Gone is the closeted, often tolerant Washgton; the pal is now perhaps the gayt place the natn.
Contents:
- CELEBRATE PRI MONTH THE 5 U.S. GAYBORHOODS
- THE NUMBER OF GAY BARS HAS DWDLED. A NEW GENERATN PLANS TO BRG THEM BACK.
- SEND GENTLEMAN DOUG EMHOFF SUPPORTS PRI WH A VIS TO PCHERS GAY BAR
- ADAMS MAN'S GAY SPORTS BAR
- THE GAYT PLACE AMERI?
CELEBRATE PRI MONTH THE 5 U.S. GAYBORHOODS
The natn's pal is home to a lively LGBTQ+ nightlife scene wh plenty of gay and lbian bars jt wag for you to jo on the fun. Larry’s Lounge is a gay neighborhood pub, wh always-affordable drks, solid happy hour specials, mouth-waterg pub fare (see: sweet potato tots) and one of the cy’s iendlit pats (you n brg your dog, too!). Number Ne to the btlg Logan Circle urty of -founr Ed Bailey, who helped DC’s gay nightlife scene to grow durg his days as a DJ.
THE NUMBER OF GAY BARS HAS DWDLED. A NEW GENERATN PLANS TO BRG THEM BACK.
Suated right the heart of Adams Man’s btlg 18th Street is Pchers, a gay sports bar, and A League of Her Own, the adjacent bar for lbian and queer women.
Adams Man is losg four eateri but gag a new five--one, gay-iendly sports bar this summer wh Pchers. After livg Puerto Vallarta, Mexi, she missed the overseas “gayborhood”—an extra queer-iendly neighborhood—she had lled home. Vondran started visg gayborhoods around the world and found there weren’t many accsible rourc on queer-iendly statns.
So she ma her goal to vis every gayborhood the U. And learned that there are more than she realized—even tradnally-nservative Southern and Midwtern stat—leadg to her newly-lnched “100+ Gayborhoods to Vis the USA” bucket list. When I travel wh my partner the Midwt, I feel relief and joy when I see queer upl, spac, pri flags, or vis a gayborhood.
SEND GENTLEMAN DOUG EMHOFF SUPPORTS PRI WH A VIS TO PCHERS GAY BAR
Gayborhoods has been viewed more than 25, 000 tim. Here are five of Vondran’s favore gayborhoods across the U.
Also known as “Boystown, ” Chigo’s Northalsted neighborhood was the cy’s first regnized gay district and ’s where Vondran currently liv wh her trans-masc partner. “We wanted to live a neighborhood that was super gay, where we uld be around like-md people, and be a part of the queer muny Chigo, ” she says. “I didn’t know I was gay at the time—but I felt ee and liberated, ” she says.
Snap a picture at one of the 14 rabow crosswalks (the largt stallatn of s kd the world) around Boystown; vis The Legacy Walk, Gerber/Hart LGBTQ+ Library, The Leather Archiv & Mm, and Sitrack, one of the top-rated gay bars the world. Vondran also suggts gog to Wood, an upsle LGBTQ-owned rtrant; Two Hearted Queen, a lbian-owned ffee shop; Trickery, a gay-owned one-man magic show; and Unabridged Bookstore, an LGBTQ+ bookstore. Hailed as one of the most gay-iendly statns the Midwt, this Lake Michigan town (also known as the Midwt’s versn of Provcetown, Massachetts), is home to The Dun Rort, the largt LGBTQ+ rort the U.
ADAMS MAN'S GAY SPORTS BAR
S., wh an inic gay bar featurg drag and baret shows.
THE GAYT PLACE AMERI?
Wt Hollywood (WeHo) is one of the most well-known gayborhoods the untry and hosted the world’s first permted Pri para 1970. “WeHo is super gay wh many thrivg LGBTQ+-owned bs and famo gay bars—I’ve never seen anythg like , ” Vondran says. The Cooper-Young (unofficial) gayborhood is a thrivg Memphis neighborhood, spe the state’s anti-LGBTQ+ legislatn.
She remends D’s Place downtown Memphis for drag shows and The Pumpg Statn, a gay bar. “Fdg rabow crosswalks (the first Tennsee) and an (unofficial) gayborhood Memphis gave me hope—and is a remr that queer people are everywhere, “ Vondran says. StatGet directns See MoreYou might also likeGreen LanternGay Bar · $1335 Green Ct NW7.