LGBT Las Vegas—The bt gay and lbian nightlife and culture

Contents:

• WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? AND THE FILMS OF THE GAY GIRLS RIDG CLUB
• THE BT GAY CLUBS AMERI
• THE 30 BT GAY BARS NYC
• THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? AND THE FILMS OF THE GAY GIRLS RIDG CLUB

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THE BT GAY CLUBS AMERI

Wh Thursday night dance lsons, Happy Hour all night long on Wednday, Thursday, and Sunday, Wednday game nights, Thursday karaoke, and plethora of gut performers and events, ’s no wonr that Neon Boots is a favore of the gay girls – and boys – when to dancg and playg and otherwise g a ck! Defely known as a gay bar first and foremost, the girl set is always wele. The Montrose area, Hoton’s own gayborhood, is also a great area to fd hangouts that are perfect for hangg wh the girls.

THE 30 BT GAY BARS NYC

For a young scene a mid-sized cy, gay Las Vegas boasts some ser sprawl.

Like the hog velopments and strip malls that ver the Vegas map like glter on a go-go boy, the lol gay and lbian muny is imprsively spread throughout the valley, all but screamg: we’re here, we’re queer, we’re, of urse, only fuels plats about disnnectn and a lack of a te gayborhood. And the latter reflects the cltered nature of gay bars Las UNLV-adjacent “F Loop, ” the origal gay hub, still draws boys to Piranha, the least pretent of the gay clubs Las Vegas, and girls to FreeZone, the cy’s honorary lbian club.

Over revalized downtown—home to the new $4-ln Gay and Lbian Communy Center of Southern Nevada—the only out-and-proud drkery is the 38-year-old Snick’s Place, though lively East Fremont piano bar Don’t Tell Mama and hip Arts District urban lounge Artifice are unofficial homo of downtown, the agg Commercial Center reprents the gay alternative, hostg everythg om poker bars (Badlands Saloon and Spotlight Lounge) to a trans-iendly dive (Las Vegas Lounge) to cisg facili (Entourage Spa and Hawk’s Gym) to a boys’ clothg/accsory store (The Rack) wh an attached performance space attached (Onyx Theatre) and ample LGBT programmg. Krave, former kg of the gay clubs Las Vegas, is now back mid-Strip at the Tommy Wd Theatre after a failed attempt at a downtown expansn.

THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG

Gay Las Vegas has e a long way, but still isn’t S Cy. And the Films of the Gay Girls Ridg Club. The largely undocumented history of gay unrground cema outsi of heavy hters like Andy Warhol is still fertile ground wag to be brought back to light, and a wele step that directn wh this 2021 Blu-ray release om AGFA, What Really Happened to Baby Jane?

The films here chart a s' worth of work, wh a clear progrsn along the way om scrappy silent B&W shorts to amb feature-length lor extravaganzas wh exhibn also movg om ial private play at bars, parti, and drag shows to limed ns at gay-themed grdhoe theaters around the turn of the '70s.

Also wh a very rmative new d mentary wh Ask Any Buddy's Evan Purchell and AGFA's Bret Berg, who ver the existg srce about the GGRC, the profsnal perils of makg gay films the '60s, the venu where the were shown, and the move to pornography which still left theaters lookg for other programmg to fill out their listgs. Purchell also pots out some of the recurrg actors and giv some on Harrison as well as parallel enterpris like the physique molg world and gay magaz that now serve as a primary source for about the scene.

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.