Joe Redburn, the founr of two inic Salt Lake Cy gay bars who brought the beer for what beme the first Utah Pri celebratn, has died.
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- FOR REAL: SALT LAKE CY IS AMERI’S SUPER GAY, SUPER OL HIPSTER HAVEN
- JOE REDBURN, FOUNR OF TWO FAMO SALT LAKE CY GAY BARS, DI HOMELS SHELTER AT 82
FOR REAL: SALT LAKE CY IS AMERI’S SUPER GAY, SUPER OL HIPSTER HAVEN
From the ’70s to the early ’90s, two inic bars were at the epicenter of the gay nightlife scene Salt Lake Cy—The Sun Tavern (The Sun) and The Trapp. The Sun was opened 1973 by Joe Redburn as the first real gay club the nservative state, and was also aclad as the first “dis” as the bar hoed the first ever dis ball on a dance floor Utah. Redburn sold The Sun 1990 and he opened The Trapp 1991 as a untry-wtern gay bar.
Repp says, “I never wanted to be part of a gay bar. ” Knowg this, Repp was shocked when he beme associated wh the longt standg gay bar Utah—and proudly so. He says, “When you’re a gay male, there’s a certa privilege wh our ner muny [where] you don’t take the time to unrstand [others].
JOE REDBURN, FOUNR OF TWO FAMO SALT LAKE CY GAY BARS, DI HOMELS SHELTER AT 82
“When you’re a gay male, there’s a certa privilege wh our ner muny [where] you don’t take the time to unrstand [others]. Though, all-clivens was not achieved overnight: For some time, there was a reputatn that this was a “gay man’s” bar, rather than a more broad, “LGBTQ+” bar.