Wh no gay bars, LGBTQ Newporters feel disnnected om muny

Contents:

• WH NO GAY BAR OR SPACE TO LL S OWN, NEWPORT'S LGBTQ MUNY FEELS 'ISOLATED'
• GAY BARS NEWPORT: DO WE NEED ONE?
• GUI TO GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS NEWPORT, RI (2023 UPDATED)
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS NEWPORT
• THE 5 BEST PROVINCE GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS PROVINCE
• GAYT PLAC IN RHO ISLAND FOR 2020

WH NO GAY BAR OR SPACE TO LL S OWN, NEWPORT'S LGBTQ MUNY FEELS 'ISOLATED'

“A gay bar or an LGBT tablishment, of urse there is a need for that, and the muny will rpond to that place. Several gay bars have opened and closed the cy, but there has not been one operatn sce 2006.

The last one, Castaways, was open for jt two years at the former lotn of the cy’s longt-nng gay bar, David’s, which had closed years Pir, the owner of Castaways, remembers when more than one gay bar dotted downtown Newport, drawg tourism om the LGBTQ muny the late 1970s and early 80s.

Back then, he said, Easton's Beach was predomately populated by gay men and women.

GAY BARS NEWPORT: DO WE NEED ONE?

It's hard to put to words how vastatg was to the whole gay muny.

Around 1995, Pir attempted to buy the buildg, at 28 Prospect Hill St., and retablish a gay effort to tablish a bar that lotn was rife wh barriers, om neighbor plats about havg a bar the area to stggl obtag a liquor license om the Cy Council, an issue eventually picked up by lol news outlets.

“I feel like if the gay muny don't do somethg about ... “I worked for a long time wh Disver Newport to try to crease gay tourism here and one of the issu wh that is, if there isn't a bar, people aren't gog to e.

GUI TO GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS NEWPORT, RI (2023 UPDATED)

He said this kd of club uld f more of the needs for the diverse people unr the LGBTQ someone who intifi as nonbary, Newport Health Equy Zone strategy specialist Rex LeBe said although they would like to see a gay bar Newport, they agree a tradnal gay bar would not necsarily f the needs of the entire gay bars ter specifilly to gay men or feature bathrooms separated by genr, which n be disuragg to transgenr and nonbary people. Lebe said the only nsistent space for LGBTQ socializatn Newport has been the Gay-Straight Alliance at Channg Memorial Church.

Let’s talk gay bars Newport, Rho Island.

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS NEWPORT

So this blog we want to talk about the history of gay bars Newport and possibili for the future. But was a uple of lbian women daytrippg om Massachetts who wanred up durg the event lighted to have spotted a rabow flag and to fd a gay event town. They told , “we were jt walkg on Tham and askg ourselv what happened to all the gay nightlife Newport!?

History of Newport Gay BarsWe n’t give you a fully rearched retrospective of the entire cultural and social nightlife of queer people Newport, Rho Island.

THE 5 BEST PROVINCE GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS PROVINCE

So when did any kd of formalized gay nightlife start?

And the scene wh gay men certaly took off durg U. Fast forward to the 1960’s, as that is where our documented history of Newport gay bars really begs.

What the lols have to say: One patron who rpond to a post on Facebook about the history of gay bars Newport relled seeg Gloria Vanrbilt wh her son Anrson (Cooper) gettg a drk there. The Lookg Glass Middletown was home to a short-lived gay bar lled The Lookg Glass the late 1980’s loted where Diego’s Barr Canta is now on Aquidneck Ave.

GAYT PLAC IN RHO ISLAND FOR 2020

Gay Nights on the Town Fast forward nearly a , and throughout 2014-2015 lols the muny anized themed gay nights unr the banner of Bliss at a few different tablishments cludg Docksi, the former Rho Bar, and Christie’s (now part of Forty One North). And of urse, addn to the formal gay bars, untls spots have served as meetg spots and popular tablishments throughout the years amongst the LGBTQ+ crowd, like Salvatn Cafe on Broadway or the bar at the Chanler and certaly many others.

Future of Newport Gay BarsDo Newport need a firmly tablished bar terg to the LGBTQ+ crowd? Some ope that LGBTQ inti ntue to bee more and more accepted to the pot where don’t make sense to have tablishments that market themselv as a gay bar.