History Matters: Delaware's Gay Beach | Delaware First Media

Contents:

• REHOBOTH BEACH GAY GUI: HOTELS, BARS AND MORE
• GAYREHOBOTH
• GAY NIGHTLIFE REHOBOTH BEACH, DELAWARE: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE
• REHOBOTH BEACH GAY CY GUI – THE NATN’S GAY GETAWAY
• GAY REHOBOTH BEACH - REHOBOTH BEACH FOM
• THE SHORE INN- CLOTHG OPTNAL HOTEL FOR GAY MEN PHOTO GALLERY FOR THE SHORE INN- CLOTHG OPTNAL HOTEL FOR GAY MENEXTERRSUN CKEXTERRINTERR TAILOUTDOOR SPA TUB 6+ OVERVIEW OF THE SHORE INN- CLOTHG OPTNAL HOTEL FOR GAY MEN OVERVIEWROOMSLOTNAMENIPOLICI THE SHORE INN- CLOTHG OPTNAL HOTEL FOR GAY MEN
• HISTORY MATTERS: DELAWARE'S GAY BEACH
• TOP 11 GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS IN REHOBOTH BEACH
• REHOBOTH’S GALLERY 50 TO HOST SHOWS BY TWO GAY ARTISTS
• DELAWARE’S GAY GHETTO, REHOBOTH BEACH
• THE BEST REHOBOTH BEACH GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS REHOBOTH BEACH
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS REHOBOTH BEACH
• REHOBOTH BEACH GAY CY GUI – THE NATN’S GAY GETAWAY

REHOBOTH BEACH GAY GUI: HOTELS, BARS AND MORE

For a beach town found the 1870s as a Methodist Meetg Camp, Rehoboth Beach veloped a gay sensibily surprisgly the relig mp was abandoned, the area attracted visors om wh Delaware, assisted by a new boardwalk and a railroad that ran directly to downtown. Then, jt as now, both the legislators and their support staff clud que a few gay has that the DuPont property along the ocean was where Rehoboth's gay nightlife began. In the 1940s, Tallulah Bankhead and Hollywood croni olicked at the DuPont mansn and the lol art league nurtured a dre of women paters famo both for their nvas and their close the 1950s, the Pk Pony Bar opened on the boardwalk, wh some gay men gatherg at happy hour.

Through the 1970s, Rehoboth's reputatn as a tradnal fay rort ntued while more gay visors arrived.

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Two gay dance clubs, The Boathoe and The Renega, opened to celebrate the dis era, and 300-400 gay men uld be found on the south end of the beach on holiday, 1974, three rtratrs, one gay man (Victor Pisapia) and one straight uple (Libby and Ted Fisher), opened The Back Porch Rtrant and changed the urse of fe dg Delaware, addg fabulo ntemporary cuise to the ied seafood platters town. In 1980, Pisapia and Joyce Felton opened The Blue Moon, and gay owned and operated rtrants began their gay men gathered at The Blue Moon bar for Happy Hour, the rtrant won aclas om lol and natnal policians, straight summer visors, and an creasg number of gay and lbian upl.

Rehoboth still had s taffy and beach i, but an creasgly urban crowd, gay and straight helped turn Rehoboth to the culary pal of the 1988, a dis named the Strand opened the center of Rehoboth Beach proper, turng an old movie theater to one hot nightspot. Wh gays and lbians beg much more visible town by the early 1990s, many longtime rints feared their town was beg overtaken by the newers.

Bumper stickers appeared sayg Keep Rehoboth a Fay Town and there were gay-bashg the Strand applied for a liquor license, the Cy homeowner Associatn drew a le the sand, g noise, traffic and parkg issu to bolster their pleas for nial. Now there is a huge gay populatn, many GLBT owned and operated bs, a throng of LGBT visors, and last year, jt as USA Today lled Rehoboth one of Ameri's bt gay beach, Rear's Digt anoted one of Ameri's top retirement statns. Fet Ocean Cy Maryland or the Jersey Shore — this is where the gays are.

GAY NIGHTLIFE REHOBOTH BEACH, DELAWARE: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE

Poodle is still the ma gay stretch of sand — though actual poodl and their owners, tend to ngregate at North Shore Beach (15099 Cape Henlopen Dr., Lew), way past the other end of town. ) has long been the place to see-and-be-seen after the beach thanks to s large outdoor pat right on the gayt block town — not to mentn s crew of shirtls bartenrs.

While no longer an explicly leather/fetish venue, the brighter, tropil-md Diego’s neverthels will ntue the fetish-oriented party Gear It UP Fridays, as well as Philalphia-based DJ Steve Durk’s popular Saturday event ManDance — billed as “the biggt gay dance party Rehoboth. Of urse, one gay venue has always towered above the rt.

) remas grand central for gay Rehoboth so many ways. Meanwhile, one notable gay-owned rtrant set to open later the season is The P (56 Baltimore Ave. It’s still as gay as you remember — if not a ltle gayer — and certaly more lbian and queer general.

REHOBOTH BEACH GAY CY GUI – THE NATN’S GAY GETAWAY

It’s also more appreciably LGBTQ-iendly now — no small part bee of the work of Steve Elks, who -found the pro-LGBTQ anizatn CAMP Rehoboth () 1991 at the height of anti-gay sentiment, nveyed a popular bumper sticker at the time: “Keep Rehoboth a Fay Town.

The unofficial mayor — and certaly the gay mayor — of Rehoboth, the 67-year-old Elks died of lymphoma March, leavg behd his longtime hband and CAMP -founr Murray Archibald. ) for Sundance — at the time, 1994, gettg approval om a cy-owned facily for a party where many gay men would be shirtls and dancg suggtively was so ntroversial as to be all-but unthkable. In the Uned Stat, there are plenty of great gay statns and LGBTQ travel spots – pecially along the asts.

A gay Rehoboth Beach vatn n be the perfect getaway for a group trip, uple’s statn or even a fay vatn. The Rehoboth Beach gay muny is iendly, mpy and fun. If you make the trip there, you’ll see how I got hooked and you probably will is a gui to everythg you want to know about a trip to ReHOMO Beach.

GAY REHOBOTH BEACH - REHOBOTH BEACH FOM

Rehoboth Beach is a fantastic gay statn all year.

For any gay beach statn, you need to learn where you n fd your tribe. For most gay men, Rehoboth Beach’s bt ocean ont tanng lotn is Poodle ’s more than a fun name, ’s actually got a strategic Rehoboth and the neighborg beach town, Dewey Beach, were beg surveyed, there was a fotten stretch that wasn’t put the jurisdictn of eher municipaly.

Compared to many gay beach Europe and even a few the USA, there isn’t a lot of cisg durg the day.

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Experience Rehoboth Beach Gay Nightlife.

They serve tasty bar food and ’s a great gay beach bar wh a mixed crowd and iendly people.

HISTORY MATTERS: DELAWARE'S GAY BEACH

37298 Rehoboth Ave Rehoboth Beach, DEIf you’ve been to Rehomo before, but not for a few years, then you may remember Diego’s as The Double L or the home of MANdance (for many years).

The Sands is great bee you’re walkg distance to the gay bars and on the boardwalk for an easy walk to Poodle Beach. Actually… this n be a ltle annoyg when all of your iends are gay men om Philalphia, Baltimore and Washgton, STILL, you need to know where to go for those perfect stagram spots and here are my suggtns.

TOP 11 GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS IN REHOBOTH BEACH

Gay Beach at The North Shor.

REHOBOTH’S GALLERY 50 TO HOST SHOWS BY TWO GAY ARTISTS

Poodle beach is great, but tends to be occupied by pretty gay men. There’s another gay beach the oppose directn on the north si of Rehoboth Beach lled Whiskey ’s popular wh lbians and bears wh gay and straight fai sprkled between. This should give you a good ia of what to expect and how to make the most of a Rehoboth Beach gay bt thg about Rehoboth Beach is that has somethg for everyone.

See why Rehoboth Beach, a charmg astal town wh gay and lbian beach, hip rtrants, and a vibrant nightlife, closely rivals s LGBT-iendly neighbor to the north.

Especially one as lovely as Poodle Beach, a wi patch of sand at the southern end of the boardwalk that’s popular wh gay men. Tman's Ltle Whe Hoe is a tourist mt-see Key Wt, ntled on Front Street, jt a stone's throw away om the many bars, rtrants, and gay nightlife that make Key Wt an LGBTQ+ statn. C., the beach town served as my safe harbor, and was also my secret statn durg many summers, where I would go explore the gay bars, albe not always -- or ever -- a sober my six years on Capol Hill, I had shar straight beach ho Dewey Beach, Del., which is about a e and a half south om Rehoboth.

DELAWARE’S GAY GHETTO, REHOBOTH BEACH

No one ever did, and as the trolley ma a sharp left hand turn once we arrived the Rehoboth province, and while the rirs had their ey shut wh lghter, I would magilly slip off, disappearg to the darkns of the night, and reappearg at several of the gay bars downtown Rehoboth, most promently the Blue Moon or the Frog Pond. I was not always weled wh open arms, and now I unrstand why there was so much trepidatn when I walked the doors of Rehoboth gay bars. I was athly aaid to walk to a gay bar, or be seen near one, lt someone thk I was actually gay.

Rehoboth is almost like a rnerstone my life as a proud gay man, where I me to gradually bee more fortable beg outwardly and openly gay, and to be happy about when I vis, I take long ns, first through Poodle Beach, the gay gatherg place on Rehoboth's shore and ogle all the hot guys, then I jump up on Rehoboth's stunng e-long boardwalk passg Grotto's Pizza where I famoly sang Frank Satra classics for their grand, I angle off the boardwalk, and smper down the long road that ns parallel to the beach and where Joe Bin's hoe ss, and n -- not bike and pass out -- to Cape Henlopen Park. Gay Rehoboth Beach. Rehoboth Gay Visor Map.

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This East Coast hangout is far ls tourist-popular than s neighbors—Atlantic Cy, New Jersey, the north and Ocean Cy, Maryland, the south—but has to be one of the most gay-iendly slic of astle around.

Each of Rehoboth's ltle hamlets attracts a different kd of crowd (North Shore, for stance, has a reputatn for beg a lbian hangout whereas Poodle Beach beckons young gay men).

Purple Parrot Grill: You n expect the bartenr to pour your beer while wearg a swimsu this qutsential gay beach bar. It's not gay-specific, per se, but 's right on the ma drag and a great optn for tastg top-qualy beer.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS REHOBOTH BEACH

N blend so perfectly wh the boys of the Gayborhood Philalphia, how the qutsential Jersey guys n mix so wonrfully wh the boys of Baltimore.

REHOBOTH BEACH GAY CY GUI – THE NATN’S GAY GETAWAY

Poodle Beach is what many would ll the “gay beach” and is fely the place to see and be seen when to beach life. In fact, some even ll “The Natn’s Gay Getaway” – don’t miss your chance to get here for a getaway too!

Bee Rehoboth Beach is such a small area, there is no one specific “gayborhood” as might be expected larger ci. While all of Rehoboth Beach is gay-iendly, Poodle Beach is the ma stretch of gay beach the area. Aqua Grill, asi om havg lic food and a betiful view, is known as the place to see and be seen for the Rehoboth Beach gay muny.

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