THE 5 BEST Washgton Gay Clubs & Bars (Updated 2023)

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• THE 5 BEST WASHGTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS WASHGTON
• THE BT GAY BARS SEATTLE, WASHGTON RABOW & LOVE SIGN | PHOTO BY ALEXANR GREY ON UNSPLASH JACKLYN GRAMBH 23 MAY 2023 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT AS ONE OF THE MOST GAY-IENDLY CI THE U.S., PARG DOWN SEATTLE’S GAY BARS TO THE BT ON IS NOT AN EASY TASK. FROM LOUNG TO CLUBS TO MORE TRADNAL BARS, THERE IS A LOT TO CHOOSE OM, PECIALLY ON CAPOL HILL. WHETHER YOU’RE GAY, LBIAN, QUEER, TRANS, OR SIMPLY AN ALLY, HERE ARE SOME PLAC WORTH YOUR TIME. VIEW ALL TRIPS DID YOU KNOW – CULTURE TRIP NOW DO BOOKABLE, SMALL-GROUP TRIPS? PICK OM THENTIC, IMMERSIVE EPIC TRIPS, PACT AND ACTN-PACKED MI TRIPS AND SPARKLG, EXPANSIVE SAILG TRIPS. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP MOROC INDIA THAILAND SPA SOUTH AI TURKEY GREECE CROATIA ECUADOR BALI MEXI ICELAND JAPAN EGYPT PONY AT A BAR | PHOTO BY ELENA MOZHVILO ON UNSPLASH FROM THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDG AS A 1930S GAS STATN TO THE LIVELY PATRONS, PONY IS FULL OF CHARACTER(S). WH WEEKLY KARAOKE ON TUDAYS AND HAPPY HOUR “ALL NE” ON WEDNDAYS, THIS GAY DIVE BAR OFFERS A SMALL DANCE FLOOR AND AN OUTDOOR PAT OPEN YEAR-ROUND THANKS TO A RETRACTABLE ROOF AND A FIRE P. CHECK OUT FOR GUARANTEED TRASHY, CLASSLS FUN. DIEL AS THE NAME IMPLI, THIS GAY BAR HAS A TCK THEME, WHICH EXTENDS TO THE MENU WH OPTNS SUCH AS “MACK” & CHEE, MOZZARELLA STICK-SHIFT, AND TCKER CLUCKER & I. ADVERTISED AS THE PLACE FOR “BEARS, BIKERS, BUDDI, BUBBAS, BLUE LLARS, AND BAD ASS,” HEAD TO DIEL FOR “ICE LD BEER, WARM HEARTS,” AND A GAME OF POOL. MAJESTIC TURKEY TRAVEL OM THE BAZAARS OF ISTANBUL TO THE BETIFUL BEACH OF ANTALYA. VIEW TRIP NEIGHBOURS NIGHTCLUB WH TWO FLOORS, EPIC SHOWS, AND FOOD TO BOOT, “SEATTLE’S LONGT-NNG AND LARGT LGBTQ NIGHTCLUB” IS ARGUABLY WHERE ALL BEGAN. SCE 1983, NEIGHBOURS HAS BEEN VTG SEATTLE’S DRAG SCENE AS WELL AS THE MUNY PHILANTHROPY. IT’S ALSO ONE OF THE FEW DANCE VENU SEATTLE OPEN TO UNRAGE PATRONS: 18+ ARE ADMTED WEDNDAYS OM 9 PM TO 2 AM AS WELL AS FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS OM 2 AM (AFTER THE BARS CLOSE) TO 4 AM. THE CUFF COMPLEX THE CUFF IS A NIGHTCLUB FOR GAY MEN AND TERS TO EVERYONE OM FAI (SPECIFILLY THE 21+ MEMBERS) TO FETISH GROUPS. PROVIDG “A SAFE SPACE THAT TERS TO A MASCULE ENERGY,” THE PLEX HAS THREE BARS: THE MA BAR NEAR BILLIARDS AND DARTS, THE DANCE BAR NEAR THE DANCE FLOOR, AND THE PAT BAR OUTSI. FOR A PLACE TO RELAX AND CHAT WH OTHERS, CHECK OUT “THE DOG-N.” BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. CRCENT LOUNGE THIS STRAIGHTFORWARD LGBT BAR IS A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD BAR WHERE “GAY” N ALSO BE TERPRETED TO MEAN “HAPPY”—BEE THEIR CTOMERS ARE ALWAYS JT THAT. WH KARAOKE SEVEN NIGHTS A WEEK, THE ALL-CLIVE VENUE OFFERS CHEAP DRKS THAT GET MORE AFFORDABLE SIX HOURS A DAY DURG HAPPY HOUR, STARTG WH $4 WELLS. MADISON PUB ONE OF THE MOST RELAXED GAY BARS TOWN, MADISON PUB OFFERS A FULL BAR TO GO WH YOUR GAME OF POOL OR DARTS WHILE YOU ROCK OUT TO SOME JEBOX JAMS. FOR THOSE WHO PREFER TO WATCH GAM RATHER THAN PLAY THEM, THE PUB IS A RELIABLE SPOT WHICH TO TCH THE MARERS, SEAHAWKS, AND SOUNRS GAM. WILDROSE WILDROSE IS SEATTLE’S ONLY LBIAN-DITED BAR AS WELL AS ONE OF THE OLST LBIAN BARS THE NATN. OWNED AND OPERATED BY WOMEN SCE 1984, CLUS A BAR AREA, DANCE FLOOR, AND PAT. WH OPTNS FOR EVERYONE, THEIR EVENTS RANGE OM DANCE PARTI TO POETRY READGS TO POOL TOURNAMENTS. ’S ALHOL COCKTAIL BLEND DRK | © BAI / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO KEEPG SIMPLE, ’S IS A GAY BAR THAT OFFERS PUB GB, A PAT, AND CHEAP DRKS. SOME OF THEIR BETTER KNOWN REGULAR EVENTS CLU THE OPEN-MIC NIGHT AND THE MONTHLY FETISH NIGHT. THEY ALSO TAKE RE OF THEIR OWN ON DTRY NIGHT, WH ALS FOR THOSE WHO WORK THE SERVICE DTRY. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
• AS SEATTLE’S GAYBORHOOD MIGRAT, CAPOL HILL QUEER BARS FIGHT TO REMA A REFUGE
• THE STRANGER'S GUI TO THE BT GAY CLUBS, SHOPS, AND BARS SEATTLE
• THE 5 BEST SEATTLE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SEATTLE
• THE BEST SPOKANE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SPOKANE
• THE 42 BT GAY BARS AMERI
• LGBTQ HEALTH AND WELLNS ROURC SEATTLE
• THE BEST SPOKANE GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS SPOKANE

THE 5 BEST WASHGTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS WASHGTON

7 plac sorted by traveler favorGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissWhat travelers are saygIt's not the bt bar on the is often a ver is very bar, many bars, even a dance floor. This bar is tryg to do somethg unique by beg a bar for the entire queer muny—cludg trans folks, nonbary people, lbians, and good-old-fashned gay men. This gay bar and cktail lounge om gay-bar-scene-dream-team Steve Nyman and Nathan Benedict (former owners of Insi Passage and Thumper’s) and Mark Engelmann (former manager of C.

Vibrators on display, class on everythg om rope bondage to strap-ons to erotic massage, and a iendly staff, Babeland is perfectly sued to women who date women—but gay guys, straight upl, and folks across the spectm are also wele. Jt east of downtown, the Capol Hill neighborhood has long been the cy’s gay epicenter, wh rabow-pated crosswalks and many ways to dive to the LGBTQ+ scene. Jt east of downtown, Capol Hill has long been the Seattle’s gay epicenter and home to artists, hipsters, stunts and now-famo micians, not to mentn some of the bt rtrants, bars, ffee shops, live mic venu and public parks.

Non-prof social/charable anizatn whose purpose is to provi funds and servic to other non-profs wh the gay and lbian muny of Seattle and Kg County Washgton.

THE BT GAY BARS SEATTLE, WASHGTON RABOW & LOVE SIGN | PHOTO BY ALEXANR GREY ON UNSPLASH JACKLYN GRAMBH 23 MAY 2023 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT AS ONE OF THE MOST GAY-IENDLY CI THE U.S., PARG DOWN SEATTLE’S GAY BARS TO THE BT ON IS NOT AN EASY TASK. FROM LOUNG TO CLUBS TO MORE TRADNAL BARS, THERE IS A LOT TO CHOOSE OM, PECIALLY ON CAPOL HILL. WHETHER YOU’RE GAY, LBIAN, QUEER, TRANS, OR SIMPLY AN ALLY, HERE ARE SOME PLAC WORTH YOUR TIME. VIEW ALL TRIPS DID YOU KNOW – CULTURE TRIP NOW DO BOOKABLE, SMALL-GROUP TRIPS? PICK OM THENTIC, IMMERSIVE EPIC TRIPS, PACT AND ACTN-PACKED MI TRIPS AND SPARKLG, EXPANSIVE SAILG TRIPS. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP MOROC INDIA THAILAND SPA SOUTH AI TURKEY GREECE CROATIA ECUADOR BALI MEXI ICELAND JAPAN EGYPT PONY AT A BAR | PHOTO BY ELENA MOZHVILO ON UNSPLASH FROM THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDG AS A 1930S GAS STATN TO THE LIVELY PATRONS, PONY IS FULL OF CHARACTER(S). WH WEEKLY KARAOKE ON TUDAYS AND HAPPY HOUR “ALL NE” ON WEDNDAYS, THIS GAY DIVE BAR OFFERS A SMALL DANCE FLOOR AND AN OUTDOOR PAT OPEN YEAR-ROUND THANKS TO A RETRACTABLE ROOF AND A FIRE P. CHECK OUT FOR GUARANTEED TRASHY, CLASSLS FUN. DIEL AS THE NAME IMPLI, THIS GAY BAR HAS A TCK THEME, WHICH EXTENDS TO THE MENU WH OPTNS SUCH AS “MACK” & CHEE, MOZZARELLA STICK-SHIFT, AND TCKER CLUCKER & I. ADVERTISED AS THE PLACE FOR “BEARS, BIKERS, BUDDI, BUBBAS, BLUE LLARS, AND BAD ASS,” HEAD TO DIEL FOR “ICE LD BEER, WARM HEARTS,” AND A GAME OF POOL. MAJESTIC TURKEY TRAVEL OM THE BAZAARS OF ISTANBUL TO THE BETIFUL BEACH OF ANTALYA. VIEW TRIP NEIGHBOURS NIGHTCLUB WH TWO FLOORS, EPIC SHOWS, AND FOOD TO BOOT, “SEATTLE’S LONGT-NNG AND LARGT LGBTQ NIGHTCLUB” IS ARGUABLY WHERE ALL BEGAN. SCE 1983, NEIGHBOURS HAS BEEN VTG SEATTLE’S DRAG SCENE AS WELL AS THE MUNY PHILANTHROPY. IT’S ALSO ONE OF THE FEW DANCE VENU SEATTLE OPEN TO UNRAGE PATRONS: 18+ ARE ADMTED WEDNDAYS OM 9 PM TO 2 AM AS WELL AS FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS OM 2 AM (AFTER THE BARS CLOSE) TO 4 AM. THE CUFF COMPLEX THE CUFF IS A NIGHTCLUB FOR GAY MEN AND TERS TO EVERYONE OM FAI (SPECIFILLY THE 21+ MEMBERS) TO FETISH GROUPS. PROVIDG “A SAFE SPACE THAT TERS TO A MASCULE ENERGY,” THE PLEX HAS THREE BARS: THE MA BAR NEAR BILLIARDS AND DARTS, THE DANCE BAR NEAR THE DANCE FLOOR, AND THE PAT BAR OUTSI. FOR A PLACE TO RELAX AND CHAT WH OTHERS, CHECK OUT “THE DOG-N.” BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. CRCENT LOUNGE THIS STRAIGHTFORWARD LGBT BAR IS A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD BAR WHERE “GAY” N ALSO BE TERPRETED TO MEAN “HAPPY”—BEE THEIR CTOMERS ARE ALWAYS JT THAT. WH KARAOKE SEVEN NIGHTS A WEEK, THE ALL-CLIVE VENUE OFFERS CHEAP DRKS THAT GET MORE AFFORDABLE SIX HOURS A DAY DURG HAPPY HOUR, STARTG WH $4 WELLS. MADISON PUB ONE OF THE MOST RELAXED GAY BARS TOWN, MADISON PUB OFFERS A FULL BAR TO GO WH YOUR GAME OF POOL OR DARTS WHILE YOU ROCK OUT TO SOME JEBOX JAMS. FOR THOSE WHO PREFER TO WATCH GAM RATHER THAN PLAY THEM, THE PUB IS A RELIABLE SPOT WHICH TO TCH THE MARERS, SEAHAWKS, AND SOUNRS GAM. WILDROSE WILDROSE IS SEATTLE’S ONLY LBIAN-DITED BAR AS WELL AS ONE OF THE OLST LBIAN BARS THE NATN. OWNED AND OPERATED BY WOMEN SCE 1984, CLUS A BAR AREA, DANCE FLOOR, AND PAT. WH OPTNS FOR EVERYONE, THEIR EVENTS RANGE OM DANCE PARTI TO POETRY READGS TO POOL TOURNAMENTS. ’S ALHOL COCKTAIL BLEND DRK | © BAI / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO KEEPG SIMPLE, ’S IS A GAY BAR THAT OFFERS PUB GB, A PAT, AND CHEAP DRKS. SOME OF THEIR BETTER KNOWN REGULAR EVENTS CLU THE OPEN-MIC NIGHT AND THE MONTHLY FETISH NIGHT. THEY ALSO TAKE RE OF THEIR OWN ON DTRY NIGHT, WH ALS FOR THOSE WHO WORK THE SERVICE DTRY. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?

Found 1994, NWLGHMP is an anizatn which rearch, terprets and munit the history of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people the Pacific Northwt for the purpos of study, tn and enjoyment. Wh weekly karaoke on Tudays and happy hour “All Ne” on Wedndays, this gay dive bar offers a small dance floor and an outdoor pat open year-round thanks to a retractable roof and a fire p. Diel As the name impli, this gay bar has a tck theme, which extends to the menu wh optns such as “MACK” & chee, Mozzarella stick-shift, and Tcker Clucker & i.

AS SEATTLE’S GAYBORHOOD MIGRAT, CAPOL HILL QUEER BARS FIGHT TO REMA A REFUGE

The Cuff Complex The Cuff is a nightclub for gay men and ters to everyone om fai (specifilly the 21+ members) to fetish groups. ” Crcent Lounge This straightforward LGBT bar is a great neighborhood bar where “gay” n also be terpreted to mean “happy”—bee their ctomers are always jt that.

Madison Pub One of the most relaxed gay bars town, Madison Pub offers a full bar to go wh your game of pool or darts while you rock out to some jebox jams.

At the time, the queer bars I pass are stg silent and shuttered: Pony, whose signage announced 2014 to a changg neighborhood, “This is a very gay bar. As spac close or relote search of cheaper rent, there is an opportuny to rethk both the nature of queer space and the boundari of Seattle’s gayborhood.

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My two gay bt iends and I were dner regulars at the Broadway Grill; hnted mortuary-turned-gay-bar Chapel; and danced our hearts out at club and drag performance venue R Place, where I always felt wele, both before and after I me out as queer and genr-expansive. Its five female founrs chose the space for s large wdows, a revolutnary move durg a time when “gay bars were more like speakeasi, ” as Manng told the Seattle Channel, hoed dark, hidn spac. “When Capol Hill first started gentrifyg, I’d be [workg the] door, and people would ask, ‘Why are there so many gay bars here?

The gayborhood of my youth was punk-rock and unashamedly queer, a rehg ntrast to the homogenized culture and merce that domated downtown and the suburbs. Dpe the “myth of gay affluence, ” LGBTQ people face higher rat of poverty than their cisgenred, heterosexual peers, along wh barriers to social servic and health re.

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At the time, strict laws regulatg sodomy, same-sex dancg, and drag forced them unrground, but most “gay bars end up simply payg off the police to prevent them om beg harassed, ” says Peter Boag, profsor and Columbia Chair the History of the Amerin Wt at Washgton State Universy. This bribery system ma Seattle “a hot town for gay people, ” as turn-of-the-century performer Hannah Banana once scribed , wh vville and drag at s center. At the Garn of Allah, Seattle’s first gay-owned baret, renowned performers such as Skippy LaRue were drawg both gay and straight crowds 119 years before Ru Pl’s Drag Race beme a cross-cultural phenomenon.

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The historic Dorian Society opened a muny center there 1969; the Uned Ebony Council, a Black gay male anizatn, formed 1975, and both groups met at the Mombo Rtrant and Lounge, whose owner helped end the police bribery system. Seattle’s first publicly gay bar, Shelley’s Leg, opened 1973, terg primarily to lbians, wh other woman-oriented bars followg su. But as gay and lbian activism gaed tractn the 1970s and 1980s, however, s lears displaced many of the genr-expansive people and BIPOC who drove the origal movement.

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O’Stayformore has found hom Geetown for her drag show, Ban Strip; Burns scrib Whe Center’s nascent gayborhood as remiscent of “old Capol Hill, ” wh a more diverse scene that clus some of the olr lbians who might once have graced the Rose’s booths and barstools. While much of this progrs n be creded to the gay and lbian activist cultur of the 1960s and ’70s, the irony is that they created a future where the next generatn of queer people feel ls affy wh the “G” and “L” labels — and the spac that go along wh them.

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Even Toce, spe her publitn’s name, don’t necsarily intify wh the word “lbian” (she prefers “gay”), but feels that the Seattle Lbian is “fillg a niche the muny that I thought need to be there. Gay women are more likely than men to marry or habate, pecially Washgton state, as well as to divorce; this siphons patrons off the lbian bar scene first when they “nt, ” and aga when they bee sgle parents.

” She would like to see more queer space that targets patrons at “different pots our liv, ” such as 25-year Hill veteran Gay Cy, which boasts a library and ffee shop along wh arts and culture programmg, youth servic, and health and tnal rourc. Though there are gay people and gay bs throughout Seattle, Capol Hill is tradnally the gay neighborhood, and ’s where you’ll fd most of the gay bars, the cy’s only lbian bar, and a few zany crosswalks pated the lors of the rabow. This bar is tryg to do somethg unique by beg a bar for the entire queer muny—cludg trans folks, nonbary people, lbians, and good-old fashned gay men.

THE BEST SPOKANE GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS SPOKANE

Three floors of gay bar wh dancg up top, R Place also hosts live drag shows, RuPl's Drag Race viewg parti, and karaoke (on Sundays, Mondays, and Tudays at 9 p. “Whether ’s evotive pictn of gay life durg the tumultuo 1980s, pastakgly rearched bgraphy or elegant memoir, Whe’s work stands out across s as s ronance … for a multu of voted rears.