THE 10 BEST New York Gay Clubs & Bars (Updated 2023)

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• THE BT GAY HOOK-UP SPOTS NYC
• GAY NEW YORK: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, DRAG SHOWS AND QUEER CULTURE
• THE 10 BEST NEW YORK GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK

THE BT GAY HOOK-UP SPOTS NYC

Ric Sena Prents, Gay nightlife, Alegria Events, Viva New YorkHOME ANCHORSEP. Longtime NYC gay-nightlife gu John Blair, havg parted ways wh the folks at XL, recently lnched a new Saturday-night effort, Viva, at Stage 48. Blair (along wh his party partners Beto Suter, Ric Sena, Alan Pic and Jt Le) is still able to pack NYC's alpha gays and those who enjoy dancg wh them.

GAY NEW YORK: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, DRAG SHOWS AND QUEER CULTURE

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THE 10 BEST NEW YORK GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK

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 number of gay bars Jackson Heights have a big followg Queens, but Friend’s Tavern is one of the most popular. The longt-nng gay bar the cy, this Wt Village stutn proudly displays s history.

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Ground zero for the 1969 rts that helped lnch the gay rights movement, Stonewall is still a rog, though very touristy, Village statn to pay tribute to the movement. This popular and cheerful gay bar occupi a roomy, thoughtfully signed space wh a backyard South Williamsburg. If you fd yourself on the top-floor club, you n dance unr 20-foot ceilgs and fd yourself entranced by the granur of a spend by Cole Salado for ThrillistWhile The Q reviv some of the gr and allure synonymo wh classic NYC gay clubs, arriv wh an add emphasis on rpect and cln.

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It would figure that Williamsburg's premiere gay bar would have only a MySpace page as s webse—ah, the ironic retro ter—and this award-wng gay and lbian oriented bar is one of the most popular the borough, even moro durg the warm weather months due to s am... Midtown's "only full-time gay bar" equipped wh r om the Forti, wh a great selectn of ntemporary tun playg over the sound system.

The Boiler Room is as far removed thematilly as is geographilly om the Hell's Kchen and Chelsea gay scen—what New York lovgly lls a "post-gay gay bar"—where orientatn isn't a good enough basis for nversatn and beg the most over-the-top bottom wo... That would be the Lat pronunciatn of "boom boom, " by the way, which mak sense for this South Amerin-styled gay bar Woodsi. Probably Manhattan's most clive gay club, Indtry is a b of an anomaly Midtown nightlife, that rare place you aim directly for stead of happen to end up at.

Multi-level gay bar wh three differently themed rooms, om a banquette-stuffed lounge for dg and mglg, a simple but elegant bar, and a third for dancg and cisg.

Country & Wtern-styled saloon for the gay and lbian crowd Hell's Kchen. NYC is a gay-iendly town wh a variety of neighbourhoods offerg pockets of queer culture and nightlife, each wh s own uy flavour. The Wt Village – the hub of the morn gay movement, thanks to the 1969 rebelln at the Stonewall Inn – still bristl wh gay bars and drag clubs, mostly unaffected hangouts such as the appealg Piec, and The Monster, a two-floor nightlife emporium wh piano bar on top and dis down below.

Chelsea (the gay mec the 90s) was bet by a mass exod as beme gentrified, though the long-nng Barracuda Lounge still provis booze and schmooze, and G Lounge never go away, thanks to s ambient mi-areas which to hang wh your clique.

And Hell’s Kchen (or HK) is now the gay epicentre, where rents are a ltle more affordable, thereby attractg swarms of new arrivals who prowl the streets and look for fun on an obssive basis. (On last unt, there were 14 gay bars the area, whout a p off sight.