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• D.C.'S BT GAY BARS AND HANGOUTS
• IN D.C., GAY BARS AND DIV LEAD A WAVE OF BS REQUIRG PROOF OF VACCATNS
• LICHT CAFé, D.C.’S NEWT GAY BAR, IS A COZY, ART-FILLED U STREET HIAWAY
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• THE BEST WASHGTON DC GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS WASHGTON DC
• WASHGTON DC GAY BARS
• GREEN LANTERNSEE ALL THGS TO DO{"@TYPE":"LOLBS","NAME":"GREEN LANTERN","URL":"\","ADDRS":{"@TYPE":"POSTALADDRS","ADDRSLOLY":"WASHGTON DC","ADDRSREGN":"DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA","ADDRSCOUNTRY":"UNED STAT"},"AGGREGATERATG":{"@TYPE":"AGGREGATERATG","RATGVALUE":"4.0","REVIEWCOUNT":16},"IMAGE":"HTTPS:\U002F\\U002FMEDIA\U002FPHOTO-O\U002F17\U002FF0\U002F8B\U002FCF\","@NTEXT":"HTTP:\U002F\"}SEE ALL THGS TO DOGREEN LANTERN416 REVIEWS#46 OF 119 NIGHTLIFE WASHGTON DCGAY BARSREAD MOREVIS WEBSECALLWRE A REVIEWABOUTON THE FIRST FLOOR, A NEIGHBORHOOD PUB, AND ON THE SEND, A CROWD OF GYRATG SWEATY AND SHIRTLS MEN ON THURSDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS.READ MORESUGGT EDS TO IMPROVE WHAT WE SHOW.IMPROVE THIS LISTGFULL VIEWALL PHOTOS (4)TOP WAYS TO EXPERIENCE NEARBY ATTRACTNSARLGTON NATNAL CEMETERY WALKG TOUR & CHANGG OF THE GUARDS623REMEND97% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $49.00 PER ADULTTAST OF GEETOWN: FOOD & HISTORY TOUR64FOOD & DRKOM $129.00 PER ADULTLIKELY TO SELL OUT*DUPONT CIRCLE AND EMBASSY ROW ARCHECTURE TOUR66REMEND98% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.ARCHECTURE TOURSOM $48.00 PER ADULTLIKELY TO SELL OUT*WASHGTON DC SIGNATURE SCENIC LUNCH CISE93FOOD & DRKOM $73.38 PER ADULTU STREET: FOOD, HISTORY, AND STREET ART TOUR132REMEND94% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.ART TOURSOM $112.00 PER ADULTLIKELY TO SELL OUT*GASTRONOMIC GEETOWN FOOD TOUR93FOOD & DRKOM $80.00 PER ADULTBEST SELLERWASHGTON DC MOONL TOUR OF THE NATNAL MALL & STOPS AT 10 S1,276B TOURSOM $68.00 PER ADULTLIKELY TO SELL OUT*WASHGTON DC HOP-ON HOP-OFF TROLLEY TOUR WH 15 STOPS352HISTORIL TOURSOM $49.95 PER ADULTBEST SELLERDC MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS NIGHT TOUR 1,813REMEND92% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.B TOURSOM $58.00 PER ADULTS BY SEGWAY TOUR IN WASHGTON DC201REMEND98% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $66.00 PER ADULTLIKELY TO SELL OUT*PERFECT PRIVATE MT. VERNON/ARLGTON CEMETERY TOUR WH LUNCH6B TOURSOM $725.00 PER GROUP (UP TO 4)WATER TAXI OM WHARF OR OLD TOWN ALEXANDRIA33REMEND90% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.BOAT TOURSOM $19.80 PER ADULTOLD TOWN ALEXANDRIA FOOD TOUR35REMEND91% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.FOOD & DRKOM $78.00 PER ADULTWASHGTON: POTOMAC RIVER CISE & GUID GEETOWN WALKG TOUR6BOAT TOURSOM $79.00 PER ADULTLIKELY TO SELL OUT*WASHGTON DC MONUMENTS BY MOONLIGHT TOUR BY TROLLEY490HISTORIL TOURSOM $59.95 PER ADULTTHE AREA NEIGHBORHOOD: UPPER NORTHWTREAD MORECONTRIBUTEWRE 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.POPULAR MENTNSGAY BAR4.016 REVIEWSEXCELLENT7VERY GOOD5AVERAGE0POOR3TERRIBLE1L D JMEMPHIS, TN492 NTRIBUTNS2COVID-TN RELIEF TRIPAPR 2022A GREAT AND SURPRISGLY GREAT GAY BAR. IT WAS A LTLE WEIRD AT FIRST BEE THE BAR IS LOTED BEHD AN APARTMENT BUILDG DOWN AN ALLEY. THE NIGHT WE VISED WAS KARAOKE NIGHT AND WE HAD A BLAST! I N'T WA TO VIS AGA UPON RETURNG TO DC.READ MOREWRTEN MAY 27, 2022THIS 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.MICHAEL BSAT LOUIS, MO18 NTRIBUTNS0BEWARE OF THE PRICG.JUL 2021WE ME HERE AFTER TALKG TO SOME LOLS. WE DID NOT HAVE A GOOD EXPERIENCE. WE GOT TO THE BAR AND THERE WAS A SPECIAL FUNCTN AND THERE WAS A 10 DOLLAR VER WHICH WAS NO BIG AL. WE WENT TO THE BAR AND ORRED TWO TO'S AND CRANBERRY AND WAS CHARGED 19 DOLLARS. WE SAT AND DRANK OUR CKTAILS AND WENT TO THE UPSTAIRS BAR. WE ORRED TWO MORE OF THE SAME DRK AND WAS CHARGED 12 DOLLARS. WE STOOD UPSTAIRS FOR A B AND FALLY WENT BACK TO THE BAR DOWNSTAIRS AND ORRED ANOTHER 2 TO'S AND CRANBERRY AND WAS CHARGED 16 DOLLARS. 3 DIFFERENT BARTENRS AT TWO DIFFERENT BARS AND WERE CHARGED 3 DIFFERENT PRIC.READ MOREWRTEN JULY 18, 2021THIS 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.KURT WNEW YORK CY, NY214 NTRIBUTNS2FIRST VIS, BUT NOT OUR LASTJUL 2019 • COUPLWE WERE PLEASED TO DISVER THAT THE GREEN LANTERN WAS JT A 5-MUTE WALK OM THE WASHGTON PLAZA HOTEL WHERE WE WERE STAYG. WE HAD SPED OUT THE LOTN ON A PREV VIS, BUT HADN'T GONE . WE WERE THERE TOO EARLY FOR THERE TO BE A CROWD OR ANY ACTIVI, BUT THE DRKS WERE GOOD AND REASONABLY PRICED, SO WE PLAN TO RETURN WHEN NEXT WE'RE DC.READ MOREWRTEN AUGT 1, 2019THIS 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.EVENTSBYTHIRTEENNEW YORK CY, NY415 NTRIBUTNS3THE GREEN LANTERN NEEDS NEW MANAGEMENT!!!!JUN 2018 • FRIENDSI HAVE GONE TO THE GREEN LANTERN FOR OVER 20 YEARS. UNFORTUNATELY, THGS HAVE REALLY TAKEN A TURN FOR THE WORST! I ORRED MY UAL G&T, AND, THE BARTENR WAS BI HIMSELF!! FLAILG AROUND THAT VERY MON AND ANNOYG, QUEENIE, MO MON AMONG GAY MEN. "YOU HAVE TO PAY WH A CRED RD, I NNOT ACCEPT SH OM YOU!?"SCE WHEN? MYRON OR MARV IS HIS NAME, AND HE IS THE MANAGER! HE JT WAS YELLG AND HAVG A TEMPER TANTM, AS I HAVE SEEN HIM DO MANY TIM! IT IS JT ENOUGH!THIS PLACE ED TO BE FUN!!!!READ MOREWRTEN MAY 29, 2019THIS 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.KENGI K39 NTRIBUTNS2JT BADAPR 2019 • BSWE WERE DC FOR A NFERENCE. WE ARRIVED TWO DAYS PRR TO THE START OF THE NFERENCE SO WE ULD TAKE SOME TIME EXPLORG THE DISTRICT. AS ACTIVISTS, ARTISTS AND PHOTOJOURNALISTS, THIS WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO . PL MY LLEAGUE HAD NEVER BEEN TO THE DISTRICT. OUR FIRST NIGHT WE PICKED GREEN LANTERN AS THE SPOT WE'D H UP. THE REVIEWS WERE NICE AND WAS CLOSE TO OUR HOTEL.IT'S NOT EASY TO FD. IT'S BACK THE CUT. GETTG WAS PRETTY CREEPY, THE GUY EYED OUR ID'S FOREVER. THEN MA SOME SMUG MENT. WALKG THE PLACE SEEMED OL. AFTER STANDG AT THE BAR WH NO ONE ONT OF , WE FALLY GET OUR ORR TAKEN. WE BOTH ORRED THE SAME DRK, BUT RIGHT AWAY I NOTICED MY HAD MORE CHASER THAN ANYTHG ELSE. CHECKG TO MAKE CERTA WASN'T JT ME, I ASKED MY IEND TO TASTE . HE LGHED SAYG "DAMN DID HE PUT ANYTHG YOURS" HE OFFERED ME TO TASTE HIS AND IMMEDIATELY I WAS LIKE "WTF" IT WAS LIKE THE GUY PUT ALL THE ALHOL MY IENDS DRK. I TRIED TO EXPLA THIS TO THE GUY WHO MA OUR DRKS, BUT HE WASN'T HAVG . I END UP BUYG A SHOT AND DUMPED THAT MY DRK. THEY BOTH ACTED LIKE I WASN'T BEG TTHFUL WH THEM. WE FISHED OUR DRKS AND LEFT. ON THE WAY OUT THE CREEPY GUY AT THE BAR SAYS "YOU BOYS E BACK SOON" WHE MEN LLG BLACK MEN, "BOYS" IS SO PLETELY DISGTG.READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 29, 2019THIS 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.AARON SUTTON26 NTRIBUTNS0GREAT BAR!DEC 2017 • SOLOI STOPPED ON MY LAST NIGHT DC AND HAD A GREAT TIME. THE STAFF AND PATRONS WERE CREDIBLY IENDLY, AND THE PRIC WERE MORE THAN FAIR!ON THE NIGHT I WENT, THERE WAS OPEN MIC KARAOKE AND EVERYONE WAS HAVG A FANTASTIC TIME! I WOULD FELY VIS AGA NEXT TIME I VISREAD MOREWRTEN NOVEMBER 1, 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.MARTMM8NEWTON LE WILLOWS, UK56 NTRIBUTNS0WHAT A NIGHT! MAY 2017 • FRIENDSHAD AN ABSOLUTE BLAST AT THIS GREAT VENUE VISED ON THURSDAY NIGHT GREAT IENDLY CROWD AND STAFF AND EE DRKS FOR THOSE OF BRAVE ENOUGH TO GO SHIRTLS AND THEN LATER ON STRIP DOWN TO UNRWEAR GOOD MIC REALLY ENJOYED AND WOULD FELY GO BACK! A LOT OF FUN!!!READ MOREWRTEN MAY 27, 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.MART DOSLO, NORWAY3 NTRIBUTNS1BAD ID POLICYAPR 2017 • COUPLHAD BEEN TO THIS EVERYBODY'S-WELE PLACE FOR THREE NIGHTS HAVG A DRK AND ENJOYG A QUIET EVENG ATMOSPHERE. ON THE FRIDAY VIS, THOUGH, A YOUNG MAN AT THE GREEN LANTERN ENTRANCE ASKED FOR PHOTO ID. AS WH EVERY OTHER PLACE WE'D BEEN TO NEW YORK CY AND WASHGTON, DC, WE THOUGHT OUR NATNAL DRIVER'S LICENC WOULD BE OK, ISSUED ACRDG TO EUROPEAN STANDARDS.NOT SO MUCH. HE ASKED FOR US ISSUED IDS (FOR FOREIGN VISORS!) OR PASSPORTS, OR WE WOULD NOT BE LET . WE TRIED TO SAY WE'D BEEN VISG THE DAY BEFORE AND THAT ALL OTHER VENU HAD ACCEPTED OUR IDS. WE WERE SHOWN AWAY.SAD THAT WHAT SEEMED TO BE A IENDLY GAY E-AS-YOU-ARE PLACE HAS SUCH A DISAPPOTG WAY OF GREETG RETURNG CTOMERS...BRG YOUR PASSPORT (!) OR GO TO ONE OF ALL THE OTHER FUN AND WELG DC PLAC. THE LATTER OPTN SEEMS BT.READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 15, 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.EMJAYBVNEWARK, NJ490 NTRIBUTNS1FEELS LIKE HOMEDEC 2016 • FRIENDSTHIS IS FELY MY BAR OF CHOICE D.C. PLEASANT, OLD-SCHOOL BAR R THAT IS WARM AND WELG. THE BARMAN WAS SUPER IENDLY AND A LOT OF THE PATRONS WERE VERY CHATTY TOO. I LOOK FORWARD TO RETURNG.READ MOREWRTEN JANUARY 16, 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.MARK CCHRISTIANSBURG, VA137 NTRIBUTNS2A FUN BAR FOR BEAR WATCHG !!!!JUL 2016 • COUPLWE RECENTLY TRIED THIS BAR ON A TRIP TO A REALLY OL, OLD SCHOOL GAY OF OLR BEAR TYPE GUYS DRKS AND FAIR PRIC, A NICE PLACE TO HANG OUT FOR A YOU LIKE MY REVIEW PLEASE VOTE FOR ME :)READ MOREWRTEN JULY 27, 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.12SHOWG RULTS 1-10 OF 15NO QUTNS HAVE BEEN ASKED ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCEASK A QUTNALSO POPULAR WH TRAVELERSSEE ALLTHE MAGIC DUEL195THEATERS • COMEDY CLUBSDUPONT CIRCLETICKETS OM $45.00BLUE FERN TRAVEL583BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURS • CULTURAL TOURSNIGHTLY SPIRS290BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURS • GHOST & VAMPIRE TOURS2023KICK AXE THROWG DC213BARS & CLUBS • GAME & ENTERTAMENT CENTERSOPEN NOWD.C. CRAWLG55BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURS • HISTORIL & HERAGE TOURSBLU ALLEY212JAZZ BARSGEETOWNCMBS & WHISKERS46COFFEEHO • GAME & ENTERTAMENT CENTERSGEETOWNTHE DUBLER247BARS & CLUBSOPEN NOW • UPPER NORTHWT9:30 CLUB111CONCERTS • BARS & CLUBSTHUNR BURGER & BAR56BARS & CLUBSOPEN NOW • GEETOWNIS 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 LISTGGREEN LANTERN (WASHGTON DC) - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
• THE BT GAY BARS WASHGTON, D.C.
• THE U STREET CORRIDOR FALLY HAS A GAY CLUB AGA
• WASHGTON DC GAY DISTRICT: DUPONT CIRCLE
• THE GAY WAY: HISTORY OF LBIAN BARS SOUTHEAST WASHGTON, D.C.

D.C.'S BT GAY BARS AND HANGOUTS

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. '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.

IN D.C., GAY BARS AND DIV LEAD A WAVE OF BS REQUIRG PROOF OF VACCATNS

New to the Shaw/U Street gay bar scene is Uproar, which buted last year. On the last day of July, John Guggenmos stood by the entrance of Number Ne, one of the two gay bars he -owns D.

As more bs follow, a group of gay bars and div have emerged as trendsetters by takg swift actn to enforce a policy they say protects their service staff and their ctomers.

LICHT CAFé, D.C.’S NEWT GAY BAR, IS A COZY, ART-FILLED U STREET HIAWAY

A ltle more than a e away, Adams Man, gay bar Pchers had also started askg to see proof of vaccatns as soon as the new mask mandate went to effect.

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

Gay bars that have started requirg proof of vaccatns or negative COVID tts clu the Dirty Goose, Nellie’s, and Uproar Lounge — all along the U Street rridor — and JR’s Bar Dupont Circle.

“Speakg om my age, you always felt like as a gay muny we had to take re of ourselv, ” says Guggenmos, 55. Perzza says gay bars, workers often look out for each other as surrogate fai. Informatn that members of the gay muny shared after a clter of breakthrough s over Fourth of July weekend Provcetown, Massachetts, fluenced the CDC’s cisn to go back to remendg masks doors for areas wh a high level of spread.

THE BEST WASHGTON DC GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS WASHGTON DC

In addn to the gay bars, a handful of no-ills waterg hol D. How A Gay Communy Helped The CDC Spot A COVID Outbreak — And Learn More About Delta [NPR]. We are proud to say that we were jt named 2022 BEST GAY BAR IN DC the annual "Bt of DC" ntt the Washgton Bla newspaper.

Owner Spencer Hurd moled Licht after his favore gay fé Mannheim, Germany. His dream: lnchg a cktail bar moled after his favore gay fé Mannheim, Germany. “The goal is to foc on the classic cktails, rather than jt vodka-sodas and rose Kennedys, as you may get at other gay bars, ” he says.

WASHGTON DC GAY BARS

Licht Café is a reference to the spiratn om his go-to gay spot Mannheim, but also reflects his ial zy space. “I love art and sign, ” Hurd says, “and I wanted to make the bar unapologetilly gay.

“I want the to be a bid edgy—this is a part of gay culture.

The U Street NW strip’s gay bar scene is on the up as of late.

GREEN LANTERNSEE ALL THGS TO DO{"@TYPE":"LOLBS","NAME":"GREEN LANTERN","URL":"\","ADDRS":{"@TYPE":"POSTALADDRS","ADDRSLOLY":"WASHGTON DC","ADDRSREGN":"DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA","ADDRSCOUNTRY":"UNED STAT"},"AGGREGATERATG":{"@TYPE":"AGGREGATERATG","RATGVALUE":"4.0","REVIEWCOUNT":16},"IMAGE":"HTTPS:\U002F\\U002FMEDIA\U002FPHOTO-O\U002F17\U002FF0\U002F8B\U002FCF\","@NTEXT":"HTTP:\U002F\"}SEE ALL THGS TO DOGREEN LANTERN416 REVIEWS#46 OF 119 NIGHTLIFE WASHGTON DCGAY BARSREAD MOREVIS WEBSECALLWRE A REVIEWABOUTON THE FIRST FLOOR, A NEIGHBORHOOD PUB, AND ON THE SEND, A CROWD OF GYRATG SWEATY AND SHIRTLS MEN ON THURSDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS.READ MORESUGGT EDS TO IMPROVE WHAT WE SHOW.IMPROVE THIS LISTGFULL VIEWALL PHOTOS (4)TOP WAYS TO EXPERIENCE NEARBY ATTRACTNSARLGTON NATNAL CEMETERY WALKG TOUR & CHANGG OF THE GUARDS623REMEND97% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $49.00 PER ADULTTAST OF GEETOWN: FOOD & HISTORY TOUR64FOOD & DRKOM $129.00 PER ADULTLIKELY TO SELL OUT*DUPONT CIRCLE AND EMBASSY ROW ARCHECTURE TOUR66REMEND98% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.ARCHECTURE TOURSOM $48.00 PER ADULTLIKELY TO SELL OUT*WASHGTON DC SIGNATURE SCENIC LUNCH CISE93FOOD & DRKOM $73.38 PER ADULTU STREET: FOOD, HISTORY, AND STREET ART TOUR132REMEND94% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.ART TOURSOM $112.00 PER ADULTLIKELY TO SELL OUT*GASTRONOMIC GEETOWN FOOD TOUR93FOOD & DRKOM $80.00 PER ADULTBEST SELLERWASHGTON DC MOONL TOUR OF THE NATNAL MALL & STOPS AT 10 S1,276B TOURSOM $68.00 PER ADULTLIKELY TO SELL OUT*WASHGTON DC HOP-ON HOP-OFF TROLLEY TOUR WH 15 STOPS352HISTORIL TOURSOM $49.95 PER ADULTBEST SELLERDC MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS NIGHT TOUR 1,813REMEND92% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.B TOURSOM $58.00 PER ADULTS BY SEGWAY TOUR IN WASHGTON DC201REMEND98% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $66.00 PER ADULTLIKELY TO SELL OUT*PERFECT PRIVATE MT. VERNON/ARLGTON CEMETERY TOUR WH LUNCH6B TOURSOM $725.00 PER GROUP (UP TO 4)WATER TAXI OM WHARF OR OLD TOWN ALEXANDRIA33REMEND90% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.BOAT TOURSOM $19.80 PER ADULTOLD TOWN ALEXANDRIA FOOD TOUR35REMEND91% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.FOOD & DRKOM $78.00 PER ADULTWASHGTON: POTOMAC RIVER CISE & GUID GEETOWN WALKG TOUR6BOAT TOURSOM $79.00 PER ADULTLIKELY TO SELL OUT*WASHGTON DC MONUMENTS BY MOONLIGHT TOUR BY TROLLEY490HISTORIL TOURSOM $59.95 PER ADULTTHE AREA NEIGHBORHOOD: UPPER NORTHWTREAD MORECONTRIBUTEWRE 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.POPULAR MENTNSGAY BAR4.016 REVIEWSEXCELLENT7VERY GOOD5AVERAGE0POOR3TERRIBLE1L D JMEMPHIS, TN492 NTRIBUTNS2COVID-TN RELIEF TRIPAPR 2022A GREAT AND SURPRISGLY GREAT GAY BAR. IT WAS A LTLE WEIRD AT FIRST BEE THE BAR IS LOTED BEHD AN APARTMENT BUILDG DOWN AN ALLEY. THE NIGHT WE VISED WAS KARAOKE NIGHT AND WE HAD A BLAST! I N'T WA TO VIS AGA UPON RETURNG TO DC.READ MOREWRTEN MAY 27, 2022THIS 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.MICHAEL BSAT LOUIS, MO18 NTRIBUTNS0BEWARE OF THE PRICG.JUL 2021WE ME HERE AFTER TALKG TO SOME LOLS. WE DID NOT HAVE A GOOD EXPERIENCE. WE GOT TO THE BAR AND THERE WAS A SPECIAL FUNCTN AND THERE WAS A 10 DOLLAR VER WHICH WAS NO BIG AL. WE WENT TO THE BAR AND ORRED TWO TO'S AND CRANBERRY AND WAS CHARGED 19 DOLLARS. WE SAT AND DRANK OUR CKTAILS AND WENT TO THE UPSTAIRS BAR. WE ORRED TWO MORE OF THE SAME DRK AND WAS CHARGED 12 DOLLARS. WE STOOD UPSTAIRS FOR A B AND FALLY WENT BACK TO THE BAR DOWNSTAIRS AND ORRED ANOTHER 2 TO'S AND CRANBERRY AND WAS CHARGED 16 DOLLARS. 3 DIFFERENT BARTENRS AT TWO DIFFERENT BARS AND WERE CHARGED 3 DIFFERENT PRIC.READ MOREWRTEN JULY 18, 2021THIS 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.KURT WNEW YORK CY, NY214 NTRIBUTNS2FIRST VIS, BUT NOT OUR LASTJUL 2019 • COUPLWE WERE PLEASED TO DISVER THAT THE GREEN LANTERN WAS JT A 5-MUTE WALK OM THE WASHGTON PLAZA HOTEL WHERE WE WERE STAYG. WE HAD SPED OUT THE LOTN ON A PREV VIS, BUT HADN'T GONE . WE WERE THERE TOO EARLY FOR THERE TO BE A CROWD OR ANY ACTIVI, BUT THE DRKS WERE GOOD AND REASONABLY PRICED, SO WE PLAN TO RETURN WHEN NEXT WE'RE DC.READ MOREWRTEN AUGT 1, 2019THIS 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.EVENTSBYTHIRTEENNEW YORK CY, NY415 NTRIBUTNS3THE GREEN LANTERN NEEDS NEW MANAGEMENT!!!!JUN 2018 • FRIENDSI HAVE GONE TO THE GREEN LANTERN FOR OVER 20 YEARS. UNFORTUNATELY, THGS HAVE REALLY TAKEN A TURN FOR THE WORST! I ORRED MY UAL G&T, AND, THE BARTENR WAS BI HIMSELF!! FLAILG AROUND THAT VERY MON AND ANNOYG, QUEENIE, MO MON AMONG GAY MEN. "YOU HAVE TO PAY WH A CRED RD, I NNOT ACCEPT SH OM YOU!?"SCE WHEN? MYRON OR MARV IS HIS NAME, AND HE IS THE MANAGER! HE JT WAS YELLG AND HAVG A TEMPER TANTM, AS I HAVE SEEN HIM DO MANY TIM! IT IS JT ENOUGH!THIS PLACE ED TO BE FUN!!!!READ MOREWRTEN MAY 29, 2019THIS 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.KENGI K39 NTRIBUTNS2JT BADAPR 2019 • BSWE WERE DC FOR A NFERENCE. WE ARRIVED TWO DAYS PRR TO THE START OF THE NFERENCE SO WE ULD TAKE SOME TIME EXPLORG THE DISTRICT. AS ACTIVISTS, ARTISTS AND PHOTOJOURNALISTS, THIS WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO . PL MY LLEAGUE HAD NEVER BEEN TO THE DISTRICT. OUR FIRST NIGHT WE PICKED GREEN LANTERN AS THE SPOT WE'D H UP. THE REVIEWS WERE NICE AND WAS CLOSE TO OUR HOTEL.IT'S NOT EASY TO FD. IT'S BACK THE CUT. GETTG WAS PRETTY CREEPY, THE GUY EYED OUR ID'S FOREVER. THEN MA SOME SMUG MENT. WALKG THE PLACE SEEMED OL. AFTER STANDG AT THE BAR WH NO ONE ONT OF , WE FALLY GET OUR ORR TAKEN. WE BOTH ORRED THE SAME DRK, BUT RIGHT AWAY I NOTICED MY HAD MORE CHASER THAN ANYTHG ELSE. CHECKG TO MAKE CERTA WASN'T JT ME, I ASKED MY IEND TO TASTE . HE LGHED SAYG "DAMN DID HE PUT ANYTHG YOURS" HE OFFERED ME TO TASTE HIS AND IMMEDIATELY I WAS LIKE "WTF" IT WAS LIKE THE GUY PUT ALL THE ALHOL MY IENDS DRK. I TRIED TO EXPLA THIS TO THE GUY WHO MA OUR DRKS, BUT HE WASN'T HAVG . I END UP BUYG A SHOT AND DUMPED THAT MY DRK. THEY BOTH ACTED LIKE I WASN'T BEG TTHFUL WH THEM. WE FISHED OUR DRKS AND LEFT. ON THE WAY OUT THE CREEPY GUY AT THE BAR SAYS "YOU BOYS E BACK SOON" WHE MEN LLG BLACK MEN, "BOYS" IS SO PLETELY DISGTG.READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 29, 2019THIS 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.AARON SUTTON26 NTRIBUTNS0GREAT BAR!DEC 2017 • SOLOI STOPPED ON MY LAST NIGHT DC AND HAD A GREAT TIME. THE STAFF AND PATRONS WERE CREDIBLY IENDLY, AND THE PRIC WERE MORE THAN FAIR!ON THE NIGHT I WENT, THERE WAS OPEN MIC KARAOKE AND EVERYONE WAS HAVG A FANTASTIC TIME! I WOULD FELY VIS AGA NEXT TIME I VISREAD MOREWRTEN NOVEMBER 1, 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.MARTMM8NEWTON LE WILLOWS, UK56 NTRIBUTNS0WHAT A NIGHT! MAY 2017 • FRIENDSHAD AN ABSOLUTE BLAST AT THIS GREAT VENUE VISED ON THURSDAY NIGHT GREAT IENDLY CROWD AND STAFF AND EE DRKS FOR THOSE OF BRAVE ENOUGH TO GO SHIRTLS AND THEN LATER ON STRIP DOWN TO UNRWEAR GOOD MIC REALLY ENJOYED AND WOULD FELY GO BACK! A LOT OF FUN!!!READ MOREWRTEN MAY 27, 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.MART DOSLO, NORWAY3 NTRIBUTNS1BAD ID POLICYAPR 2017 • COUPLHAD BEEN TO THIS EVERYBODY'S-WELE PLACE FOR THREE NIGHTS HAVG A DRK AND ENJOYG A QUIET EVENG ATMOSPHERE. ON THE FRIDAY VIS, THOUGH, A YOUNG MAN AT THE GREEN LANTERN ENTRANCE ASKED FOR PHOTO ID. AS WH EVERY OTHER PLACE WE'D BEEN TO NEW YORK CY AND WASHGTON, DC, WE THOUGHT OUR NATNAL DRIVER'S LICENC WOULD BE OK, ISSUED ACRDG TO EUROPEAN STANDARDS.NOT SO MUCH. HE ASKED FOR US ISSUED IDS (FOR FOREIGN VISORS!) OR PASSPORTS, OR WE WOULD NOT BE LET . WE TRIED TO SAY WE'D BEEN VISG THE DAY BEFORE AND THAT ALL OTHER VENU HAD ACCEPTED OUR IDS. WE WERE SHOWN AWAY.SAD THAT WHAT SEEMED TO BE A IENDLY GAY E-AS-YOU-ARE PLACE HAS SUCH A DISAPPOTG WAY OF GREETG RETURNG CTOMERS...BRG YOUR PASSPORT (!) OR GO TO ONE OF ALL THE OTHER FUN AND WELG DC PLAC. THE LATTER OPTN SEEMS BT.READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 15, 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.EMJAYBVNEWARK, NJ490 NTRIBUTNS1FEELS LIKE HOMEDEC 2016 • FRIENDSTHIS IS FELY MY BAR OF CHOICE D.C. PLEASANT, OLD-SCHOOL BAR R THAT IS WARM AND WELG. 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Kiki owner Keaton Fedak, the former general manager at nearby gay bar Dirty Goose, will expand Kiki to the next-door space that formerly hoed dive Dodge Cy. “We’re hopg to make a gayborhood Shaw, ” he told Eater last month. Meet Kiki, an Excg New Gay Bar Replacg a Pair of Shuttered Shaw Div.

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) Whe has been lled the “godfather of gay Amerin lerature, ” Prceton Alumni Weekly has reported. “I’m workg now on a sex memoir about the lov of my life, ” Whe, who 1977 -wrote wh Charl Silverste, “The Joy of Gay Sex, ” said. Beg gay was sful and illegal.

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Waybourn was print of the Dallas Gay Alliance when sued Parkland Memorial Hospal for failg to provi readily available medic to AIDS patients. In 1991, he lnched the Gay and Lbian Victory Fund (now the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund) to elect openly gay policians to office.

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He served as managg director of the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, or GLAAD, which he helped turn to a natnal group.