Historic s, popular neighborhoods, and LGBTQ+-owned bars and rtrants Philalphia's Gayborhood and beyond.
Contents:
- GET YOUR HISTORY STRAIGHT AND YOUR NIGHTLIFE GAY®
- MIDTOWN VILLAGE & THE GAYBORHOOD
- MOVG TO LGBT PHILALPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
- GUI TO PHILALPHIA'S GAYBORHOOD
- GAYBORHOOD
GET YOUR HISTORY STRAIGHT AND YOUR NIGHTLIFE GAY®
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The Cy of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affectn hosted the untry’s first major monstratn for gay rights, the Annual Remrs, 1965. And today, Philly visors n easily explore s where LGBTQ+ history was ma and where queer life ntu to thrive, pecially the cy’s Gayborhood and durg annual events like Philly Pri 365.
The center of Philalphia’s gay rintial life and culture sce World War II, the blocks between 11th and Broad streets and Pe and Chtnut streets earned their nickname — the “Gayborhood”— durg an October Outft event 1995. You have your choice of fabulo entertament and diversns as the bars and nightclubs of the Gayborhood e alive each night. Sce 2015, the brilliant rabow crosswalks at the tersectn of 13th and Loct Streets have served as an sential Gayborhood landmark.
The group’s LGBTQ and Trans History tours reunt the stori of Gay Liberatn Front – Philalphia founr Kiyoshi Kuromiya, explore morn history and current social issu the neighborhood, and stop at important muny s like the Attic Youth Center, which supports LGBTQ+ youth experiencg homelsns. The Gayborhood got a h new mural at the start of Pri Month 2021 when muralist Ash Ryan fished this three-story-tall tribute to pop star Lil Nas X.
MIDTOWN VILLAGE & THE GAYBORHOOD
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In 1965, the Universy of Pennsylvania expelled Fryer om his psychiatric rincy program on the basis of his homosexualy, which was then classified as a mental illns by the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn (APA). In 1972, Fryer, a faculty member at the Temple Universy School of Medice, offered an electrifyg anonymo ttimony that rulted the APA’s 1973 classifitn of homosexualy as a mental illns. Philalphia Gay News Marker: This marker stands ont of the first office of the Philalphia Gay News, one of the natn’s most award-wng weekly newspapers.
A pneer the LGBTQ+ rights movement, Gtgs, a Philalphia rint om age 18 and a lifetime activist, eded The Ladr, the natn’s first lbian magaze; -anized the Annual Remrs at Inpennce Hall (see above) and led charg both to promote posive LGBTQ+ lerature public librari and to change the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn’s classifitn of homosexualy as a mental illns. It’s where radil gay llective Gazoo found Philalphia’s Gay Liberatn Front and where bisexual blu sger Bsie Smh performed at the Royal Theatre, an early 20th-century Black-owned cultural center. Today, the street’s known for s Magic Garns, cheteak shops and hangouts, cludg dive bar extraordaire Bob & Barbara’s Lounge, home of one of Philly’s bt-loved drag shows; the punk art LGBTQ+ haven Tattooed Mom; and the eclectic, gay-owned boutique shop Workshop Unrground.
MOVG TO LGBT PHILALPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
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Standg directly across the street om Inpennce Hall, a historic marker honors the Annual Remrs, the monstratn held at this se led by gay activists on July 4 om 1965 to 1969, the last of which occurred jt days after the history-makg Stonewall Rts. Philalphia was the first cy the Uned Stat to lnch a major marketg mpaign (“Get Your History Straight and Your Nightlife Gay®”) to wele LGBTQ+ tourism, and reprents a trove of cultural, culary, artistic and ethnic diversy. Don’t miss a vis to the Gayborhood, a Center Cy neighborhood that sets self apart wh rabow street signs as well as rtrants and bars owned by and terg to LGBTQ+-intified clientele.
GUI TO PHILALPHIA'S GAYBORHOOD
In the send half of the twentieth century, the Center Cy Gayborhood formed the vicy of Loct and Thirteenth Streets. * philadelphia gay neighborhood map *
The Gayborhood offers much the way of nightlife optns as well, and for those the LBGT muny, and other open-md people, the area remas rife wh possibili.
Enjoy the classic gay bar experience at Woody’s, one of Philly’s longt nng gay bars; get swervg on the massive dance floor at Franky Bradley’s; and, post-last ll, wrap up your eveng at Voyr, the swank after-hours club. Unsurprisgly, several of the biggt annual events the area are LBGT-themed, cludg the fantabulo PriDay LGBT Para and Ftival June, which begs the Gayborhood and eventually extends out to Penn’s Landg.
It was the se of the first signifint LGBTQ rights monstratn the US held outsi Inpennce Hall on July 4, 1965, and more recently was the first Amerin cy to enurage queer tourism wh s “Get Your History Straight and Your Nightlife Gay” markg mpaign. Y, jt like San Diego, Portland, San Anton, and other fabuloly gay US ci, there is also a vigoro LGBT scene here (if you know where to look), and this is somethg a gay realtor Philalphia n help you navigate as you fd your new perfect home here. A cy of civic pri wh a mocratic food scene and urban bety galore, Philalphia would be amongst our favore queer ci to lie even whout s vibrant gay scene.
GAYBORHOOD
Affectnately lled the Gayborhood, this Center Cy neighborhood is home to most of the LGBT+ hotspots Philalphia and is the place to ri near. When to gay bars, Philalphia has somethg for everyone —om dance eaks to leather daddi, sports fans, and drag aficnados. If you need a more night-life and travel-foced gui tailg all the LGBT clubs, parti, and more, check out our Gay Philalphia Gui!