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• NYC: MARRIED COUPLE OPENS 'LAMBDA LOUNGE,' SEND GAY BAR IN HARLEM CREATED FOR BLACK LGBTQ PATRONS
• THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
• QUEER & GAY BERL: YOUR GUI FOR LGBTQ+ BERL
• HARLEM GAY BAR’S RABOW FLAGS BURNED SPECTED HATE CRIME

NYC: MARRIED COUPLE OPENS 'LAMBDA LOUNGE,' SEND GAY BAR IN HARLEM CREATED FOR BLACK LGBTQ PATRONS

(Imag via Instagram) In an era where gay bars appear to be a relic of the past, and Black owned gay bars are all but extct most major ci, the Black LGBTQ muny New York Cy will now have two nightlife optns created specifilly wh our muny md. Alibi, a Black gay bar loted Harlem, was saved om closure last month by crowdfundg. Unfortunately, we never had the opportuny to ga any 've been bearg the st of gettg the place, then gettg the place renovated and drsg up the way we wanted to drs up — and you know we're gay, so we tend to be a ltle extravagant.

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THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW

Alibi Lounge is one of New York Cy’s last remag Black-owned gay bars, and over the last year, s owner has fought to keep the bs afloat.

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27 plac sorted by traveler favorBars & Clubs • Gay BarsDowntown Manhattan (Downtown)Bars & Clubs • Gay BarsDowntown Manhattan (Downtown)Gay BarsDowntown Manhattan (Downtown)Bars & Clubs • Gay BarsDowntown Manhattan (Downtown)What travelers are saygDgn1010Dungannon, UK392 ntributnsSo ol to be drkg such a historil bar. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.Flamg Saddl is the perfect mix of great drks, Amerina, gay culture and cute bar staff.This high energy gay bar rais the roof wh their bar top dancg bartenrs. I went to a few gay bars, and by far this was the bt place to dance and the mic was the bt here, varied, and not too much dance mic like you got your head bangg a fish bowl!Super efficient, iendly bar staff, wh buy one get one ee drks before 10pm if I remember rrectly.

QUEER & GAY BERL: YOUR GUI FOR LGBTQ+ BERL

If you have gay iends like me, brg them there, you will have the bt night out!The guys dance on the bars, there's no hassle, s all fun, good tim! There are plenty of gay bars up and down 9th ave and there's no reason to spend money at a place that will treat you like total trash, threaten you, and be unnecsarily belligerent and make you feel unsafe jt bee they're on some kd of power trip.Wrten January 9, 2023This review is the subjective opn of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. A culturally signifint spot, Alibi Lounge is one of the last black-owned gay bars NYC.

There were queer bars along the ast, but they largely tered to cisgenr gay men. On one night, the Smallmans met a iend at a New Orleans gay bar.

HARLEM GAY BAR’S RABOW FLAGS BURNED SPECTED HATE CRIME

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So if you’re lookg at the pal of whe cis gay men vers the pal of whe, Black, brown, Asian, Lata, queer women, the dispary is huge. “When Tanya [the origal owner] me out, was the 1950s, early ’60s, and the bar she ed to go to was always gay men and gay women together bee she told that wasn’t legal. [Tanya] always really enjoyed the pany of gay men and transgenr people, and even though she wanted the lbian space, she never unrstood why the whole gay muny uldn’t socialize wh each other.

’ The opportuny me along for a women’s night at Flix [a gay men’s bar] and I started that women’s night there 2001. But we’re all women: Gay, straight, bi, trans, everythg, queer.