEN 11 OCTOBER 2015THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.SERGI MPROVCE OF LLEIDA, SPA95 NTRIBUTNS1GOOD ATRACTN PARKSEP 2015 • FAYIT'S A PARK VERY NEAR THE CY CENTER OF SOCHI. JT NEAR THE SEA. THERE ARE ALMOST EVERYTHG YOU NEED FOR AMEMENT. AN ATTRACTN PARK, A LPHARY, TRE AND POOLS, FOOD PLAC AND SOUVENIR STANDS.AT NIGHT IS VERY ATTRACTIVE. YOU HAVE THE BEACH JT NEAR THE PARK, SO YOU N HAVE A BATH A FEW MUT NEAR THE PARK.READ MOREWRTEN 4 OCTOBER 2015THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.EKATERA FMOSW, RSIA66 NTRIBUTNS1FUN FAY DAYJUL 2015 • FAYWELL, YOU PROBABLY BETTER DON'T PARE WH AMEMENT PARKS EUROPE AND THE US BUT 'S PRETTY CENT. WE WERE OFFERED TO BUY A FAY TICKET WHICH STS LIKE 1500 B AND WAS 21 RIS, WHICH I NSIR PRETTY REASONABLE, WAS ENOUGH FOR 3 OF . IT CLUD NOT ALL THE RIS THOUGH BUT MOST OF THE BIG AND SRY ON IF YOU LIKE.READ MOREWRTEN 26 SEPTEMBER 2015THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.IRA G1 NTRIBUTN2GREAT LGBT-IENDLY PLACEAUG 2015 • COUPLTHIS IS A GAY-IENDLY PLACE FOR EVERYONE. LOUD LGBT CROWD N BE SEEN EVERYWHERE. ALSO, THERE IS A GAY-BAR WHERE ONE N HEAR SUCH GAY INS AS ZHEKA AND A-SEN NCERT. THE FLAMBOYANT GUYS N DRIVE THE QUEER CROWD CRAZY. THIS PARK WILL MAKE YOUR STAY UNFETTABLE.READ MOREWRTEN 24 AUGT 2015THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.123SHOWG RULTS 1-10 OF 28Леонид ПВ понедельник работает дельфинарий?ADD A REPLYPLATKOVSKAYA2012012BARNL, RSIAСколько стоит билет в дельфинарий?SVETLANASVQSEVASTOPOL36 NTRIBUTNSВ ноябре 2016 комплекс на одного 800 руб.READ ALL REPLIVIEW ALLALSO POPULAR WH TRAVELLERSSEE ALLSOCHI PARK2,987AMEMENT & THEME PARKSАквапарк MOUNTA BEACH289WATER PARKS • SPASSKYTOWN SOCHI12AMEMENT & THEME PARKSAKVALANGIST WATER CENTER6WATER PARKSCHILDREN'S AMEMENT PARK ROZA LAND8AMEMENT & THEME PARKS • PLAYGROUNDSMORSKAYA ZVEZDA AQUA PARK102AMEMENT & THEME PARKSLUNA PARK CULTURE AND LEISURE CENTER31AMEMENT & THEME PARKSAQUAPARK GALAKTIKA248WATER PARKSNTIL AQUA PARK68AMEMENT & THEME PARKSWATER PARK OKTYABRSKIY5WATER PARKSIS THIS YOUR TRIPADVISOR LISTG?OWN OR MANAGE THIS PROPERTY? CLAIM YOUR LISTG FOR EE TO RPOND TO REVIEWS, UPDATE YOUR PROFILE AND MUCH MORE.CLAIM YOUR LISTGRIVIERA PARK (SOCHI) - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

Like many gay bars of s era, did not embrace people of lor. In that way, The Woodward was not unlike most other early gay bars Detro. Startg after World War II and to the 1960s, several gay bars were cltered around Farmer and Bat streets downtown Detro, cludg Club 1011, La Rosa's and The Silver Dollar.

Very few gay bars at the time tered to Black patrons, although there were two Paradise Valley that Retzloff has intified his rearch: The 705 and the Ra-bo Mic Club. Their place was known as "The Gay Spot. More gay hangouts began to crop up beyond downtown the '50s and '60s.

TOP 11 GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS IN DETRO

Gay ownership of gay bars beme more mon this era.

Menjo's, which still exists, was gay-owned when Mike Crawford, Henry Trent and Joe LaRosa, Jr. Gigi's, on Wt Warren near the Southfield Freeway, will take on the mantle of the olst operatg gay bar Detro if The Woodward do not survive.

It dat s foundg to 1973, when the former supper club was purchased by Tony Garne — a gay man and one of the founrs of Bars and Towels, Inc., an early associatn for owners of gay bars and bs.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY BARS DOWNTOWN DETROIT

Top 11 Gay Friendly Hotels In Detro 2023 - WOW Travel.

TOP