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• LOOKG FOR GAY BARS LOUISVILLE DURG PRI MONTH? TRY ONE OF THE LGBTQ PLAC
• MOVG TO LGBT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
• LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS LOUISVILLE, KY
• THE BEST LOUISVILLE GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS LOUISVILLE
• LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS KENTUCKY

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Opened 1987, Teddy Bears Bar is Louisville's longt-nng gay bar, and tends to brg a seasoned male crowd (ag 30-65), offerg karaoke fun on Wedndays and Sundays pl a fun monthly drag show, "Beti of the Bear. Marketplace Rtrant is part of The Village Louisville, a progrsive and LGBT-iendly Smoketown district revelopment project that clus a gay spa and boutique property, the Vu Guthoe. Prolific lol bsman and veloper and LGBT activist Gee Stson and partner Ed Lewis opened Louisville's first gay club 1970 (and The Connectn, which had a 27-pl year n before closg 2016).

It's part of a plex, The Village Louisville, which clus a three-story gay men's spa and sna, Vapor, and 1, 500-person pacy event space, C2. The Perfect SreGay-Friendly NeighborhoodsBt FtivalsPlenty of LGBTQ VenuYou Aren’t Alone. Gay-Friendly Neighborhoods Louisville has multiple LGBTQ-iendly neighborhoods cludg Old Louisville, Smoketown, Germantown and Clifton.

The gay-owned Vu Guthoe and Vapor are both loted the Smoketown neighborhood. Pandora Productns is a gay theater pany that offers performanc throughout the year.

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”Out of the shadows:Why the people are unverg Louisville's storied LGBTQ historyEarly 1900sThe LGBTQ muny largely met private up until the early 1900s when gay men steadily veloped a work of public plac where was safe to gather, such as the Hogan’s Founta area of Cherokee Park, Old Louisville’s Central Park and Fourth Street between downtown and Central Park. 1947After World War II, more gay-iendly or exclively gay bars appeared  Uned Stat ci. 11, 1970, judge led agast the uple Febary 1971, and two years later, the Kentucky Supreme Court 1970In July 1970, 13 women and two men tablished the Louisville Gay Liberatn Front or LGLF.

The group met at the home of s two primary -founrs, Lynn Pfuhl and Mike Randall, and the anizatn was among dozens that sprang up the Uned Stat followg the formatn of New York’s Gay Liberatn Front late LGLF also pneered what’s believed to be Kentucky’s first ll- phone le for gay and lbian people.

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Group members also opened The Gay Lib Hoe at 1919 Bonnystle Ave. 1972Louisville’s Metropolan Communy Church ngregatn, a lol branch of a natnally gay-iendly group, began meetg private hom 1972.

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This was Louisville’s first morn gay dis and was known for s extravagant drag shows.

For the next 14 years, the hotspot beme Louisville’s most clive and popular gay bars until closed 1989.

1981Sam Dorr had worked at First Natnal Bank for nearly two s when he was named print of a pro-gay advocy group wh a relig affiliatn 1981. 1983Louisville’s Central Prbyterian Church, loted the historilly gay-iendly Old Louisville neighborhood, passed a “More Light” rolutn, which embrac gay members 1983.

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Four years later the church ordaed an openly gay man, Nick Wilkerson, as a church elr. 1987The first March for Jtice took place on June 27, 1987, and the event marked the first Gay Pri march the state. 2003 As LGBTQ-equaly momentum creased, Srsone me out publicly and beme the state’s first openly gay legislator.

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But gay bars durg Pri month is a great start. And more answers to your Pri Month qutnsSo, if you're new to Louisville, new to the LGBTQ scene or are jt lookg to have a good time wh some of the cy's iendlit cizens, we've got some ias for are the most well-known and popular gay spots the cy:Know of any gay or LGBTQ-iendly bars that should be on this list?