Boston’s Bt Gay Bars and Nightclubs - Eater Boston

Contents:

• THE BT GAY BARS BOSTON
• THE LGBTIQ+ TRAVEL GUI TO BOSTON: THE BT GAY BARS, DRAG EVENTS AND MORE
• MASS. HAS ONE OF THE BT GAY BARS AMERI, ACRDG TO ESQUIRE
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• THE BT BARS BOSTON: FROM DIV AND SPEAKEASI TO ROOFTOPS AND GAY BARS
• THE BEST BOSTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BOSTON

THE BT GAY BARS BOSTON

The bt of Boston’s gay bar scene n be found around the South End, Dorchter, and beyond. The nversatns about Boston’s gay nightlife scene often center around the closgs of cherished tablishments and rapid gentrifitn of once-gay neighborhoods.

Sectns of Dorchter, once the epicenter of Boston’s Irish Catholic workg-class, are now miature gayborhoods — plete wh Sunday tea danc. The Theater District is home to multiple clubs that regularly host big-name DJs and queens om RuPl’s Drag Race (season 15 wner Sasha Colby performed at Legacy this wter), and Back Bay remas filled wh gay-iendly neighborhood hnts. Wh a proud history of supportg gay rights and a large LGBTQ populatn, Boston is unsurprisgly one of the most clive metro areas the untry.

THE LGBTIQ+ TRAVEL GUI TO BOSTON: THE BT GAY BARS, DRAG EVENTS AND MORE

It is te that gay people n feel fortable galavantg anywhere, om Eastie’s wateront to Somerville’s Davis Square. Still, there is a need for gay-specific spac, and a new generatn of social are ensurg that Boston remas a statn for LGBTQ people. Wh Pri Month gettg started, here is a look at the cy’s gay bar scene and all has to offer.

Legacy, n by Royale Entertament Group, has taken the mantle om Paradise as one of Boston’s most hedonistic gay nightlife statns. Around for more than 30 years, Club Café is one of the olst gay bars Boston, but you wouldn’t be able to tell om the throngs of Gen Z-ers and lennials who wrap around Columb Avenue on Friday and Saturday nights to get si (pro tip: buy a yearly VIP pass to skip the le. Formerly an old-school vio bar — Trophy Room also ed to host weekly drag bnch — the space is still a gay favore.

This upsle cktail lounge opened last fall on Tremont Street, where the Eagle, a gay dive bar staple nearly every major cy, ed to be loted.

MASS. HAS ONE OF THE BT GAY BARS AMERI, ACRDG TO ESQUIRE

In this gay-iendly tablishment, the portns are big and the drks are stiff.

Wh s spac bar and numero high-tops, Harp and Bard has bee a statn for Dorchter gays who want to enjoy a lorful selectn of cktails or chow down on fort food favor like turkey tips and meatloaf.

Brian Picci’s Dbar has been a gay favore for years (along wh s siblgs Boston Chops the South End and Dxave Back Bay). Dbar After Dark throws some of the most bacchanalian events on the Boston gay nightlife lendar, attractg hors of pleasure-seekers for s glow party and r Sunday outdoor tea dance. Blend has bee a go-to spot for Dorchter gays lookg to dance the night away, or tch up wh iends their roomy bar area or outdoor pat.

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

Blend is hostg a number of events for Pri, notably s “GAYHEM” dance party on Saturday and pop star drag bnch on Sunday. In fact, Massachetts was the first US state to legalize gay marriage back 2004. To this day, Boston remas one of Ameri’s most LGBTIQ+ iendly ci and has a large queer muny actively shapg the cy's future, ensurg remas one of the world’s foremost gay statns for generatns to e.

Loted a small neighborhood that’s smooshed between the Theater District and Chatown, Jacqu is Boston’s olst operatg gay bar and the cy’s premier tablishment for drag shows.

THE BT BARS BOSTON: FROM DIV AND SPEAKEASI TO ROOFTOPS AND GAY BARS

The space is a rtrant durg the early eveng hours and is popular amongst the lols, both gay and straight. It’s filled wh an endls array of gay bars and clubs, and tons of LGBTIQ+-owned rtrants, ns, B&Bs, and more. In fact, P-town is known as one of the “gayt plac on Earth''.

The Boston LbiGay Urban Foundatn is another group that has ntued to put on queer events and offer support to lols after the dissolutn of Boston Pri. Provcetown is home to art galleri, rtrants, beach, and one of the bt gay bars the natn, acrdg to Esquire. Esquire recently released a list of the 32 bt gay bars Ameri, and The Boatslip Provcetown ma the list.

Check out Esquire‘s entire list of 32 bt gay bars Ameri. The se of so much gay history Boston is pretty borg om the outsi, jt a squat gray buildg that stretch a whole block on Boylston near Fenway Park. But until jt before quarante — when Mache Nightclub and bar Ramrod officially closed — past the ont door and the blacked-out wdows at 1254 Boylston St., si was, the leather and Levis gay bar, moved to the first floor 1981 wh Mache rvg out a separate gay nightclub downstairs 1998.

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Both spots had that kd of slightly dgy, lived- feel of a well-loved gay hangout, the cigarette smell that seemed to hang the air long after Boston banned smokg doors, the dim rners here and there for makg out.

(Courty Helix Peb Photos)The gay scene Boston is still domated by whe guys, but at least for many, Mache was a hub for a more diverse crowd.

The spot hosted Dyke Nights and at least one gay weddg receptn. "Donald SmhThere won’t be any big sendoff for the last gay bar and nightclub the historic gayborhood and ’s jt one chapter a story about people on the outskirts of a changg cy.