Montrose has been the center of Hoton's gay and lbian muny sce the 1970s. The neighborhood suffered durg feral urban renewal, but cremental improvements iated by rints, anizatns, and allianc began the 1970s. Dignated a Great Neighborhood 2009.
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This gay party spot is a staple Hoton nightlife and has been servg the LGBT muny for s. Montrose’s prolific gay club South Beach was long a Hoton stutn, strivg to enpsulate the clivy of Miami before shuttered 2018 for renovatns. “It’s kd of a rocket lnch or somethg, ” says owner Charl Armstrong, who also operat JR’s Bar & Grill — billed as one of the olst, ntuoly open gay bars the cy.
Armstrong says that for more than 30 years and South Beach’s entire 17-year n, he refed to have media and mera crews any gay club for fear of people beg outed, losg their jobs, or their liv generally beg promised.
It was a break om some of the nservative and homogeneo cultur he found Texas, he says. “The relevance of the club scene is still a wonrful platform” for nnectg and tablishg relatnships, says Armstrong, notg that he met the love of his life 42 years ago a gay bar Florida. I llect gay.