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Opened 1987, Teddy Bears Bar is Louisville's longt-nng gay bar, and tends to brg a seasoned male crowd (ag 30-65), offerg karaoke fun on Wedndays and Sundays pl a fun monthly drag show, "Beti of the Bear. Marketplace Rtrant is part of The Village Louisville, a progrsive and LGBT-iendly Smoketown district revelopment project that clus a gay spa and boutique property, the Vu Guthoe.

Prolific lol bsman and veloper and LGBT activist Gee Stson and partner Ed Lewis opened Louisville's first gay club 1970 (and The Connectn, which had a 27-pl year n before closg 2016).

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It's part of a plex, The Village Louisville, which clus a three-story gay men's spa and sna, Vapor, and 1, 500-person pacy event space, C2.

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The Perfect SreGay-Friendly NeighborhoodsBt FtivalsPlenty of LGBTQ VenuYou Aren’t Alone. Gay-Friendly Neighborhoods Louisville has multiple LGBTQ-iendly neighborhoods cludg Old Louisville, Smoketown, Germantown and Clifton. The gay-owned Vu Guthoe and Vapor are both loted the Smoketown neighborhood.

Pandora Productns is a gay theater pany that offers performanc throughout the year.

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But gay bars durg Pri month is a great start. And more answers to your Pri Month qutnsSo, if you're new to Louisville, new to the LGBTQ scene or are jt lookg to have a good time wh some of the cy's iendlit cizens, we've got some ias for are the most well-known and popular gay spots the cy:Know of any gay or LGBTQ-iendly bars that should be on this list? "Nowhere Bar — Highlands1133 Bardstown Road, 502-451-0466While not technilly a gay venue,  would be remiss to exclu Nowhere Bar.

That's bee has a healthy gay followg. "PRIDE Bar + Lounge — New Albany504 State St., New Albany, Indiana, 812-200-9546As Louisville ntu to burst at the seams wh LGBTQ tablishments, 's no wonr some has spilled across the river to Southern Indiana (OK, so that may not be where cred is due) Bar is the only Southern Indiana gay bar near New Albany gem is drizzlg glamoro showgirls — mostly on Saturday nights — and is fely worth a sashay and a shontay over the bridge — unls of urse you live 's a small dance floor, a stage for shows and a large pat. 5% of rints  the 13-unty Louisville metro scribe themselv as gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr.

gay,. Endocre Society GuilWPATH Standards of CareLol RourcLouisville Trans MenTranswomen NatnalLouisville Youth GroupParents and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG)LGBT Center at The Universy of LouisvilleFairns CampaignACLU of Kentucky. ”Out of the shadows:Why the people are unverg Louisville's storied LGBTQ historyEarly 1900sThe LGBTQ muny largely met private up until the early 1900s when gay men steadily veloped a work of public plac where was safe to gather, such as the Hogan’s Founta area of Cherokee Park, Old Louisville’s Central Park and Fourth Street between downtown and Central Park.

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