This Sunday, Aug. 12, the first annual Valley Pri Street Ftival will be held North Hollywood. Do we need another Pri celebratn? Is the Valley's LGBTQ muny large enough to shut down streets for? The answer is y, and as wh WeHo, DTLA, even Long Beach, a great gay night out n be had. Here's our gui on how to do right.
Contents:
- THE VALLEY MIGHT BE L.A.'S MOST GREGAR "GAYBORHOOD" OF ALL
- LGBT ADVOT CAST A PALL ON THE PHOENIX PD AND THE VALLEY'S GAY COMMUNY
- MEN THE VALLEY: GAY MALE LIFE ON THE SUBURBAN-RAL GE
- VALLEY’S LGBTQ FD UNIQUE WAYS TO FILL VOID LEFT BY CLOSURE OF STONEWALL, OTHER GAY BARS
THE VALLEY MIGHT BE L.A.'S MOST GREGAR "GAYBORHOOD" OF ALL
WE ARE an all-male clothg optnal bed and breakfast retreat terg to gay, bi, and straight men 21 years or olr. The San Fernando Valley may not be the first “gayborhood” one thks of Los Angel, but maybe should be.
It has s own unique and btlg gay nightlife, and 's steeped history, providg unique alternativ (and ls traffic) to L.
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LGBT ADVOT CAST A PALL ON THE PHOENIX PD AND THE VALLEY'S GAY COMMUNY
The answer is y, and as wh WeHo, DTLA, even Long Beach, a great gay night out n be had the San Fernando Valley. While none of the Valley gay bars or clubs offers food, there is a gay-iendly, gay-owned rtrant North Hollywood’s Garland Hotel lled the Front Yard.
The Garland’s owner and asset manager, Jam Crank, is an out and proud gay man whose fay has a long history wh the property. His parents built the hotel 1971 and opened as a Howard Johnson's, which featured a Howard Johnson rtrant/lounge that was a popular gay hangout back the '70s.
“As I got olr, I jt had the olr gay guys e up to me and say, ‘You probably didn’t know , but the ’70s, your bar was like the gay hangout. When Crank’s father died the late '80s, he gave up his pursu of a master's gree unselg gay youth and gay fay servic to help his mom n the hotel. … I thk a lot of that om Stt and I beg gay and beg aware of what our muny want, what wants to eat and drk and how wants to be treated, ” Crank says.
MEN THE VALLEY: GAY MALE LIFE ON THE SUBURBAN-RAL GE
“Of urse, urtg the gay muny is always a great badge of honor when our people show up bee they’re so discerng and hard to please, and I love them. The only gay bar L. In the gay world, some don’t have a fay [bee they were] dismissed by fay, and that’s what we ll the magic the n, ” Young says.
“[From what I know], supposedly we’re the olst gay bar wt of the Mississippi.
Another historic spot, the Bullet Bar has been around as a gay fetish bar sce the 1960s unr var nam cludg the Officer’s Club, the Hangman, the Signal and the Junctn. I thk the gay leather muny fs wh that puzzle.
VALLEY’S LGBTQ FD UNIQUE WAYS TO FILL VOID LEFT BY CLOSURE OF STONEWALL, OTHER GAY BARS
Ultimately, Lara has a visn for gay nightlife the Valley that extends beyond the Bullet Bar. Origally when I started this bs, we had 12 gay or lbian bars; we’re now down to four. “We n e a Gay and Lbian Center satelle office on Burbank.
I thk that a lot more young gay and women would stay the Valley to spend money. Dcribed by owner-operator Marty Sokol as “the most fun party town, ” this Lato gay bar is the place to go if you want to dance (or watch the talented Cobra Dancers). There was a time when the gay scene was much more segregated than is now.