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WH THE CUB ROOM'S RETURN, IS NEW HOPE'S GAY BAR SCENE G BACK?

NEW HOPE - The first time Larry Melo stepped to a gay bar he didn’t know what to expect. “Even as a gay guy, my first experience out the world was so different than what I imaged would be, ” Melo relled.

His , who was also gay, suggted the two grab a drk at Jan Wallman’s on Cornelia Street Greenwich Village. “It was my first time beg a bar surround wh all gay men.

Loted at the New Hope Lodge, formerly known as Motel the Woods, The Cub Room was the last gay bar standg a town that, at one time, had four bars aimed at servg the LGBTQ+ crowd, cludg The Raven, The Prelu and The Cartwheel. “It was this bohemian ltle gay town, ” Melo sce The Cub Room closed nearly three years ago, New Hope has been whout a venue terg specifilly to gay men. Brgg back The Cub Room as a safe haven for the gay munyBefore The Cub Room closed, Melo was a regular patron, drawn to the relaxg feel of the place.

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Larry did a great job, ” Kub he enjoys gog to any type of bar, he said he feels more relaxed a bar for gay men which is why he mak the drive to The Cub Room, the clost gay bar om his home Ewg, New Jersey.

” Melo said he’s happy to create what he hop will be “a safe haven for the gay muny.

THIS GAY LLEGE ACH HAS FOUND ACCEPTANCE AND SUCCS NSERVATIVE AMERI

As Jamie Murray puts : "We have players om all over the world, all different cultur, many walks of life" yet spe of the multiculturalism, there is still one great anomaly at the heart of the men's game: the absence of any openly gay players.

In almost 150 years of beg an anised sport, only two openly gay men have ever played at ele level, both of whom peted primarily before World War II - multiple grand-slam champn Gottied von Cramm who was arrted for homosexualy Nazi Germany, and the Amerin 10-time major wner Bill Tiln.