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Contents:

• GAY THE RED-LIGHT DISTRICT? - AMSTERDAM FOM
• THE 10 BEST AMSTERDAM GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS AMSTERDAM
• LGBTQ+ AMSTERDAM – THE 14 BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS
• GAY CAPAL OF EUROPE
• GAY AMSTERDAM · CY GUI
• 119 GAY LN,AMSTERDAM, NY 12010
• AMSTERDAM GAY MAP

GAY THE RED-LIGHT DISTRICT? - AMSTERDAM FOM

Can anyone tell me if there are any tablishments the red light district that ter to gay men, perhaps rt servic for gay men, strip shows, etc.?

I unrstand that Paarnstraat, near Rembrandtple, also has a number of Gay venu, Snas etc, wh also prostutn "clubs". I unrstand that Stable Master Hotel, Warmostraate 23, which is a gay hotel, has what they ll "a naked Party" every week. I saw a hotel on the Warmostraat which is lled The Stable Master which i prume to be a gay/leather type hotel.

There is the 'gay street' Reguliersdwarsstraat which ns parallel to the flower market street one block back. There is also a specific gay red light district, lled the blue light district, which is at the Centraal Statn end of Spuistraat. Tripadvisor performs checks on and my other heterosexual iend both me here whout realisg was a gay bar.

THE 10 BEST AMSTERDAM GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS AMSTERDAM

Tripadvisor performs checks on gay club Amsterdam which plays great mic and has super cheap drks and great ethics! It origally opened 1970, and although wasn’t the first gay bs the area, was the first one to be openly so, favourg large, open wdows to barred-up on.

LGBTQ+ AMSTERDAM – THE 14 BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS

In the late 70s and to the 80s, the street then began to explo wh new gay bars and clubs, helpg to cement Amsterdam’s role as an ternatnal gay pal. Highlightg the broad cross-sectn of visors to the area, Realy is a bar that typilly ters to Surame and Antillean homosexuals, referrg to self as a ‘gay bar wh a tropil flavour’. Pk Pot provis rmatn about the Homomonument, as well as general rmatn on gay and lbian Amsterdam.

If you haven’t found what you were lookg for at Vrolijk, try IHLIA, an ternatnal gay/lbian library, archive, rmatn and documentatn centre about homosexualy and sexual diversy the Amsterdam Public Library (OBA). Durg Amsterdam Gay Pri and Kg’s Day, the bars this district are prime viewg platforms for everythg gog on around and on the water. As well as beg home to several gay-iendly hotels and bed & breakfasts, the street boasts Club Church, which hosts large-sle club nights, often themed, throughout the week.

GAY CAPAL OF EUROPE

The COC, a gay rights anizatn, was found Amsterdam 1946 and is the world’s olst ntually operatg anizatn of s kd. In 1987, the Homomonument beme the first memorial to homosexuals persecuted World War II, and 2001, the Netherlands beme the first untry to legalize same-sex marriage.

Knowg all this, may seem surprisg that Europe’s most historilly acceptg cy lacks a te gayborhood. SoHo is centrally loted the biggt LGBTQ+-iendly sectn of Amsterdam, and ’s steps away om popular gay bars Taboo, and Bar BLEND.

Cafe t’ Mandje (“the basket”) holds the honor of beg Amsterdam’s first official gay bar. Get on your kne, all fours, or whatever nsensually works for you to worship at the altar of this gay cise club.

GAY AMSTERDAM · CY GUI

If you’re lookg for a soak, steam, or somethg more obscene, this gay sna has got you vered — wh a towel, at least. Unlike most global Pri events, which memorate NYC’s 1969 Stonewall Rts and the birth of the Gay Liberatn Movement, Amsterdam Pri began 1996 solely as a celebratn of love and diversy. In 1987, Amsterdam unveiled Homomonument, the world’s first monument memorializg homosexuals persecuted unr the Nazi regime.

Loted Wtermarkt, th l of pk grane form a triangle the square — a reclamatn of the symbol gay men and women were forced to wear ncentratn mps durg World War II. One fac the Natnal War Memorial Dam Square where gay activists laid a lavenr wreath 1970 and were subsequently arrted, sparkg the ia for this monument.

119 GAY LN,AMSTERDAM, NY 12010

Another fac Anne Frank’s hoe and is scribed wh a quote om a gay Jewish poet, Jab Israel Haan: Naar Vriendschap Zulk een Mateloos Verlangen (“Such an endls sire for iendship”). The third fac the COC Nerland headquarters, which holds the distctn of beg the world’s olst ntually operatg gay rights anizatn. This LGBTQ+ rmatn center and souvenir shop loted next to the Homomonument has been operatn for over 20 years.

The rosarium, loted halfway through the park, is famoly known as the most equented gay cisg area the cy. This ty gay-owned boutique hotel facg Kerkstraat is a five-mute walk om the cy’s most popular gay bars on Reguliersdwarsstraat and a short stroll to Mmple. In the 1990s, the ne rooms this 16th-century rowhoe served as a bawdy boutique hotel for upsle gay clientele: Rooms me equipped wh bondage gear, slgs, and even g.

AMSTERDAM GAY MAP

Whether you want to dance wh the betiful people around you, plan to drk cktails all night a terrific bar, or want to spent a night a bar wh iends: the gay and lbian scene of Amsterdam is unprecented. Everywhere there's somethg to see and do Amsterdam, but most of the gay f, bars and stor are the center of the cy, four popular districts: Amstel, Kerkstraat, Reguliersdwarsstraat, Zeedijk and Warmostraat. The gay and lbian scene around the Amstel (cludg Rembrandtple and Halvemaansteeg) has a more tradnal character.

Durg Kg's Day and the Amsterdam Gay Pri, ftivals ept spontaneoly where Amsterdam's entire gay and lbians n have a great time. Reguliersdwarsstraat is one of the most important streets for gays and lbians when to eatg, drkg and partyg.

This street is **the** pk street of Amsterdam wh new, trendy gay bars and clubs which fely marked Amsterdam as the ternatnal 'Gay Capal'. But the Zeedijk was also the place 1927 which opened the first gay and lbian bar of the Netherlands: 'Cafe 't Mandje' is still a very popular meetg pot, even the terr is well worth seeg.

Next to the Gay monument is Pk Pot, the official rmatn pot of Amsterdam for gay, lbian om home and abroad.

There is virtually no better and safer cy for homosexually oriented people than Amsterdam. It is therefore not surprisg that Amsterdam was already one of the most tolerant cy for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people the 19th century.