LGBT Las Vegas—The bt gay and lbian nightlife and culture

Contents:

• THE BT GAY AND LBIAN CLUBS AND PARTI IN SF
• 'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
• UNRSTANDG GAY & LBIAN INTI

THE BT GAY AND LBIAN CLUBS AND PARTI IN SF

In orr to better unrstand the relatnship between sexual mory and polil inti, we examed five ditors that scribe the relatnship people have wh their lbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) inty and their nnectn wh the LGBT muny.

Internalized Homophobia. Everyone knows that change n be cremental, but the phrase “gay bar” sounds cliché anymore. The cy’s nizens talk about often: Nightlife tablishments, be they storied or new on the scen, have seen their rpective clientel grow to be clive of not jt gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr lols and visors recently.

It’s not overtly “gay!

'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY

For a young scene a mid-sized cy, gay Las Vegas boasts some ser sprawl.

UNRSTANDG GAY & LBIAN INTI

Like the hog velopments and strip malls that ver the Vegas map like glter on a go-go boy, the lol gay and lbian muny is imprsively spread throughout the valley, all but screamg: we’re here, we’re queer, we’re, of urse, only fuels plats about disnnectn and a lack of a te gayborhood. And the latter reflects the cltered nature of gay bars Las UNLV-adjacent “F Loop, ” the origal gay hub, still draws boys to Piranha, the least pretent of the gay clubs Las Vegas, and girls to FreeZone, the cy’s honorary lbian club. Over revalized downtown—home to the new $4-ln Gay and Lbian Communy Center of Southern Nevada—the only out-and-proud drkery is the 38-year-old Snick’s Place, though lively East Fremont piano bar Don’t Tell Mama and hip Arts District urban lounge Artifice are unofficial homo of downtown, the agg Commercial Center reprents the gay alternative, hostg everythg om poker bars (Badlands Saloon and Spotlight Lounge) to a trans-iendly dive (Las Vegas Lounge) to cisg facili (Entourage Spa and Hawk’s Gym) to a boys’ clothg/accsory store (The Rack) wh an attached performance space attached (Onyx Theatre) and ample LGBT programmg.

Krave, former kg of the gay clubs Las Vegas, is now back mid-Strip at the Tommy Wd Theatre after a failed attempt at a downtown expansn. Gay Las Vegas has e a long way, but still isn’t S Cy. And while many LGBTQIA rorts foc on gay men, there are fabulo rorts and hotels om ast to ast eager to wele lbians to their su, spas, and lounge chairs.

Here are six of our favore retreats that are owned by, operated by, or are extra-welg of gay women.

Alexanr’s Gay and Lbian Guthoe: Key Wt. One of Key Wt’s most adored LGBTQIA retreats, historic Alexanr’s Guthoe has long weled gay women and men as a safe haven Old Town, walkg distance om by Duval Street. Book Alexanr’s Gay and Lbian Guthoe here!

It’s the cy’s only gay rort perched right on the beach. It’s an important piece of our gay culture now. People, she has yet to meet any openly gay Indian women there.

The two promoted their clothg shop, Married Wh Lbians, by wearg matchg tie-dyed T-shirts that read: “Born This Gay. It's been a mute sce SFist has n down the olt lbigay clubs and parti around town, and a few thgs have closed and end and some others have popped up sce we last did. So, honor of Pri Week (see our Pri gui here), I brg you an updated look at the gay scene as stands.

But if what you need is to dance your face off, you n generally fd ways to do that as a gay person here jt about any week of the year. A trend gay nightlife of the last uple years has been the filtratn of Burng Man mps throwg monthly benef parti for themselv, the anizers of which have now bee some of the cy's most popular party promoters. It's also a chance for non-Burners to get a taste of what the gay parti are like out there, any month of the year.