The Valley Might Be L.A.'s Most Gregar "Gayborhood" of All - LA Weekly

Contents:

• SAN FERNANDO VALLEY HAS A SECRET HISTORY OF GAY BARS
• THE VALLEY MIGHT BE L.A.'S MOST GREGAR "GAYBORHOOD" OF ALL
• GAY IDAHO TRAVEL GUI
• THIS PHOENIX SPOT IS ONE OF THE BT GAY BARS THE US — EVEN THOUGH 'S NOT A GAY BAR
• VALLEY’S LGBTQ FD UNIQUE WAYS TO FILL VOID LEFT BY CLOSURE OF STONEWALL, OTHER GAY BARS
• THE BEST SHENANDOAH VALLEY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SHENANDOAH VALLEY
• THE 5 BEST COACHELLA VALLEY GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS COACHELLA VALLEY
• THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
• MOSW GAY MAP
• 10 BT GAY BARS PHOENIX
• TY PONY IS THE GAYT BAR YUC VALLEY

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY HAS A SECRET HISTORY OF GAY BARS

7 thgs you didn’t know about the historic gay club Oil Can Harry’s. “ ‘Over the hill’ was a mon viewpot of Valley gays, ” Adks says an terview. Up Stairs Lounge fire largt mass murr of gay people US history.

Here, Adks shar his gay memori about eight spac that were loted on Venture Boulevard. Apache Terrory, also know as The Apache, was a popular gay bar Stud Cy on Ventura Boulevard. Later, the Ventura Boulevard lotn beme another gay bar, Everybody’s.

THE VALLEY MIGHT BE L.A.'S MOST GREGAR "GAYBORHOOD" OF ALL

“Keh’s Touch of Class was a gay rtrant wh a cktail lounge and rotatg mil performers like Wayne Moore and Brenda Silas Moore. Wayne was a sger-songwrer who played all the gay piano bars, and Brenda was his ex-wife and baret performer, ” Adks says.

GAY IDAHO TRAVEL GUI

The San Fernando Valley may not be the first “gayborhood” one thks of Los Angel, but maybe should be. It has s own unique and btlg gay nightlife, and 's steeped history, providg unique alternativ (and ls traffic) to L.

's other gayborhoods. The answer is y, and as wh WeHo, DTLA, even Long Beach, a great gay night out n be had the San Fernando Valley. While none of the Valley gay bars or clubs offers food, there is a gay-iendly, gay-owned rtrant North Hollywood’s Garland Hotel lled the Front Yard.

The Garland’s owner and asset manager, Jam Crank, is an out and proud gay man whose fay has a long history wh the property.

THIS PHOENIX SPOT IS ONE OF THE BT GAY BARS THE US — EVEN THOUGH 'S NOT A GAY BAR

His parents built the hotel 1971 and opened as a Howard Johnson's, which featured a Howard Johnson rtrant/lounge that was a popular gay hangout back the '70s.

“As I got olr, I jt had the olr gay guys e up to me and say, ‘You probably didn’t know , but the ’70s, your bar was like the gay hangout.

When Crank’s father died the late '80s, he gave up his pursu of a master's gree unselg gay youth and gay fay servic to help his mom n the hotel. … I thk a lot of that om Stt and I beg gay and beg aware of what our muny want, what wants to eat and drk and how wants to be treated, ” Crank says. “Of urse, urtg the gay muny is always a great badge of honor when our people show up bee they’re so discerng and hard to please, and I love them.

VALLEY’S LGBTQ FD UNIQUE WAYS TO FILL VOID LEFT BY CLOSURE OF STONEWALL, OTHER GAY BARS

The only gay bar L. In the gay world, some don’t have a fay [bee they were] dismissed by fay, and that’s what we ll the magic the n, ” Young says. “[From what I know], supposedly we’re the olst gay bar wt of the Mississippi.

Another historic spot, the Bullet Bar has been around as a gay fetish bar sce the 1960s unr var nam cludg the Officer’s Club, the Hangman, the Signal and the Junctn. I thk the gay leather muny fs wh that puzzle.

Ultimately, Lara has a visn for gay nightlife the Valley that extends beyond the Bullet Bar. Origally when I started this bs, we had 12 gay or lbian bars; we’re now down to four.

THE BEST SHENANDOAH VALLEY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SHENANDOAH VALLEY

“We n e a Gay and Lbian Center satelle office on Burbank.

THE 5 BEST COACHELLA VALLEY GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS COACHELLA VALLEY

I thk that a lot more young gay and women would stay the Valley to spend money. Dcribed by owner-operator Marty Sokol as “the most fun party town, ” this Lato gay bar is the place to go if you want to dance (or watch the talented Cobra Dancers). There was a time when the gay scene was much more segregated than is now.

“We’re nstantly dog fundraisg and muny events that benef not jt gay, lbian and transgenr but also for children, ” Sokol says. “We’re more of a iendly neighborhood bar that accepts everybody, gay, straight, transgenr, bisexual, ” says manager and mixologist Chris Morse, who’s been at C.

Frenz first opened as a gay bar the 1970s lled Hobo. This area was a centerpiece of gay nightlife 40 to 50 years ago, and the fact that so many plac are still functng gay bars this many years later should be celebrated and honored. It may not be the first gayborhood that people town thk of, but after Sunday's Pri ftivi, that may change.

THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW

PHOTO COURTESY OF BIG GAY HUDSON VALLEY.

MOSW GAY MAP

Print was elected, and Stephan Hengst and Patrick Decker found Big Gay Hudson Valley.

Now, thoands of rints attend Big Gay Hudson Valley’s (BGHV) events each year. Some velopments are universal, such as the advent of social workg s, to which he attribut the disappearance of gay bars and gay bookstor the regn. Other chang, such as the diversifitn of the LGBTQ+ muny, are unique and have even been fostered by Big Gay Hudson Valley.

As Big Gay Hudson Valley grew, so did s strategi for nnectg the muny. “That event — there aren’t many like the gay and lbian muny anywhere.

10 BT GAY BARS PHOENIX

“I thk for too long people have gotten ed to gay and lbian events only beg nightlife events that happen a bar, ” Hengst says, “and there’s a lot more muny that exists outsi the nf of a bar. “We have a Catholic church here that is adamantly agast gay people, but half my iends attend .

TY PONY IS THE GAYT BAR YUC VALLEY

Big Gay Hudson Valley also ramps up s programmg for Pri Month, most notably wh s Queen Cy Pri Communy Piic at Loct Grove Poughkeepsie. Big Gay Hudson Valley’s events are signed to foster a muny that is open and clive for everyone. “Big Gay Hudson Valley gave a voice to a lot of people who didn’t que know where to channel the posive change they wanted to make happen, ” he explas.