THE 10 BEST Montreal Gay Clubs & Bars (Updated 2023) - Tripadvisor

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• THE 10 BEST MONTREAL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MONTREAL
• GAY VILLAGE
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS MONTREAL
• MONTREAL GAY CY GUI: A CY OF FUN, FTIVALS, AND FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS
• GAY MONTREAL · HOTELS
• MONTREAL GAY DISTRICT: THE VILLAGE
• GAY DATG MONTREAL
• THE 10 CLOSEST HOTELS TO GAY VILLAGE, MONTREALVIEW MAPHOTELS NEAR GAY VILLAGE
• DISVER MONTREAL'S GAY VILLAGE
• MONTREAL GAY CISE CLUBS
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS MONTREAL

THE 10 BEST MONTREAL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MONTREAL

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Wrten July 18, 2021Gay Village BluI had the displeasure of visg the gay village recently.

Montreal's gay village has seen better days and has clearly been eefall cle recent years.

GAY VILLAGE

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EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS MONTREAL

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One vis to the gay village and was a plete turn off. I'm no snob, but this Gay Village is cheap and lacks a lot and I mean a lot of class. Montreal has a lot more to offer - fet the gay village is not worth the money.

MONTREAL GAY CY GUI: A CY OF FUN, FTIVALS, AND FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS

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Gay Villag were once a cultural hub of class and sophistitn.

GAY MONTREAL · HOTELS

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MONTREAL GAY DISTRICT: THE VILLAGE

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GAY DATG MONTREAL

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THE 10 CLOSEST HOTELS TO GAY VILLAGE, MONTREALVIEW MAPHOTELS NEAR GAY VILLAGE

LunaLoveLondon, Canada1, 053 ntributnsMay 2022 • CouplYou don't have to be gay to enjoy walkg around here. Reportedly, North Ameri's first LGBT publitn, "L Mouch Fantastiqu" (The Fantastic Fil) was found here 1918; by the early 1970s a queer bohemian scene was flourishg (1974 die film "Montreal Ma" offered a glimpse); the first Montreal Pri march took place 1979 (memoratg the 10th anniversary of NYC's Stonewall rts), and Montreal's famed "gay village" me to be the 1980s, as gay bars, clubs, and rints overtook a formerly impoverished, crep sectn of the cy's Centre-Sud district along Sate-Cathere Street East. Rehgly, Montreal's gay village (which is closed to rs durg warmer months) remas a lively and ncentrated hub that's even more lerally lorful and easy to spot thanks to s overhead, 1 kilometer long "18 Shas Of Gay" - prised of 180,000 lored recycled plastic r balls spend overhead.

The gay-owned Spa & Palac offers "non-touristy tours" by bike and by foot, which are perfect for both newers and those who know the cy but would like a eper dive. Book the four-hour, lunch-clive Beyond The Bike Lan tour that vers both rintial and popular tourist zon cludg the Gay Village, or nsir the two-hour Beyond The Village one that spotlights the gayborhoood and s history and landmark s. Get your selfi on the Gay Village durg daylight while takg s art stallatns and muny spac, cludg the Park of Hope (Parc L'poir) and AIDS Memorial.

DISVER MONTREAL'S GAY VILLAGE

Montreal-based graphic novel publisher Drawn & Quarterly has a fantastic store, Librarie Drawn & Quarterly, the buzzy Mile End district, a favore stompg ground of lol, acclaimed gay filmmaker and actor, Xavier Dolan. Bota Bota Spa, suated on a multi-level ship the Old Port, is a iendly spot to unwd and get pampered (wh kid-iendly hours), though some mal might prefer one of Montreal's adults only gay snas, which clu the 24-hour Sna Oasis and four-floor Sna G.I. You'll fd most of Montreal's LGBTQ nightlife nveniently ncentrated s gay village along Ste.

While the Gay Village's dg scene hasn't exactly proven as foodie-centric as other parts of Montreal (lols might feel that's puttg diplomatilly), there has been some improvement the past few years. A few blocks away, the chic 152-room gay-fave W Montreal is posed jt across om the Square-Victoria-OACI metro statn (look for s art nouve Paris-style entrance porti, a 1967 gift om the Cy of Lights) and received s own prehensive, multiln update 2015. If you're keen to be based the Gay Village a gay-owned property, make rervatns at the five-room Sir Montlm Ge B&B.

MONTREAL GAY CISE CLUBS

Montréal was jt a ty outpost of the French Empire when a gay ary dmmer wh the French garrison was charged by the Orr wh mtg “the worst of crim” and sentenced to ath. The first rerd gay tablishment North Ameri was Montrealer Moise Tellier’s “appl and ke shop” on Craig Street (now Sat-Antoe Street) near Sat-Lrent Boulevard, where men met up for amoro liaisons.

Gay men were first allowed to dance together Montréal the Tropil Room of The Downbeat Club (1422 Peel Street) on the night of Augt 27, 1959, to celebrate the 24th birthday of legendary Montréal drag queen “La Monroe” – a. © Suzanne Girard, urty of the Quebec Gay Archiv.

© Gai-Kébec, urty of Quebec Gay Archiv.

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS MONTREAL

© Dany Charland, urty of Quebec Gay Archiv. The next day, more than 2, 000 gay men and their alli prott police harassment.

Legendary Montréal gay activist John Banks – personal secretary of Marlene Dietrich for many years – forms La Briga Rose. Sce the Rabow Flag signed by Gilbert Baker for San Francis’s Gay Freedom Day Para June 1978 had not yet bee a symbol of the muny, Banks sewed together two bedsheets, dyed them pk and cut them to a triangular flag.

Found by Ross Higgs and Jacqu Prce, the non-prof Quebec Gay Archiv regularly prent public lectur, mm and gallery exhibns, as well as poster exhibs. The buildg at 4067 Sat-Lrent Boulevard is a historic and important queer hub: addn to hog the Québec Gay Archiv, was also home to the image+natn LGBTQ+ film ftival and the Divers/Cé Pri Ftival. © Bernard Brlt, La Prse, urty of Quebec Gay Archiv.