Historic gay bars Palm Sprgs see light at the end of the tunnel

Contents:

• GAY BARS GREATER PALM SPRGS
• BT GAY BARS THE DERT
• GAY PALM SPRGS: YOUR ULTIMATE GUI TO THE CY’S LGBT RORTS, BARS, BS, AND EVENTS! (UPDATED FOR 2023)
• ‘WE’RE STILL HERE’: HISTORIC GAY BARS PALM SPRGS SEE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL
• THE 5 BEST PALM SPRGS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS PALM SPRGS
• PALM SPRGS GAY MAP
• GAY PALM SPRGS · MID-RANGE HOTELS

GAY BARS GREATER PALM SPRGS

Gay NIGHTLIFE & ENTERTAINMENT. If you’re planng an LGBTQ-iendly getaway to Greater Palm Sprgs, then raisg a glass at one of the statn’s many gay bars is a mt.

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All are wele on Arenas Road, the unofficial gay district of downtown Palm Sprgs, where lolly-owned eateri, clubs, and bars celebrate pri daily. People-watch on the pat at Streetbar, the olst gay-owned spot on the block. Drk up and disver more gay bars Greater Palm Sprgs.

GAY PALM SPRGS: YOUR ULTIMATE GUI TO THE CY’S LGBT RORTS, BARS, BS, AND EVENTS! (UPDATED FOR 2023)

Friendlit gay bar Palm Sprgs CA. VOTED BEST DIVE/GAY BAR IN PALM SPRINGS.

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‘WE’RE STILL HERE’: HISTORIC GAY BARS PALM SPRGS SEE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL

Durg the two s that he’s spent visg and livg Palm Sprgs, Fuhr has watched the lol gay scene evolve. “For a long time, all the gay bars and lbian bars were Cathedral Cy, ” he said. ”Trixie Mattel, the skny legend who graced the “RuPl’s Drag Race” nway for two seasons, fell love wh Palm Sprgs all s gay glory the first time she vised.

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Some are LGBTQ-owned, some draw queer crowds, and some are gay the same way that iced ffee and walkg fast are gay: They’re gay if we believe they’re gay. Try changg or rettg your filtersShowg PlacePlac Stay at the maximalist haven that is the Trixie Motel Riversi Hotel There are plenty of gay plac to stay Palm Sprgs, cludg the clothg-optnal ns that draw men om near and far and the lol Margaraville that hosts the lbian mec known as the Dah Shore the Trixie Motel is a bright pk bean, filled wh mpy, lorful wallpaper and imag of Trixie drsed up as lol ins — cludg a photo of Trixie as Marilyn Monroe that hangs above one lucky of the motel’s seven rooms has a different theme, rangg om a Yeehaw Cowgirl sue to an tergalactic Atomic Bombshell room. Read AllRead Ls More Info Grab a spicy margara and a hot chicken sandwich at Blackbook Riversi Bar Blackbook, loted on Palm Sprgs’ popular gay strip known as the Arenas District, is one of Trixie Mattel’s favore plac to eat while she’s town.

THE 5 BEST PALM SPRGS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS PALM SPRGS

“I mean, ’s a gay bar, but whenever I’m there now, people are eatg — ’s like they accintally beme a rtrant bee their food is so good. “Bee, you know, gays are walkg up and down the street.

It’s a b strange to wonr if you’re the only gay uple a drag bar, but sometim that’s how the okie cmbl. )My partner and I walked out of here wh a se of Drag Queen Seltzer, a bar of dark cholate, a lip balm and a bottle of Kylie Mogue’s hard-to-fd rosé — tly, what’s gayer than that? Karaoke, show tun, go-go dancers, and drag are jt a few of the nightly happengs at gay bars Greater Palm Sprgs.

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Hunter's has been a fixture of the gay bar scene on Arenas Road downtown Palm Sprgs. PHOTOGRAPH BY JIM POWERSSo you want to go gay bar hoppg Palm Sprgs?

While the majory le a block of Arenas Road Palm Sprgs makg an unofficial gay mec, there’s a smatterg of bars spread throughout Coachella Valley.

Pop here for souped-up bar food and a plex cktail and you’ll fd out why our rears voted Blackbook their favore gay bar Palm Sprgs.

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Voted favore gay bar Cat Cy by Palm Sprgs Life rears, The Roost offers live mic performanc, five huge TV screens where you n watch your favore vio clips, and on Mondays, your favore beverag at happy hour pric all day long.

68300 Gay Rort Drive, Cathedral Cy.

Stacy's has brought the piano bar back to the gay bar scene downtown Palm Sprgs. Actors workg Hollywood would pe to Palm Sprgs, jt a 2 hour drive away, to let loose and mgle wh other closeted gays om the entertament dtry. The cy has plenty to offer for all ag and you’ll fd travelers of all generatns visg the cy, pecially durg major events like gay pri, The Whe Party and pecially the Coachella Mic Ftival, which draws an pecially young mographic.

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Barbra Streisand lls Palm Sprgs home as well as many other famo actors, actrs and gay ins alike. You n download the Gay Palm Sprgs gui for ee. Palm Sprgs has more all gay rorts and hotels than any cy the world.

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