Gay Hotels, the Pri of New York: From Brooklyn’s St. Gee to Manhattan’s Out – La Voce di New York

Contents:

• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS NEW YORK
• GAY/DRAG BAR/CLUB - NEW YORK CY FOM
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS NEW YORK
• SIX GAY HOTELS WHERE THE WELE MATS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OUT
• GAY-FRIENDLY HOTELS NEW YORK CY
• 8 POPULAR GAY HOTELS NEW YORK CY
• SEARCH FOR CHEAP DEALS ONGAY FRIENDLY HOTELS NEW YORK
• GAY HOTELS, THE PRI OF NEW YORK: FROM BROOKLYN’S ST. GEE TO MANHATTAN’S OUT
• THE BT GAY HOOK-UP SPOTS NYC
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS YORK
• GAY NEW YORK CY · LUXURY HOTELS

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS NEW YORK

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Although certaly has petn om ci such as San Francis and Los Angel, one nnot ny that ’s one of the most welg and flourishg gay pals of the Uned Stat (and the world). Both s history and s thrivg morn-day LGBTQ scene make an easy choice for gay travelers to vis New York.

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It’s home to the largt LGBTQ populatn the Uned Stat, and ’s unlikely that you’d enunter any issu if you’re openly gay while visg. If you do fd yourself any suatns that need assistance om LGBTQ legal, health, or advocy groups, The Gay Centre and the New York Anti-Vlence Project n offer substantial help. New York’s gay scene nowadays is mostly ncentrated the Hell’s Kchen neighborhood of New York.

However, s historil roots Chelsea and Greenwich Village are still gog strong, and you’ll fd some of New York’s most inic gay bars the areas.

You’ll also fd gay bars all over the cy, particularly East Village, Brooklyn, and Queens. Although historilly the bar’s owners were not always receptive to the ia, Greenwich Village’s Juli’ is generally nsired the olst gay bar New York Cy.

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In 1966, the cy was orrg bartenrs not to serve LGBTQ people and revokg the liquor licens of gay bars. The Mattache Society, one of the earlit gay rights anizatns the Uned Stat, held a “sip-” prott, which ultimately helped overturn the bans. Loted Hell’s Kchen, Indtry is one of the most popular gay bars New York, operatg sce 1991.

Named “New York’s Bt Gay Bar” by magaz such as GetOut and The Village Voice, Indtry is bt experienced on Saturday nights when attracts the biggt crowds and on Thursdays when featur Queen, one of the bar’s longt-nng and most popular weekly drag shows. The venue ed to be a gay dive bar and, although ’s not que as gay-foced anymore, you’ll still fd a sizable queer crowd here.

It’s a popular hangout spot for gay sports leagu/teams and hosts equent events and themed parti, cludg “80s Night” and “Jock Night. Whether they’re owned by gay people, loted gay areas, or jt popular wh gay clientele, the eateri are the perfect plac to refuel as you move om sightseeg to clubs. Owned by gay entreprenrs, Big Gay Ice Cream is an ice cream tck that has won numero awards, cludg Bt Gay Ice Cream Parlour and Bt Food Tck the Country.

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This French-spired brasserie is a charmg, relaxed rtrant and a popular bnch spot wh gay clientele the area. RALLY is ually the startg event and the spirual succsor to the “Gay Power” monstratn that occurred Washgton Square Park a few weeks after the ial Stonewall Rts.

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It’s prented by All Out Arts and aims to be an extensn of their slogan “fightg prejudice and homophobia through the arts.

There are no exclively gay hotels New York, but generally, you won’t experience any problem stayg at most hotels, hostels, or rentals throughout the cy. Many gay travelers choose to stay Chelsea, Greenwich Village, and Hell’s Kchen, as they are close to the LGBTQ-specific plac and events.

From private rooms and apartments to LGBTQ-iendly hotels, you have the optn to stay the heart of gay districts as well as other neighborhoods the plac you vis. A loft Soho, a shared room Barcelona or the Castro, a gay-iendly hotel Le Marais or Chelsea, experience misterb&b all gay travel statns!

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WHAT’S GAY ABOUT IT There were no guts prent when I dropped by this gay, male-only, clothg-optnal guthoe one day, so one of the owners, Gary Rice, was able to show me all eight rooms, startg wh a master sue wh a private bathroom and claw-foot tub.

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The clothg-optnal aspect, more mon around the pools and hot tubs of gay vatn spots like Key Wt, Fla., seems odd an urban town hoe, but ntribut to the somewhat liberte ra here. But a cy where bs like the Wt Si Club — a gay sna — and the Unirn (pornographic) vio store are a short walk away, a clothg-optnal guthoe may not be so out of place, after all. WHAT’S GAY ABOUT IT Named for the P area on Fire Island, this bed-and-breakfast was opened 1986 by Sheldon Post and his partner, Jay Liger, who still owns the n today (Mr.

“Twenty-five years ago, there weren’t a lot of plac, even New York Cy, for gay people to feel really fortable stayg, and when we opened we were 100 percent gay, ” Tom Klebba, the n’s director of sal and marketg, told me a few days after I spent a night here. Today, the P draws a mix of straight and gay YOU WILL FIND INSIDE Each of the 24 rooms, all wh private bathrooms, is dited to a different movie star. There are no elevators, so to get to some rooms you’ll need to climb stairs, but this might help work off the small feast of ffee, bagels and more that is available every morng a long, narrow dg area on the first TAKEAWAY In a prime lotn equidistant om gay hangouts Chelsea and the meatpackg district, the Chelsea P Inn offers a mood that is gay but not cisy, wh dér that’s playful but not chey.

GAY HOTELS, THE PRI OF NEW YORK: FROM BROOKLYN’S ST. GEE TO MANHATTAN’S OUT

WHAT’S GAY ABOUT IT A doorbell rang as Tony Breen, the manager, showed me around one afternoon.

So there’s that, and the clothg-optnal rooftop ck, which helped give the n a palpable gay — yet not seedy — mood while I was there for a brief vis. The 1850 town hoe was the home of Mel Cheren, who helped start the downtown dis Paradise Garage 1977 and donated space his hoe 1982 to Gay Men’s Health Crisis, an H. Cheren, who died 2007, also created a bed-and-breakfast here terg maly to gay ctomers, and remas by today, wh a more diverse — but still more than 50 percent gay — YOU WILL FIND INSIDE Colonial Hoe has 20 rooms and two su.

There is a small breakfast area off the ma entrance, where homema muffs are served TAKEAWAY Colonial Hoe Inn offers an tertg gay history and a mixed clientele.

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WHAT’S GAY ABOUT IT Gem markets self on gay travel Web s, but plenty of s guts probably don’t know that. But this particular outpost (there are Gems Midtown and SoHo also) is the heart of Chelsea and, spe the nstant migratn northward of New York’s gay epicenter to Clton (also known as Hell’s Kchen), Chelsea a’t over. From old-school hnts like Rawhi to younger hangouts like Boxers and Gym, there are plenty of gay bars and gay-iendly bs wh walkg distance.

“The gay market is very important to , ” Philip Cham, the general manager, told me when I stopped by a few days after an overnight stay. He said the hotel draws many gay visors, though the clientele is very much YOU WILL FIND INSIDE All the rooms have one bed, a full or queen, so the place is really signed wh the sgle traveler or uple md.

There is a rooftop ck and, the basement, a teeny gym and bs TAKEAWAY An example of the many gay-iendly boutique hotels Manhattan, the Gem Chelsea is cute and morn and ss a prime lotn, close to many gay hangouts and only a block om the neart subway, which will quickly transport you to Hell’s Kchen. WHAT’S GAY ABOUT IT This 1891 town hoe on Strivers’ Row is a private rince signed by Stanford Whe.

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I found the hoe on Purple Roofs, a gay lodgg rource, where I saw several other gay-owned bed-and-breakfasts the area. But while Harlem is hardly Chelsea or Hell’s Kchen, there are fely gay people livg the neighborhood the days. As is now, though, Native, a bar and rtrant much farther south, at the rner of 118th Street and Lenox Avenue, was the clost place I uld fd wh a rabow flag on the wdow and more than a few gay folks si (and a yummy Morocn ied chicken dish on the menu) YOU WILL FIND INSIDE Our room, on the fourth floor, felt spac at more than 250 square feet.

WHAT’S GAY ABOUT IT Listed Lonely Pla as the first gay n Manhattan, Incentra was for a long time owned by a gay uple who perdilly closed floors for sex parti, said Jeff Pi, the current manager. That was the 1970s and ’80s, and today the 11-room guthoe, which pris two town ho Greenwich Village, draws a mixed crowd, though is predomantly a statn for gay men (sans the sex parti) YOU WILL FIND INSIDE Each room has s own sign and s own bathroom. In 2008, they ma up 10 percent of the 47 ln visors to the cy, and 2009 New York Cy officials promoted Manhattan as a gay tourist statn a $1.

All of the hotels on this list are TAG approved or members of the Internatnal Gay & Lbian Travel Associatn. Gay and lbian employe are reprented at every level of the pany, acrdg to the LGBT microse, and the cha often offers special LGBT disunts, like the "Summer of Pri" al. The pany is a sponsor of Parents and Friends of Lbians and Gays and Natnal Lbian and Gay Journalist Associatn, among other LGBT-iendly groups, and provis gift certifit for var LGBT fundraisg .

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A hip we bar, a newly renovated terr, and a Tim Square lotn -- wh walkg distance of the gay bars Hell's Kchen and the theater district -- giv the Me an edge over the more straightlaced 70 Park Avenue, also a Kimpton hotel. rated Marrtt Internatnal as one of the top gay-iendly hotel chas, and the hotel earned a 100 percent sre on the Corporate Equaly Inx for two years a row.

The OUT New York package clus a five percent donatn of the room rate to GLAAD and a gay and lbian travel gui to New York. The Global Hyatt Corporatn, a partner of the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD), hosted three "Pri Rocks" parti 2008 and promoted a GLAAD package that offered a two-night hotel stay and GLAAD membership. The cha's gay-iendly reputatn was a ltle sullied by the owner of a San Diego Marrtt who supported Proposn 8, but the rporate parent has ntued s support of the LGBT muny.